# Soulscraper

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{{Short description|Australian industrial rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2012}}
{{more footnotes|date=August 2014}}
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| origin          = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| genre           = [Industrial rock](/source/Industrial_rock)
| years_active    = {{start date|1991}}–{{end date|1994}}
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| associated_acts = [iNsuRge](/source/Insurge), [Discordia](/source/Discordia_(band))
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* Chris Dubrow
* James Lynch
* Sarah Lord
* [Elenor Rayner](/source/Elenor_Rayner)
* Jim Shnookal
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'''Soulscraper''' were an Australian [alternative](/source/Alternative_rock) [electronic](/source/Electronic_music)-[rock](/source/Rock_music) band based in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne). The band formed circa 1991 by ex-members of an alternative / [industrial](/source/Industrial_music) influenced band called The Prostitutes.

Soulscraper were Chris Dubrow on guitar and lead vocals; James Lynch on drums; Sarah Lord on bass guitar; [Elenor Rayner](/source/Elenor_Rayner) on rhythm samples; and Jim Shnookal on lead samples.<ref name="McFarlane I">{{cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | author-link1 = Ian McFarlane | title = [Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Australian_Rock_and_Pop) | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'iNsuRge' | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040615133118/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=946 | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=946 | access-date = 22 August 2014 | year = 1999 | publisher = [Allen & Unwin](/source/Allen_%26_Unwin) | location = [St Leonards, NSW](/source/St_Leonards%2C_New_South_Wales) | archive-date = 15 June 2004 | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 | url-status = dead }}</ref> They combined [samplers](/source/Sampler_(musical_instrument)) and audio loops played live with acoustic drums and aggressive [punk](/source/punk_rock) influenced guitars. The sound was influenced by alternative, industrial, [goth](/source/Goth_subculture), [punk](/source/punk_rock), and [dance music](/source/dance_music), combined with an Australian [Pub rock](/source/Pub_rock_(Australia)) live music sensibility.

The band released two EP's, "Heard it all before" (1992) and "Neo-Anarcho" (1993) and both received considerable national airplay on radio station [Triple J](/source/Triple_J) as well as Australian alternative clubs and community radio stations such as [3RRR](/source/3RRR). The band played many live shows across Australia, including tours with [Pop Will Eat Itself](/source/Pop_Will_Eat_Itself), [Ned's Atomic Dustbin](/source/Ned's_Atomic_Dustbin), and [The Shamen](/source/The_Shamen). Soulscraper also played at the first Melbourne [Big Day Out](/source/Big_Day_Out) festival in 1993.

The band split in 1994 and members went on to form and play in many bands including [Discordia](/source/Discordia_(band)) (Lynch, Shnookal), [iNsuRge](/source/Insurge) (Dubrow), [Sobriquet/The Crystalline](/source/Elenor_Rayner) (Reyner), [Snog](/source/Snog_(band)), and [Shreen](/source/Shreen_(band)).

==Members ==

*Chris Dubrow – (guitar, vocals)
*Sarah Lord – (bass)
*James Lynch – (drums)
*[Elenor Rayner](/source/Elenor_Rayner) – (keyboard samplers)
*Jim Shnookal – (keyboard samplers)

==Discography==

'''(1992)'''  "Heard it all before" EP.<br />
Produced by [Kalju Tonuma](/source/Kalju_Tonuma), <br />
Tracks: 1. Heard it all before, 2. Manic, 3. Days they rise, 4. American war. 
With remixes by [Ollie Olsen](/source/Ollie_Olsen) of tracks 1 and 2. <br />
(distributed by 'ID' through PolyGram)

'''(1993)''' "Neo-Anarcho" EP.<br />
Produced by Matt Thomas and Soulscraper.<br /> 
Tracks: 1.Neo Anarcho, 2.Fight, 3.Preacher Man, 4.Motivator, 5. Designer Rebellion.<br />
(distributed through MDS)

'''(1993)''' "3RRR Live in your Lounge Room." - Fight (Single)

==References==

{{Reflist}}
*{{cite magazine | last = Woodward | first = Brett | title = Soulscraper. Global Activists | magazine = [Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone) | issue = 483 | page = 26 | date = May 1993  }}
*Rolling Stone (Australia) article, issue number 483, dated May 1993
*''Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity, and Place'' By John Connell, Chris Gibson [https://books.google.com/books?id=XQMHSlRipBEC&q=soulscraper+rolling+stone&pg=PA106]

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Category:Australian indie rock groups
Category:Musical groups established in 1991
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1994
Category:1991 establishments in Australia

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