Swamptrash Explained

Swamptrash were a Scottish bluegrass/psychobilly band formed in 1987 in Edinburgh. They split in 1990 and several of the members went on to form Shooglenifty.^[1] The band has been recognized as crucial to the development of experimental Scottish acoustic music.^[2]

Personnel

Members have included:

• Harry Horse - Vocals, banjo (later played in Hexology and worked as a children's author, political illustrator/cartoonist for The Scotsman and The Herald newspapers, and developer of the video game Drowned God)
• Neil McArthur - fiddle
• James MacIntosh - drums (now playing with Capercaillie, Shooglenifty and Michael McGoldrick amongst others)
• Garry "Banjo" Finlayson - banjo (now playing in Shooglenifty)
• Malcolm Crosbie - guitar (now playing in Shooglenifty)
• Nick Prescott - mandolin
• Conrad Molleson - bass (later played in Shooglenifty, now playing with Catriona MacDonald amongst others)
• Angus R. Grant - fiddle (later in Shooglenifty, now deceased^[3])

Discography

• It Makes No Never Mind - DDT Records (1987 album)
• Bone (6 track EP recorded as a session for Janice Long on BBC Radio 1)

External links

• Web site: Swamptrash | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos . Myspace.com . 2016-10-11.
• Web site: Acid Croft History : Swamptrash . Lazypict.thehighlands.co.uk . 2016-10-11.

Notes and References

1. https://www.nme.com/artists/swamptrash
2. Web site: Harry Horse. The Herald. Glasgow. 2016-10-31.
3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-37610327 Tributes paid to Shooglenifty's Angus R Grant