The Scopies

As I sift the ether for brand new musical biscuits, I come across a lot of rubbish. Forget Myspace or YouTube - I found this little gem via the Hillman Imp Club website.

Over the years I've had many fascinating musical discussions around car show camp fires up and down the country and the odd thing about the Imp Club members - apart from a weakness for space hopper sumo wrestling (or is that a strength? Discuss) - is how similar our tastes in music seem to be. I've been introduced to a number of rare grooves by its members and sometimes a guitar has magically appeared. At one show, a Beer Powered Noise Frenzy broke out but I missed it.

I knew one of my fellow Imp-o-philliacs, Tim Morgan, was a guitar hero and an innocent enquiry on the Imp site discussion forum about how he was getting on led to me discovering The Scopies. Okay, a trip to their page on Myspace was involved but that's okay because here I was introduced to their track "I wanna be a Ramone." Even better, a toungue-in-cheek request for the guitar tab and now I, too, can be a Ramone. Thanks Rich.

And now I have their 3 track CD - "Shock Treatment". Ripper.

The Scopies describe their music as McFly being kicked down a steel fire escape by The Ramones. I think "I wanna be a Ramone" is brilliant. "Private Eye" has burrowed itself into my brain, too. I'd like more of the same please, guys.

"Shock Treatment" is not currently available from Amazon but you can get yours direct from the The Scopies for £3 incl P&P. And I really like the look of the CD - it's just like a vinyl single, all black and shiny with grooves in, as if it's been in a jukebox all its life.