Scenic

Following the demise of Savage Republic, guitarist Bruce Licher formed Scenic, which creates similar moody (and occasionally doomy) guitar-dominated instrumentals with strong Middle-Eastern influences. Unlike Savage Republic, nevertheless, Scenic — a trio which also contains Brock Wirtz on drums and Wayne Brenner, previously of Shiva Burlesque, on bass — takes on entirely instrumental materials. Their debut recording, Event at Cima (1995), required Savage Republic’s post-punk raga-rock into gentler, even more melodic place. The post-punk remains, but the affects of Ennio Morricone and southwest boundary music are simply as prominent, reflecting Licher’s relocation to Az within their evocation of desert scenery on produces like 1995’s Event at Cima and 1996’s Aquatica and Sage. The music group did little documenting for another couple of years, save for the live album, however in 2000 the limited-edition Spheres EP revealed a new melody aswell as two demonstration tracks. Many believed an record was soon to check out, nonetheless it was another 3 years until The Acid solution Gospel Experience, an extended assortment of instrumentals that shown their affects in Bollywood soundtracks and psychedelic rock and roll.