Scorched-Earth Policy

Scorched-Earth Policy is a thrash metal band from Oakland, California. It was formed in 1997 by current members Mark Lamb, and Lance Lea.

Scorched-Earth Policy
Origin	Oakland, California, United States
Genres	Thrash metal, progressive rock
Years active	1997-Present
Labels	Rage of Achilles, This Dark Reign
Members	Judd Mason, Lance Lea, Mark Lamb, Terry Goss
Past members	Carlos Santiago, George Astin, Glen Alvelais, James Walker, John Miller, Rich Perot

Members of this act have included long established musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. Current and former members of Scorched-Earth Policy have been in such notable acts as Acid King, Forbidden (band), Testament, WarDance, Earth Crawler, and Manmade God.

Every release since the Bootcamp demo has been engineered by Thilo Fehlinger, who has worked with Death Angel, and Exodus (band) to name a few.

Discography

Year	Title	Notes
1998	Insurrection
1999	Tones of Ambivalence XCIX
2000	Bootcamp	The track “Politics” was included on the Rock Hard magazine “Best Unsigned Bands of 2000” compilation CD. The track “Reclusion” was featured on the “From Hell” compilation CD released in November 2002 by This Dark Reign Records.
2001	Scorched-Earth Policy	Contains the tracks from the “Tones of Ambivalence XCIX” and “Bootcamp” albums on one compact disc.
2002	Salvage Nothing	The track “Oblong” was included on the Powerslave.com Norcal Underground Metal Compilation CD.
2006	MMVI	The track “Dropping Names” was featured in the ESPN documentary “199 Lives: The Travis Pastrana Story”.
2011	Millennial Delusions	The track "Mourn Again" is on rotation on The Liquid Metal channel on SiriusXM.

Awards/Recognition

September 2000 – Voted by Germany's Rock Hard magazine as one of 20 best unsigned bands.

July 2008 – The song “Dropping Names” used on the soundtrack to 199 Lives: The Travis Pastrana Story.

February 2010 – One of 20 finalists in the Scion AV/Metalinsider.net “No Label Needed” Contest.

January 2011 – "Millennial Delusions" named one of the most anticipated releases of the year by Metalsucks.net.

External links

• Official Scorched-Earth Policy website (password required to access)
• Metalsucks.net discusses "Millennial Delusions"
• Metalsucks.net endorses Scorched-Earth Policy in the Scion “No Label Needed” contest
• Metalinsider.net interview
• Metalinsider.net streams "Millennial Delusions"
• Profile page on Metal-Archives.com
• "MMVI" review at Themetalforge.com