Swamptrash

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]

they really were a ramshackle and thoroughly enjoyable faux-punk string/bluegrass band who attacked new and old tunes with the verve and self-evident pleasure others heard in the Pogues

— Grant Alden, 27 March 2007^[3]

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^[4])

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)