Raymond And Scum

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Raymond And Scum
Raymond And Scum (from left to right) – Matthew Dunn and Jeff Smith
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre(s)	Comedy Rock Rock
Years active	1992- Present
Label(s)	INOU Records
Website	Official website
Members
Matthew Dunn Jeff Smith

1 The Background
2 Trivia
3 The Discography
4 External links

[edit] The Background

Raymond And Scum is a comedy rock band based in Southern California. Vocalist Jeff Smith and guitarist Matthew Dunn formed the band while they were still in high school. To date, they have two CDs, 2003's "Touch It" and 2005's "Suck", as well as appearances on comedy music compilation CDs such as both volumes of "Laughter Is A Powerful Weapon" and "Technobabble."

[edit] Trivia

"Weird Al" Yankovic's drummer, Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, played drums on two tracks on Raymond And Scum's "Suck" album.

Other comedy music musicians have appeared on Raymond And Scum albums, such as Hot Waffles, Throwing Toasters, Worm Quartet, Sudden Death (band) and The Nick Atoms.

Raymond And Scum have performed along side The Great Luke Ski, Tommy Chong, Hard N' Phirm, Steven Banks, Eric Coleman, Barnes & Barnes and more.

Raymond And Scum are regularly played on the syndicated Dr. Demento Show.

Raymond And Scum performed at a benefit show to help "Weird Al" Yankovic get a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. The show was orchestrated by WeirdAlStar.com.

Raymond And Scum performed "Nothing's Gonna Tear Us Apart (Love Theme From Stupid Teenagers Must Die!)" for the end credits of the indie horror/comedy flick directed by vocalist Jeff Smith, Stupid Teenagers Must Die!

The band regularly performs songs about celebrities. Demi Moore, Jeff Goldblum, Jennifer Lopez and the legendary Aerosmith all have R&S songs devoted to them.

Matthew and Jeff portrayed Lewis and Clark on The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd.

[edit] The Discography

[edit] Studio albums

"Touch It"
(2003)

"Suck"
(2005)

[edit] Downloadable singles

Nothing's Gonna Tear Us Apart (Love Theme From Stupid Teenagers Must Die!)
(2006)

[edit] Compilations

The Best Of The All-U-Can-Eat Buffet Of Musical Madness Vol. 1 (1998)	The Best Of The B.O.R.E.D. Tour Vol. 1 (1999)	The Best Of The All-U-Can-Eat Buffet Of Musical Madness Vol. 2 (2000)	Laughter Is A Powerful Weapon: Funny Musicians For A Serious Cause (2002)
The Crazy Jay Show presents White Trash Comedy (2003)	Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes 12 (2003)	Mr. Snail's Halloween Party (2005)	Laughter Is A Powerful Weapon Vol. 2 (2005)
Technobabble (2006)	The FuMP Volume 1 (2007)