Before moving to Austin in the late 1980s, we had an Austin Chronicle subscription. One band we'd find mentioned in every Chronicle was Scratch Acid, the prototype that eventually became the Jesus Lizard, one of the most influential, hard, edgy rockers of the Nineties. While dearly departed, Scratch Acid lives on in the hearts of many, as well on the sidewalks of Central Austin; the band's name was lovingly inscribed near Ramsey Park. It is surrounded by the small footprints of people now too old to need a fake ID.
