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(Official site - last updated 19 March 2026.)

SOT is currently recording. Please contact Total Life Society to book the band for shows. 

The latest album:

Scarcity Of Tanks 

Dissing The Reduction

(Total Life Society, TLS013, 2019)

A1/1: When We Disappear (2:55) 

A2/2: I Wish I Could Care (1:41)

A3/3: Jacket (4:18)                    

A4/4: Legit Prick (2:15) 

A5/5: Raider Hits The Grass (4:43)

A6/6: Doing Time In My Dome (1:39)

B1/7: Torpedo 4:07    

B2/8: Sleepless (2:04)

B3/9: Magnolia (3:48) 

B4/10: Thief's Market (2:06) 

B5/11: Looking Rough (3:14)

B612: Ordinary People (4:12) 

C1/13: Crushing The Androids (2:47)

C2/14: Gentlemen On Junk (3:29)  

C3/15: Slang Pro (3:30) 

C4/16: Centered In Outlaw (3:11) 

C5/17: Counter Productive (3:28) 

C6 /18: Sacrifice Your Third Eye (2:12) 

D1/19: Residents Of The Force Field (10:08) 

D2/20: River Rat Knows Chemistry (7:29)  

D3/21: Many Moods (2:00)

Scarcity Of Tanks - Dissing The Reduction is its tenth album and features Jonny Bell - bass, engineer, guitar, keyboards, saxophone; Alan Bishop - guitar; Dennis Callaci - guitar; Nels Cline - guitar; Don Depew - guitar; Jimbo Easter - artwork; Doug Gillard - guitar; Don Godwin - bass; John Talley-Jones  - bass; Ulrich Krieger - saxophone; Raul Morales - drums, percussion; Caleb Mulkerin - bass, guitar; Nate Scheible - drums; Matthew Wascovich - vocals, percussion; Tom Watson - guitar; Mike Watt - bass; and Norman Westberg - guitar. 

ABOUT

 

Scarcity Of Tanks, a band started by Matthew Wascovich in March 2004, has released ten albums from Total Life Society. 

To book Scarcity Of Tanks, please contact Total Life Society.



DISCOGRAPHY

Scarcity Of Tanks - No Endowments
(Total Life Society, TLS001, 2008)

Scarcity Of Tanks - Bleed Now
(Total Life Society, TLS002, 2010)

Scarcity Of Tanks - Sensational Grade
(Total Life Society, TLS003, 2011)

Scarcity Of Tanks - Vulgar Defender
(Total Life Society, TLS004, 2012)

Scarcity Of Tanks - Fear Is Not Conscience
(Total Life Society, TLS005, 2012)

Scarcity Of Tanks - Ohio Captives
(Total Life Society, TLS006, 2012)

Scarcity Of Tanks - Ringleader Lies
(Total Life Society, TLS007, 2016)

Scarcity Of Tanks - Garford Mute
(Total Life Society, TLS008, 2017)

Scarcity Of Tanks - Hinge
(Total Life Society, TLS010, 2018)

Scarcity Of Tanks - Dissing The Reduction
(Total Life Society, TLS013, 2019)

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TOTAL LIFE SOCIETY RECORDS

 

Repossession Time - "Cages" / "Bury Our History" 

(2025, TLS018)        

Rational Cut - She Walks Alone 

(2025, TLS017)    

Forming Division - "Bring Them Down" / "Move"  

(2025, TLS016)           

Subterranean Clocks - "We Won't Be Ruined" / "Unlock Control" 

(2025, TLS015) 

Flowers Destroy – Hawks Listen 

(2024, TLS014) 

Scarcity Of Tanks – Dissing The Reduction 

(2019, TLS013)

Vicious Fence - "Primitives" / "Humanoid Front" 

(2019, TLS012)

Vicious Fence - "Dropout" / "Same Cell Different Paint" 

(2019, TLS011)

Scarcity Of Tanks – Hinge 

(2018, TLS010)

Hidden Rifles - Across The Neighborhoods 

(2017, TLS009)

Scarcity Of Tanks – Garford Mute 

(2017, TLS008)

Scarcity Of Tanks – Ringleader Lies 

(2016, TLS007)

Scarcity Of Tanks – Ohio Captives 

(2012, TLS006)

Scarcity Of Tanks – Fear Is Not Conscience 

(2012, TLS005)

Scarcity Of Tanks – Vulgar Defender 

(2012, TLS004)

Scarcity Of Tanks – Sensational Grade 

(2011, TLS003)

Scarcity Of Tanks – Bleed Now 

(2010, TLS002)

Scarcity Of Tanks – No Endowments 

(2008, TLS001)

 

 

BANDS:

 

CENTURY WHIP                                 

DAMAGED BRIDGE                          

FLOWERS DESTROY                         

HIDDEN RIFLES                                   

FORMING DIVISION                           

RATIONAL CUT                                  

REPOSSESSION TIME                         

SCARCITY OF TANKS                         

SUBTERRANEAN CLOCKS                 

VICIOUS FENCE                                    

 

 

DISTRIBUTION:

 

Total Life Society Records in USA at Scat Records:

https://realscatrecords.com/shop/total-life-society

 

Total Life Society Records in England at Norman Records:

https://www.normanrecords.com/cloudsearch/index.php?q=total+life+society

 

Total Life Society Records in Finland at Ektro Records:

https://ektrorecords.com/product-tag/total-life-society/

 

Total Life Society Records in France at Textile Records:

https://textilerecords.bandcamp.com/merch

 

Total Life Society Records in USA at Sub Pop Records:

https://megamart.subpop.com/collections/vendors?q=Vicious%20Fence

 

Total Life Society Records in Australia at Prop Records:

https://proprecords.com.au/search?q=total+life+society&options%5Bprefix%5D=last

 

 

CONTACT:

 

Total Life Society

PO Box 6592

Cleveland, Ohio 44101 

USA 

 

 

 

*****

 

   

 

SOTs In Memory

Jeff Deasy

(29 May 1971 - 16 February 2025)

Theodore "Wiggs Null" Flynn The Younger 

(9 September 1966 - 11 April 2013)

Chris "Fifth Mind" Grier

(20 December 1972 - 10 July 2014)

Paul Hamann 

(22 March 1955 - 14 September 2017) 

Steve Mackay 

(25 September 1949 -11 October 2015)

Mark E. Miller 

(14 September 1953 - 8 February 2015)

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HEAD TOWARD THE LIGHT.