Scars (Gary Moore album)

Scars is a 2002 album by the Gary Moore-led blues rock group called Scars (not to be confused with the Edinburgh post-punk group called Scars).

Scars
Studio album by Scars
Released	26 August 2002 (Europe) 2 September 2002 (UK) 4 September 2002 (Japan) 10 September 2002 (US)[1]
Recorded	2002
Studio	Sarm West Studios and Music Bank's Waterloo Sunset Studios, London Sarm Hook End, Reading, Berkshire Parkgate Studios, Battle, East Sussex
Genre	Blues rock, hard rock
Length	59:50
Label	Sanctuary Victor (Japan only)
Producer	Chris Tsangarides, Gary Moore
Scars chronology
Best of the Blues (2002) Scars (2002) Have Some Moore (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Rock Hard	8.0/10[3]

In 2002 Gary Moore decided to form a band with ex-Skunk Anansie bassist Cass Lewis and Primal Scream drummer Darrin Mooney called Scars. A spokesman for Sanctuary Records says: "Gary was blown away by the power and precision of Mooney's playing when he was auditioning drummers [...], and while looking for a bassist to complete the new line-up Darrin suggested that he take a look at Cass. When they all got together to play for the first time, it was perfect. Everything just clicked. It was so natural, so completely uncontrived that it was immediately obvious to Moore that this was going to be the ultimate line-up, and he was right.".[4] This album and band title may allude to both Moore's emotional scars or the scars on his face he had contracted through a broken glass in a bar dispute in the late 1970s when he was protecting his girlfriend from harassment.[5]

Their studio album "Scars", released on 2 September on Sanctuary Records, includes compositions reminiscent of the sound of artists like Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, in a modern way.[6]