dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip (Dan Stephens and David Meads respectively) are a band originally hailing from Stanford-le-Hope in Essex. The duo are signed to Rob da Bank’s Sunday Best Records in the UK/Europe and Sage Francis’s Strange Famous Recordings in the USA. Their debut album ‘Angles” was released on 12/05/08 in the UK and 02/09/08 in the US. The band is most well-known for the 2007 song "Thou Shalt Always Kill". The name "Scroobius Pip" is an intentional misspelling of the Edward Lear poem, The Scroobious Pip. Scroobius Pip attended St Thomas More High School for Boys in Westcliff, Essex and was brought up in and around Southend-on-Sea.
Since March 2007 they have undertaken multiple UK, US and European tours. The band have also appeared at the Glastonbury Festival, Reading and Leeds Festival 07 and 08, Bestival 07 and 08, Lowlands, Fuji Rock Festival, Coachella, Monolith Festival and have also supported RJD2, EL-P, Mark Ronson, Basement Jaxx and Fujiya & Miyagi.
The duo undertook a three-date mini-tour in July 2008, performing in London, Manchester and Glasgow. The shows were presented as 'motivational seminars', using four forms of motivation—Love, Lessons, Storytelling and Religion—to link their songs throughout the show. The duo ended each gig with covers of the Sugababes' 2005 song Push The Button and Prince's 1991 track Cream.
They have also appeared on the BBC's new music show SOUND , and Scroobius Pip has interviewed and performed live on Stephen Merchant's show on BBC 6 Music.
A spoof video posted on YouTube shows the pair auditioning for The X Factor (TV series) in front of Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh. A montage of clips of judges' comments are added to their profanity-laden performance of what Scroobius Pip says is "It Ain't No Fun by Snoop Dogg, featuring Warren G, Nate Dogg and Kurupt." The clip, titled "Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip Look For The X-Factor", was featured in "The 10 Best Clips of the Month" in the October 2008 edition of Q magazine.
In late 2008 they collaborated with De La Soul and re-recorded their debut single "Thou Shalt Always Kill" this is to be released 19/01/09 on Sunday Best.
DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP