Adelaide<\/a> in 1984. Their debut album Battlesick was released in 1989 to acclaim, and later put out in the US by Black Flag and Rollins Band frontman Henry Rollins.<\/p>\nThe band was inducted into the South Australian Music Hall Of Fame in 2022, joining the likes of the Masters Apprentices, the Angels and Cold Chisel.<\/p>\n
Scott wrote that she has struggled with gender dysphoria since she was a small child. \u201cI always assumed I\u2019d just live my life, complain a lot, and die leaving some clues in my songs and journals for family to read and think, \u2018Oohaahh what a very strange (albeit talented) person\u2019,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
Her gender dysmorphia has fed into the band\u2019s music, she said, with their 1995 album Ill at Ease, which was produced by Rollins, touching on this struggle \u201cthough I was trying not to be too obvious\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cTMOC was often interpreted as a very masculine, testosterone driven band, which greatly acted as a way of being as a \u2018beard\u2019 for me in many ways. Much of what was interpreted as masculine was often being generated from my internal rage about my own dissatisfaction about myself and the paralysis I felt in being unable to live as me,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
It was while recovering from long Covid in 2022 that she began to consider \u201cwhether when the time came to leave earth, I could do so, with no regrets\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy answer was a big, \u2018No, you\u2019ve never been authentic\u2019,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI knew I would always regret not having the courage of my convictions to live my life. Seeing so many young people now able to embrace who they are and live authentically without as much bullshit as existed when I was young helped shine a light on the possibility that maybe I can finally be me in my autumn years.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been liberating to finally live as myself albeit challenging at the same time, but the happiness I feel outweighs any obstacles I\u2019ve faced so far,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n\u201cI feel that the real fans of the band, who found us through their own feelings of alienation or otherness will understand the difficulty I\u2019ve faced, of feeling different, and being on the outside, and will be ok with my announcement.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said her gender would not impact the band. \u201cWe\u2019ll continue to write, record and perform hard heavy music and I may look a little more androgynous but everything else remains the same.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hundreds of Mark of Cain fans responded with messages of support. \u201cListening to Ill At Ease on repeat helped me so much on my coming out journey when I was a teenager,\u201d one wrote. \u201cThe most rock n roll thing you can do is truly be yourself,\u201d wrote another.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbsolute fucken legend,\u201d punk band Frenzal Rhomb wrote. \u201cJosie you rule.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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