"Lead singer L. Hotshot may stutter that 'You're ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chokin' on your short leash' the same way Cherie Currie stuttered 'Cherry Bomb.' "But the savage intensity Scorpion vs. Tarantula bring to the stage of local venues is closer in spirit to the early Stooges than the Runaways. These Phoenix rockers are relentless that way, with a primal hard-rock swagger to their riffs that sometimes hits like AC/DC, other times the Donnas doing Kiss. "A lot of bands will do their best to rock you like a force of nature. These guys couldn't rock you any other way." -- Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic Formed in 2008 in Phoenix, Scorpion vs. Tarantula released its third album, "Claim to Fame," in early 2014. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by renowned garage rock recordist Jim Diamond at his studio, Ghetto Recorders, in Detroit.