Scheer was an alternative rock band from County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It was first founded by PJ 'Doc' Doherty and Paddy Leyden. Doc soon left the band being replaced on bass by Peter Fleming. Scheer's other band members were Paddy Leyden (Rhythm guitar), Audrey Gallagher (vocals), Neal Calderwood, (Lead guitar) and Joe Bates (drummer).

After spending a few months playing small venues around Ireland, the band were signed by the small Irish record label SON, and released their debut single "Wish You Were Dead" in late 1993. There was a great deal of interest surrounding this release and Scheer followed it with the "Psychobabble EP" in 1994. Around this time PJ left the band to pursue other projects in America and Peter Flemming (who managed the band and was also a session player) filled PJ's post in the interim.