Screamers - Screamers Demo Hollywood 1977

ScreamersScreamers Demo Hollywood 19772021 Superior Viaduct “These songs were recorded a few months after the Los Angeles punk scene began. These five statements of intent transcend Punk and project forward into the future: to the analog synth wave of the late ’70s and beyond, to the present day, four decades later, when they finally receive an official release. Sourced from the original reel-to-reels, they are a revelation compared to the countless copies that have been circulating by multiple generations of tape-traders. Here, for the first time, is the Screamers’ initial and legendary manifesto. “The Screamers concept was simple, yet audacious: take the spirit and the look of Punk—the pseudo-psychotic aggression, the spiky hair, vacant stares and barely concealed sadomasochism—and match it to a different configuration than the typical ’60s rock template. As launched, the Screamers featured two keyboard players (Tommy Gear and David Brown), a drummer (KK Barrett) and an intensely cha