Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Synth Punk Pioneers The Screamers

The Screamers were an LA punk band (originally from Seattle) active in the late 1970's. What made them different was that they used electric pianos and synthesizers instead of guitars and bass. They never released an album, but were influential to the likes of Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys and Darby Crash of the Germs. Several video clips of the band do exist, however... here's one of them.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I liked!



And nice blog, Tom! Just put on favorites!

Anonymous said...

Evidently, the lead singer was quite influential to Steven Tyler from Aerosmith and Sami from Faderhead in terms of utilising a FRICKIN HUEG MOUTH!!!!!

Anonymous said...

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