Screamers / Demos 1977-78 (Vinyl LP)

Description

Vinyl  LP / Reissue

Blue Marble Vinyl

Pioneers Of California Electronic Punk!. Geza X Track Listing

1977/78-USA

Format: Vinyl LP

#Ref: SOB 01

Release date: 2013

Release notes

All tracks recorded “live” in one session in Summer 1978.
Produced By Geza X, recorded on a 4-track. The ideal intro to the Screamers.

The Screamers were an American electropunk group founded in 1975. They were among the first wave of the L.A. punk rock scene. In the documentary Punk: Attitude (2005), the Dead Kennedys cite the Screamers as a key influence on their group and as one of the great unrecorded groups in rock history.

The Screamers were noted for unusual instrumentation, featuring synthesizer (ARP Odyssey) and electric piano (Fender Rhodes). Additional musicians, including violinists and a female vocalist, were occasionally incorporated into their performances. The group featured a theatrical presentation that centered on manic lead vocalist, Tomata du Plenty. DuPlenty and Tommy Gear, a keyboard player and vocalist, were the band’s principal songwriters.

Tracklisting

Side A

A1 – The Beat Goes On
A2 – Thru The Flames
A3 – Sex Boy
A4 – If I Can’t Have What I Want (I Don’t Want Anything)
A5 – She’s The Girl
A6 – I Wanna Hurt
A7 – 122 Hours Of Fear (Part 1)

Side B

B1 – …122 Hours Of Fear (Part 2)
B2 – Punished Or Be Damned
B3 – Government Love Affair
B4 – Peer Pressure
B5 – In A Better World
B6 – Vertigo
B7 – Magazine Love
B8 – It’s A Violent World