{"product_id":"screamers-screamers-demo-hollywood","title":"Screamers - Screamers Demo Hollywood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“These songs were recorded a few months after the Los \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAngeles punk scene began. These five statements of intent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etranscend Punk and project forward into the future: to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eanalog synth wave of the late ’70s and beyond, to the present \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eday, four decades later, when they finally receive an official \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erelease. Sourced from the original reel-to-reels, they are a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erevelation compared to the countless copies that have been\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecirculating by multiple generations of tape-traders. Here, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efor the first time, is the Screamers’ initial and legendary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emanifesto.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The Screamers concept was simple, yet audacious: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etake the spirit and the look of Punk—the pseudo-psychotic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eaggression, the spiky hair, vacant stares and barely concealed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esadomasochism—and match it to a different configuration \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethan the typical ’60s rock template. As launched, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScreamers featured two keyboard players (Tommy Gear \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand David Brown), a drummer (KK Barrett) and an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eintensely charismatic singer (Tomata du Plenty). The idea \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas to be confrontational—to evoke (as Tomata described \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein an early interview) a state of anxiety.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Forty years later, this release builds on the groundswell \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof interest in the Screamers that has been occurring in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe early 21st century. There are web sites with detailed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehistories of the group and several bootlegs of demos and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elive material from 1977-79. The video of ‘122 Hours of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFear’—perhaps their peak moment, recorded at Target \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVideo in August 1978—has now passed over 650,000 views \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eonline. This is the Screamers’ time, and the time is now.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Jon Savage (excerpt from the liner notes)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":32802838151249,"sku":"","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0342\/2497\/products\/screamers-demo-hollywood.jpg?v=1607453746","url":"https:\/\/www.southrecordshop.com\/products\/screamers-screamers-demo-hollywood","provider":"South Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}