THE SCREAMERS-LIVE AT THE MASQUE 77

[keithladc]

Brilliant! I think thats Bruce Moreland after the 2nd song , playing MC to rile the crowd up.

[TheNewMusicNetwork]

American born band. This is one of the first ever aggressive electronic/synth bands. Synth-punk /electro essentially. Even before human league. 

[TheNewMusicNetwork]

@randypan71 darby crash wasn't in the band here at all. that was paul

[sarbeluk]

technoPunk!!!

[randypan71]

the blonde fella is deffo darby crash

[GenoClown]

Lol. Screamo. That's cute.

[MrChattyO]

They invented a template that future bands would take and make their own. Underground bands that loved this band and wanted to take it a step furrther, it took 20 years for the underground bands to appreciate this music. At least they made something of it, but the bands 5 years later just copied it! To this day no one can compare to the rawness of this band. One of a kind!

[allendl181]

Wow, look at the crowd. A year or two later the slamming would be so violent that many of the so-called Hollywood bands became disillusioned with the violence of the scene. But this crowd is barely moving!

[garity911]

Im From The New Scjool Gen But Understand That Back In The Day Punk was Just Chaos i love it it 's to bad i wasnt born until 88

[insect66]

its called punk my nigga

[CatapultYourMom]

@insect66 Why would you punk your nigga?

[musov]

Google "The Screamers - The Complete Works minus 2" for the best mp3 comp available!

[surethang27]

DO U HEAR ME TWIGGY?!?!

[MamaHorror]

god would i give for punk to be like this today.

[GenoClown]

@MamaHorror It wasn't even like that then. They were different.

[Punkarella999]

Yep....i was thre somewhere in that crowd...we were all friends back then...i was DEVASTATED when i learned of Tomata's passing...i met him before ALL THE OTHERS!!! on his first night in LA from NYC...he was AWESOME...

[futuristfood]

love tomata.. saw them at whiskey! legendary.. everyone IS there..and jenny lens is right in the front..

[fovos143]

wtf they were not screamo

[suicidewillie]

@fovos143 Wtf is Screamo

[bhoussock]

Great stuff, thanks for posting it. I thought that looked like Bobby Pyn hehee

[DutchDeadboy]

God, Hellin Killer said she was going to make me look like David Bowie! Nice Hair cut, though I see she put a neckerchief around my neck aswell. LOL

[dnavid]

everybody was there

[KoivuTheHab]

Except me, I wasn't born! Pity me...

[ConnieClarksville123]

That would be me Connie Clarksville jumping on stage ,,I'm going steady with twiggy.RIP Tomata Love u 4 ever!

[braincras]

fuck, I need at bootleg dvd of this, fuck, this was recorded in 77' for fuck' sake!

[noisefuckbastard]

this is some old school punk shit

[FetishJade]

I had a blast at the masque back in the day.

Phoenix

[jahluva79]

im going to the masque today, im so excited

[david8883]

It's not so great.. You can't get inside anymore

[SICKCHICANO]

The screamers kick ass!

[deepisht]

is that darby pogoing on stage?

[eatmyface1234]

i dunno but i think xene from x is on stage next to the girl whippin him lol

[rlbondi]

Yeah its him

[BEAST77]

you wont have to worry if u dont get the book they got a new documentary comming out called lexicon devil looks like a bigger production than the movie was

[naosounada]

@BEAST77 topo bad this documentary is on hold...

[kantes]

the first one!!!! okay, DUDES ?

[sidtexas]

GG Allin is fucking God.

[ChristopherMcEneaney]

Over 30 years and the world is still not ready for LA punk

[UdontDeserveGGAllin]

kings of what? screamo? are fucking kidding me? screamo is bullshit. the term "punk" is way beyond played out, but this is actually what punk is. the screamer playing at the masgue in 77. screamo, get the fuck outta here

[taqn]

yawn!

[UdontDeserveGGAllin]

how do you yawn with an exclamation mark?

[UdontDeserveGGAllin]

oh you're the guy who put the title on there hahahaha i was wondering what yawn! meant.

[kaliman]

One of a kind, the best!!!!!

[Nigel324]

My kind of music!

[Plutoloco4]

They were definitely ahead of their time

[beatlefan62]

is that paul roessler on keyboard?

[taqn]

yep!

[beatlefan62]

oh my god! haha.

[richlinlaw]

@beatlefan62 Nope, thats the guy before Paul, JEFF McGREGOR of the Snot Puppies

[TheStrainers]

@beatlefan62 Paul wasn't in the band yet. It's Jeff

[nicademus666]

Tomata and the rest were from Seattle. They were in The Tupperwares and Zee Whiz Kids. Black Randy, Penelope Houston and the Lewd were ALL from Seattle.

[zerohero99]

Like many in the UK I caught the punk bug in 1977 and like most I am not familiar with the LA scene from that time.Thanks so much for posting this-it really captures the atmosphere.

[UnknownCPcl]

kings of screamo are you kidding me

[taqn]

you got it,mate

[hippowhiskey]

what the fuck, they weren't the first "Screamo" band. screamo indicates emo and they guys were far from that. they were punk and fast and they didn't give a fuck...not screamo whiny pussies. if anything, they were the first synthpunk band. not only that, screamo didn't start till the early 90's in san diego.

[taqn]

all you johnny-come-latelies out there :

"kings of screamo" is just a pisstake wordplay,

don`t start a fuckin` jihad.

[miwolverine94]

For Everyone who doesn't get the "Kings of Screamo", these guys were the first "Screamo", even tho they didn't know it

[corvettez0910]

this is music??

[sptfr1173]

R.I.P Tomata. To bad everything is so mass produced today, and it doesn't look like there will ever be a new music scene again.

[unfamous13]

kings of screamo?....

[monkeymichel]

what the hell does kings of screamo mean? where do people come up with these terms?

[monkeymichel]

and you can't say LA punk was copying NYC or UK because it was all happening at the same time. and it was all new. it wasn't a widely publicized type of music. there was no mass media back then like it is today. if you were a punk in '77 it means that you were authentic and you had to put up with all the name calling, etc., that went with the territory. you risked getting beat up because you would be considered a freak. nowadays it's cool to be a punk. everyone and there mother is a punk now.

[monkeymichel]

R.I.P Tomata

[JohnnyTrotz]

very dope!! thx for posting this

[audiotrauma]

:( wish i was there.

[ghostodarb]

Imagine if the Screamers Went to England!

[dogmadic]

Wow great channel! It brings back so many memories of the Masque and Starwood and the Whiskey and the Mabuhay Gardens where I first saw the Screamers with the Avengers I think. Tomata and Tommy crashed on my floor for a few nights in San Fransisco. Don Vinil of the Offs was a close friend (RIP)so I met everyone even though I wasn't a musician. Just a punk rock groupie :)

[oldphoque]

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[zim1966]

@8:09 I do beleive the blond short haired punk dancing is Bobby pyn aka Darby Crash w/ pleasant gehman and helen killer

[NoSheeple14]

you are correct.....

[mikeguruss]

lol sorry i ment they never never got recorded misstype

[mikeguruss]

its a shame they got recorded or signed to a labal they where good and before there time no many was doing synth punk in that era

[Roman92103]

Good stuff. Think about it: this guy was gay and yet he had the balls to perform all-balls-out in front of an angry violent homo-hating crowd of punks. I'd like to see you try that some time. And please stop with all this "my band is more punk than your band bullshit." Just listen to it, try to get it, and if you don't like it, move on. No one is impressed and no one is going to fight you over it, gorillaman.

[kakadoodie]

I had no idea being that they were from San Francisco and performing in front of LA Art punks they were angry and homophobic...

[peskydoo]

The singer is obviously "gay" so maybe he's Obliophobic?

[misterhuman]

Homo-hating? At the Masque in '77? Nah, not buying that. I saw the Screamers twice before they broke up and that Hollywood scene was full of homos. Nobody gave them any shit either. And if the harsh lyrics and language is your only clue then I'm sure you think that Sid's swastika was all about his anti-semitism. The actually racist and anti-gay elements took several more years to happen. Probably something to do with more dumb punk kids going to jail.

[Roman92103]

I'm basing my statement on this quote from Lexicon Devil (about Darby Crash and The Germs): "It's a real shame that punk rock was so in the closet back then. I heard that Darby was despondent over his sexuality and I regret that I couldn't have helped. Homophobia was rampant in the L.A. punk scene ..." That was Tomata talking about the period before Darby died, which would have been 77-80.

[misterhuman]

Part 1: Yeah, I ought to read the book maybe. I was surprised to see in the review blurb (Booklist) that it claimed that Darby's gayness was a secret. Maybe it was in '77 but by the time I saw the Germs in '79 it was common knowledge. Um, Cruisin' soundtrack? The Pleasure Chest? The Hollywood punk experience I remember was a lot less homophobic than just about any other community that has any heterosexuals in it.

[misterhuman]

Part 2: Sure there was heckling like FEAR's, but that's because nothing was off limits then. It wasn't some sort of scenewide homophobic agenda like say, any all-american high school team sport.

But what do I know. My bad for the 'I'm sure you think' line in my first reply. I trust Don but I'll have to read the book to see how Brendan or Parfrey might've fucked it up.

[misterhuman]

Part 3: My friend RD was hanging out with Darby one time and Darby's sexual orientation came up. "Fuck that," Darby snapped, "I'm not a fag--I'll just fuck anything that isn't black."

I wonder how many quotes like that made it into Brendan's book.

[Roman92103]

I don't doubt your personal impression. I'm just saying my statement was based on what I've read and seen and that I wasn't talking out my ass.

Part of the pathology of being closeted is that the paranoia and self-loathing often makes your gayness a bigger deal to you than it actually is to other people. So maybe people knew about Darby and didn't care - but obviously he didn't feel comfortable being open about his sexuality in that scene.

[BEAST77]

it talks about how he seduced guys but not really much more than that the book just says it was a well kept secret and darby did it for image mostly the book just retraces his life and ends with his death and funeral has full lyrics of like everysong doesnt go too much into the meaning

[FatwNker]

These guys were great. No fucking doubt about it.

[christsmasher]

But were most excellent at synth punk.

I love this band, but it's not for everyone and that's fine.

[violentpacifist]

Yeah, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Screamers california really sucked at punk...

[julianhogendobler]

Yeah, have the read the book "We Got The Neutron Bomb"?, You really suck at punk yourself, sir. I hope you're being sarcastic.

[klnkjsdhj]

*Yawn* Kill yourself. Today.

[mbwanzer]

this is amazing!!!

[4321Blastoff]

This vid's fuckin' amazin'! According to some poster on another Screamers vid here, they did an acetate and gace it to Rodney, he needed money when his mom died and the dude's friend paid him $1,500 for it. True? Man, LA punk's GREAT!! Dangerhouse was THE shit.

[dukerz718]

im not saying they're not onto something or whatever, but i really dont like these guys.

[barroomhero1985]

wat a fucken load of shit

[klnkjsdhj]

Yeah, just like the name "barroomhero1985". Either you were born in 1985, which gives you ZERO credibility to comment with... or that was the year you "discovered" punk, which makes you even LESS credible. Go listen to your Dropkick Murphys and shut the fuck up poser.

[osocali]

carezzza..you're ignorant...I was part of the L.A. scene and we made our own rules we cared nothing about your scene....how old are you anyways...POSUER

[carezzza]

What a bunch of lightweights. All of the California bands were pathetic. They tried to copy the NY and London scenes, but failed miserably. I saw them in the late seventies and they sucked.

[DickStainy]

Who are the Screamers supposed to be imitating, smart guy? They look and sound pretty damn original to me.

[klnkjsdhj]

Please tell me just how the fuck the LA bands were "trying to copy the NY and London" bands??? That's the most ignorant shit I've ever heard. Are you sure you were there back then? LA had a much more unique scene than either of those overrated cities. May the ghost of Black Randy shit in your mouth for eternity.

[monkeymichel]

the only comparison between LA, NYC and UK is that we were all infected by the same thing. and it wasn't a widespread media glamorized thing, so you really had to have an instinct to find the scene. LA scene was a younger crowd, more colorful and funner. NYC punk seemed like older guys who graduated from the glitter scene. UK punk was a lot more political. LA was just fun, until hardcore started. but we were all marching to the beat of the same drum. there were very few of us.

[klnkjsdhj]

It doesn't matter. His account is closed. He's not reading any of this. Probably ran off back to poserville with his tail between his legs (carezzza that is).

[yeoldecunt]

The greatest band ever!

[skullxbeat]

Bobby Pyn is pogoing in the background

[anthoneycrunch]

when?

[miwteve]

Lo mejor, el mejor punk aqui es la influencia de todo lo que se escucha hoy como punk

[DigThatCron77]

fuck yea...luv these guys 77 LA punk baby!

[carolatienepena]

i love when tommy gear tries to do backup vocals and his mic is never plugged

[carolatienepena]

kings of screamo? that has to be a complete fucking joke

and a bad one too

[shrapnelenema]

lulz

[fabgear]

The most amazing band at that time. Thanx for putting that up.