Demo Hollywood 1977 cover

Demo Hollywood 1977

Screamers

Released

2021

The Screamers’ music inhabited a Southern California analogue to the gritty Manhattan that populated Suicide’s songs. They never released a full album, and these five demos were recorded in 1977. But they cast a long shadow over synth punk, and the blaring electronics of expertly written songs like “Anything” and “Mater Dolores” evoke the grime and glamor of the band’s Hollywood streets.