@@park7854 Have listened to them all my friend. Also went to a Prison affair gig last month, got super bored, everything seemed the same. Check Finale from Valencia
I blew up tomatos face in full color on good quality cardboard, laminated it and it hangs on my medicine cabinet mirror so I wake up to Tomato every morning instead of me.
I just learned that this song was written about the hijacking of the Lufthansa flight 181 where the whole thing took over 5 days (or 122 hours) no hostages were killed except the pilot. The airplane level in rainbow 6 seige is based on the rescue mission to get everyone out as well
They were never about to kill any hostages anyway, they tried to free the red army fraction prisoners and they themselves said that they don't want any civilians killed in solidarity actions with them.
there is a live version of this song recorded where during the silent break in the middle of the song, the crowd is cheering and yelling, and some guy eventually goes 'youuu suuck' ... and then duplenty almost erupts in direct response to him when he says YOU BETTER SHUT UP AND LISTEN! and then the band just charges through the 2nd half of the song with hell fire, it's great
@@toneyrush49 that's the live at the man show from 1978 .look for an annoyed Jello Biafra getting on stage in a striped shirt during the 2nd song, vertigo Footage of the screamers from the whisky in b+w video exists along with the dull population one outtake footage. Asmall amount of footage from the masque exists and is a treat as you see a who's who of first wave LA punk!
"Be quiet or be killed!" he said. In front of you and in front of me. He made the pilot get on his knees. Made him crawl, made him whimper, Made him cry out for his mother. Wow! What a show! 122 Hours Of Fear. Wow! What a show! 122 Hours Of Fear. 122 Hours Of Fear. 122. "You better shut up and listen!" he said. Danger, danger, danger, Mr. Schumann We are in a hurry, Mr. Schumann What are the odds, dear Jorgen? Am I disturbing You? Wow! What a show! 122 Hours Of Fear. Wow! What a show! 122 Hours Of Fear. 122 Hours Of Fear. 122.
Listening to a podcast about the history of Dead Kennedy's, I found these guys. I grew up on anything and everything like this thanks to my mom, with an extreme dose of The Cramps. I'm young enough I never got to see any of these bands in their prime, and good God do I wish I could have.
one of the earliest LA punk bands; synth, electric piano, and drummer = AWESOME!!! they never released a record, and tomata became a respected artist - RIP tomata
No, they never released anything because in addition to being total control freaks.. they wanted to do a video album .and MTV was still 5 years away. They cut some demo recordings but I'm glad in a way because I like the screamers like my heroin .. raw and uncut!
What made Tomata such a compelling frontman was his total immersion in his performance…just his facial expressions were priceless! The guy had charisma in bucketloads and sparks flying off him on stage. Best frontman I’ve ever seen.
Lotto Ball of The Phantom Limbs (and several other projects) ALWAYS stayed in character on stage too. Saw them live about 200 times between 1999 - 2008 or so. The Phantom Limbs were probably the most Screamers influenced band I've ever heard.
They believed the future was video so recorded and sold videos on Beta cassettes rather than LP or tapes so there is very little of them. They were really influential in SoCal but outside of that they didn't catch on partly because of the Beta tape thing.
Anything is possible but they are pretty unknown, their existing recordings are poor quality and to be honest 122 hours is the only great song. Maybe someone will put a documentary together.
Maybe it's just me but I have been going to punk shows since 1987 and toured with punk bands 1996 to 2008. I had seen the logo but didn't actually hear The Screams until a few years ago while in the west coast on a t.v. at a small Chinese restaurant next to a punk club. Kids that grew up with youtube, cd burners and bands like Green Day may not understand but real Punk has always been really regional, spread on copied cassette tapes. An LA band that doesn't tour and put out their stuff only on Beta tape is harder to share.
I saw them in San Diego at a club called Abbey Road in '78. I was in the Navy at the time. They were warmed up by a band called Gary Myrick and the Figures. I was just stunned by the Screamers. I saw them again in L.A. a few months later. I had a really cool Screamers show poster (with a cartoon graphic of Tomata's head, screaming) that I kept for 3 or 4 years and gave it to a friend. Wish I'd kept it.
Joey Whiteside Yeah, its good stuff and lasts for a reason. There's a certain scratchy authenticity to it that a lot of bands will never capture. I started to going to high school when Nirvana was the thing. (Personally, I thought they were overrated lol. ) But groups like Dead Kennedys and such never really made it into the mainstream. Which I actually love. To listen to the Screamers and be a small handful who knows about them? It feels like I'm in a special club or something. But I love to see a friend of mines face when they hear for the first time and ask in a good way "Who are these guys?"
there's something different and special about this band that I can't put my finger on. I have always thought of these guys as one of the holy grails of punk. tomata is an incredible front man.
anonymousDerp - You got it right. The Screamers were the unsung heroes of first-wave West Coast punk. They never released any albums, ep’s, or singles (besides posthumous bootlegs), yet they influenced SO MUCH of what came later. Another early West Coast punk band that had a similar “special quality” was the Sleepers from San Francisco. Check them out if you haven’t already. Their singer Ricky Williams was a true original. He also played drums in CRIME and was the original singer for Flipper (he came up with their name), though he was kicked out of Flipper for being “too weird”. Being too weird for Flipper has got to be like some lifetime achievement.
This guy is the anti-rick astley. Is there any way to give more thumbs up for this? The Screamers, the most punk rock band ever!!! period!!!!! RIP Tomata du Plenty
If you are watching this on youtube at the minute... the only conclusion i can fathom... is that you agree, that is one of the best fucking songs ever written... what a fuckin banger!
Eh punk was more like the damned or the weirdos. The screamers were a synth punk band. They were post punk long before it was cool!. This band literally started off the "Goth Genre" in my opinion.
Anonymous Duckling - What? If any one band was responsible for inventing Goth, it was The Damned! Maybe Siouxsie and Joy Division too, but The Screamers? I don’t see any connection to goth whatsoever. This was considered PUNK at the time... not “synth punk”. In the early days, punk didn’t have any rules, other than ‘anything goes’ and not going for some tired commercial sound/image. Bands like Screamers, Weirdos, Germs, Dickies, Bags, Black Randy & The Metrosquad, Controllers, and X all co-existed together in the same tight little scene as punk bands... even though they all sounded and looked different from each other. Things got a bit more codified a few years later when hardcore took over, but in the context of the era in which the Screamers existed, this was just straight-up punk.
@@Brewzerr I get what you're saying mate. The Damned were the first goth band. However, if this song existed in the 80s, it would simply be a goth song(post punk). I don't pay attention to at what generation the song was released in. I pay attention to the atmosphere and the composition it gives out. There's a band called xmal Deutschland yeah?. They have a song called "Mondlicht" and it sounds identical to this song you're listening to. That was the point I was sending across.
Anonymous Duckling - Ok, but you’re still missing the point... which is that NO ONE was calling this “synth punk” when it was happening. It was just PUNK. Labels like “synth punk” didn’t start getting tossed around until long after punk had splintered into a million different categories. I mean yes, obviously they used keyboards instead of traditional guitars and bass, and that was what set them apart from other punk bands, but they still shared much more in common with bands like the Weirdos and the Bags than they did with other then well known all synth bands such as Kraftwerk. In those early days of punk, attitude was everything.... and few bands had as much punk attitude as the Screamers.
This is REAL Punk Rock! This SHOULD be a lesson to all young punks out there. It's not about a Les Paul through a Marshall. Punk rock is much more than that. Punk Rock is ALL about the vibe, the fuck you vibe, and there was a time, as expressed here, that individuality was an important thing. Especially when it came naturally. Listen to this band, two keyboards and a drummer (plus Tomata on vocals) and it's some of the best Punk that you will ever hear. VIVA SCREAMERS!
Absolutely. Punk rock is a lifestyle, it’s a philosophy, it’s uncompromisingly being yourself. Fuck everyone else and their trying to fit in, be weird, wear your freak flag high as Hendrix put it! It’s sadly missing in a lot of modern art, people are too afraid.
What amazes me is every member of this band is tied to some major part of punk history in America . I get a head ache just trying to understand why they did not blow up more . Truly amazing band !!
I grew up in Orange County and worked with a lot of punk bands doing road work, TSOL, The Crowd, Manic Hispanic and The Cadillac Tramps to name a few, and it is crazy how many times I have had my favorite bands tell me this is their favorite band. You hear the term a comedians comedian or a musicians musician, in that same respect I feel like Tomata and Screamers are the punk rockers punk rock.
I was lucky enough to see the Screamers at a club in San Diego called Abbey Road in the summer of '78. Gary Myrick and The Figures was the warmup. I remember a guy was walking a blonde with a dog leash. She was wearing boots, gem-studded leather garters and a bustier. Saw the Screamers a year later in L.A., but I can't remember the venue. I love their sound. I love the urgent sound. So original.
I remember finding these guys years ago cause I was in a long time search for “who was the first band to use screaming” as a main vocal choice. And I didn’t mean like the Beatles on Helter Skelter, or the kinda shouting the Sex Pistols or Dead Boys do. And I remember finding this band. And thinking that it was funny that the earliest I could find is literally named The Screamers. I still haven’t really found anything earlier. There’s a bunch of other LA punk bands from this time that were also yelling and screaming like this. But I definitely couldn’t find anything pre 75 If anyone has a pre 75 example. I’d love to hear it.
Grew up in their grace's. The LA scene was a gift from above. Saw Screamers, amongst a ton of others, as much as they played. It wasn't enough. Although I did walk away with a video cassette of their catalog.
Not many people know what this song is about...so im gonna lay it out there so it can enrich your pathetic lives. :D This song is about the hijacking of flight 181, October 13, 1977. What really hits home is seeing the movie that was made which describes what Du Plenty is singing about. The movie is called The Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 aka Mogadischu Welcome (2008). Its a German made film, but you can get subtitles. So all that stuff about shut up and listen and get on your knees is directed at what the hijacker made the pilot do. He put him through hell. It just makes this song that much more amazing than it already is.
IAN m True, although the major diffrences between *Vega, and **Tomata's vocals really help set the 2 bands apart stylisticaly. *The lead singer of Suicide **The lead of The Screamers
Im without my external hardrive...decided to listen to Suicides first LP via You Tube and Found this...FUCKIN Sick. Never heard this in my life and i love it! well gonna have to find more.
People, this is so unique, so amazing! Can't believe what I just saw! Like Eva Braun! OMG! This is a therapy man, this is a therapy, this is the real PUNK!!! It's cure me! I was in depression for long yearsssssss. Now I feel so free.
John Doe from X was their roadie once. He loved them. He told me "The Screamers were more of an experience than a band", which was exactly what they were shooting for
This song is sooo badass, and raw, punchy, and in your face. For instance I love how he says, "Be quiet or be killed," and "You better shutup and listen." It's just so edgey and in ur face, that's basically the meaning of a punk front man right there. and Iove how they only use synthesizers and a drumkit, it's so cool and catchy.
I'm 250 years old and still listen to these guys, the alpha and omega of synth punk. Check out also Nervous Gender and more recent stuff such as Subtonix, Phantom Limbs and Destruction Unit.
Just imagine the *rise* he (and other like-minded performers) got out of screaming this music out, from the stage, to the virgin-eared masses in that era. What a rush.
Got to see Paul Roessler perform this song over the weekend on a tribute to Tomata Du Plenty. The Screamers, are one of those bands which were influential in the L.A. Punk scene. A band so far ahead of it's time in my opinion.
I was born 98 and I was lucky enough to have an awesome mother who had a friend growing up that turned me on to this band. Thank the mayhem that's happened. You need dark to appreciate the light. I'm 23 now and am probably the few people that know this song Tomata was an awesome artist/painter, I'd say Tomatas music is Jackson pollock of audio art
I cannot get over how fucking amazing this is. Synth-punk has to be THE most under-utilized medium ever.
Indeed check out snailmate
I’m starting to make synth punk
with the new Devo-esque, egg-punk wave of bands that´s hittin everywhere I dunno if this statement is still valid
you have to check out gee tee one of the best bands rn. also satanic togas and cherry cheeks and snooper and prison affair and research reactor corps
@@park7854 Have listened to them all my friend. Also went to a Prison affair gig last month, got super bored, everything seemed the same. Check Finale from Valencia
I always start my day with this guy screaming at me.
Still doing it? :D
@@snc9297 I know I am
I blew up tomatos face in full color on good quality cardboard, laminated it and it hangs on my medicine cabinet mirror so I wake up to Tomato every morning instead of me.
@@billyodamit8062 damn dude, sounds like some shit I'd do too. Tomata was the shit.
Wow! What a show!
I just learned that this song was written about the hijacking of the Lufthansa flight 181 where the whole thing took over 5 days (or 122 hours) no hostages were killed except the pilot. The airplane level in rainbow 6 seige is based on the rescue mission to get everyone out as well
They were never about to kill any hostages anyway, they tried to free the red army fraction prisoners and they themselves said that they don't want any civilians killed in solidarity actions with them.
WOW....I never knew that....thanx for that.....I did have the pleasure of seeing them nce at the Masque
They must have been quiet then
So you have Wikipedia too
there is a live version of this song recorded where during the silent break in the middle of the song, the crowd is cheering and yelling, and some guy eventually goes 'youuu suuck' ... and then duplenty almost erupts in direct response to him when he says YOU BETTER SHUT UP AND LISTEN! and then the band just charges through the 2nd half of the song with hell fire, it's great
mradnanchowdhury link
@@toneyrush49 that's the live at the man show from 1978
.look for an annoyed Jello Biafra getting on stage in a striped shirt during the 2nd song, vertigo
Footage of the screamers from the whisky in b+w video exists along with the dull population one outtake footage. Asmall amount of footage from the masque exists and is a treat as you see a who's who of first wave LA punk!
link ruclips.net/video/fMB3yekq4u0/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/EAiHHEfXa-E/видео.html
Is it this one? ruclips.net/video/tDOtY4DqGh0/видео.html
Best thing I've seen in 122 hours.
"Be quiet or be killed!"
he said.
In front of you and in front of me.
He made the pilot get on his knees.
Made him crawl, made him whimper,
Made him cry out for his mother.
Wow! What a show!
122 Hours Of Fear.
Wow! What a show!
122 Hours Of Fear.
122 Hours Of Fear.
122.
"You better shut up and listen!"
he said.
Danger, danger, danger, Mr. Schumann
We are in a hurry, Mr. Schumann
What are the odds, dear Jorgen?
Am I disturbing You?
Wow! What a show!
122 Hours Of Fear.
Wow! What a show!
122 Hours Of Fear.
122 Hours Of Fear.
122.
Luiz Claudio Thanks!
Thanks I love this song
Thanks!
Like first, punk rock shit
Matt·Dylan Islamists gonna Islam.
Listening to a podcast about the history of Dead Kennedy's, I found these guys. I grew up on anything and everything like this thanks to my mom, with an extreme dose of The Cramps. I'm young enough I never got to see any of these bands in their prime, and good God do I wish I could have.
Same here! My jaw fucking dropped listening to this!
Hail Yourself!
Thanks to the internet for exposing us to these artists. Born in the right generation lol
Same here. Same exact here!
No dogs in space !?!
one of the earliest LA punk bands; synth, electric piano, and drummer = AWESOME!!! they never released a record, and tomata became a respected artist - RIP tomata
No, they never released anything because in addition to being total control freaks.. they wanted to do a video album
.and MTV was still 5 years away. They cut some demo recordings but I'm glad in a way because I like the screamers like my heroin
.. raw and uncut!
What made Tomata such a compelling frontman was his total immersion in his performance…just his facial expressions were priceless! The guy had charisma in bucketloads and sparks flying off him on stage. Best frontman I’ve ever seen.
Jello styles
Lotto Ball of The Phantom Limbs (and several other projects) ALWAYS stayed in character on stage too. Saw them live about 200 times between 1999 - 2008 or so. The Phantom Limbs were probably the most Screamers influenced band I've ever heard.
There honestly needs to be more of this band around
i always wish there were more recordings, live or not.
They believed the future was video so recorded and sold videos on Beta cassettes rather than LP or tapes so there is very little of them. They were really influential in SoCal but outside of that they didn't catch on partly because of the Beta tape thing.
KR T Mabey someone'll find one of them, and work out a way to release it on modern formats.
Anything is possible but they are pretty unknown, their existing recordings are poor quality and to be honest 122 hours is the only great song. Maybe someone will put a documentary together.
Maybe it's just me but I have been going to punk shows since 1987 and toured with punk bands 1996 to 2008. I had seen the logo but didn't actually hear The Screams until a few years ago while in the west coast on a t.v. at a small Chinese restaurant next to a punk club. Kids that grew up with youtube, cd burners and bands like Green Day may not understand but real Punk has always been really regional, spread on copied cassette tapes. An LA band that doesn't tour and put out their stuff only on Beta tape is harder to share.
Wish I were alive at the time to see them... Punk with only keyboards, GENUIS!!!!
+Joey Whiteside Right? I was too young when these guys were playing but never heard of them until recently. Fuck!
I saw them in San Diego at a club called Abbey Road in '78. I was in the Navy at the time. They were warmed up by a band called Gary Myrick and the Figures. I was just stunned by the Screamers. I saw them again in L.A. a few months later. I had a really cool Screamers show poster (with a cartoon graphic of Tomata's head, screaming) that I kept for 3 or 4 years and gave it to a friend. Wish I'd kept it.
+Shoot First Man, that's cool, I think I know what poster your talking about. I am still happy my dad introduced me to them.
+Lance Goodthrust Man, I wasn't even born. But seriously, screamers are the best.
Joey Whiteside Yeah, its good stuff and lasts for a reason. There's a certain scratchy authenticity to it that a lot of bands will never capture. I started to going to high school when Nirvana was the thing. (Personally, I thought they were overrated lol. ) But groups like Dead Kennedys and such never really made it into the mainstream. Which I actually love. To listen to the Screamers and be a small handful who knows about them? It feels like I'm in a special club or something. But I love to see a friend of mines face when they hear for the first time and ask in a good way "Who are these guys?"
Thank the heavens that this was even recorded!!! Brilliant music and even more brilliant minds behind it!!!!
Oh my goodness i love this band
I've literally watched this like 10 times in a row, its amazing
Same haha!
possibly my favourite video on the internet
there's something different and special about this band that I can't put my finger on. I have always thought of these guys as one of the holy grails of punk. tomata is an incredible front man.
They are the absolute definition of Unique. No other band even comes close.
anonymousDerp 2 synths and drums. that's it
A compelling, unsettling front man and a video that could be filmed in his padded cell....
anonymousDerp - You got it right. The Screamers were the unsung heroes of first-wave West Coast punk. They never released any albums, ep’s, or singles (besides posthumous bootlegs), yet they influenced SO MUCH of what came later. Another early West Coast punk band that had a similar “special quality” was the Sleepers from San Francisco. Check them out if you haven’t already. Their singer Ricky Williams was a true original. He also played drums in CRIME and was the original singer for Flipper (he came up with their name), though he was kicked out of Flipper for being “too weird”. Being too weird for Flipper has got to be like some lifetime achievement.
They influenced so many bands to come later.
This guy is the anti-rick astley. Is there any way to give more thumbs up for this? The Screamers, the most punk rock band ever!!! period!!!!!
RIP Tomata du Plenty
EXTREMELY ahead of their time. There was nothing like this in the 70s. They were making Hardcore before Hardcore was a thing.
thats h9ow it is
One of the greatest Punk bands of all time
I never get sick of this video
One of the most underrated groups.
Another excellent song and performance by The Screamers. Love the dramatic pause.
If you are watching this on youtube at the minute... the only conclusion i can fathom... is that you agree, that is one of the best fucking songs ever written... what a fuckin banger!
EVER. FUCKING. WRITTEN.
No. Can't understand a word he is saying. No wonder they never went anywhere
@@Tyler45nilbog nobody gives a fuck if you can understand it, normie.
Whenever someone asks me what punk is or was, I play them this video clip. It answers all the questions, I believe.
Eh punk was more like the damned or the weirdos. The screamers were a synth punk band. They were post punk long before it was cool!. This band literally started off the "Goth Genre" in my opinion.
Anonymous Duckling - What? If any one band was responsible for inventing Goth, it was The Damned! Maybe Siouxsie and Joy Division too, but The Screamers? I don’t see any connection to goth whatsoever. This was considered PUNK at the time... not “synth punk”. In the early days, punk didn’t have any rules, other than ‘anything goes’ and not going for some tired commercial sound/image. Bands like Screamers, Weirdos, Germs, Dickies, Bags, Black Randy & The Metrosquad, Controllers, and X all co-existed together in the same tight little scene as punk bands... even though they all sounded and looked different from each other. Things got a bit more codified a few years later when hardcore took over, but in the context of the era in which the Screamers existed, this was just straight-up punk.
@@Brewzerr I get what you're saying mate. The Damned were the first goth band. However, if this song existed in the 80s, it would simply be a goth song(post punk). I don't pay attention to at what generation the song was released in. I pay attention to the atmosphere and the composition it gives out. There's a band called xmal Deutschland yeah?. They have a song called "Mondlicht" and it sounds identical to this song you're listening to. That was the point I was sending across.
@@Brewzerr Also, the screamers were synth punk as they had synthesizers instead of guitars.
Anonymous Duckling - Ok, but you’re still missing the point... which is that NO ONE was calling this “synth punk” when it was happening. It was just PUNK. Labels like “synth punk” didn’t start getting tossed around until long after punk had splintered into a million different categories. I mean yes, obviously they used keyboards instead of traditional guitars and bass, and that was what set them apart from other punk bands, but they still shared much more in common with bands like the Weirdos and the Bags than they did with other then well known all synth bands such as Kraftwerk. In those early days of punk, attitude was everything.... and few bands had as much punk attitude as the Screamers.
After 39 years I'm here. I feel the screamers energy for the first time. RUclips Is my greatest resource. Thanx for loading it up. Love it.
Still sounds amazing !!
This is REAL Punk Rock! This SHOULD be a lesson to all young punks out there. It's not about a Les Paul through a Marshall. Punk rock is much more than that. Punk Rock is ALL about the vibe, the fuck you vibe, and there was a time, as expressed here, that individuality was an important thing. Especially when it came naturally. Listen to this band, two keyboards and a drummer (plus Tomata on vocals) and it's some of the best Punk that you will ever hear. VIVA SCREAMERS!
Yea! It's not about having some expensive Les Paul's or martins! It's about having two 1000$ oberheims....right?
Kids now don't know real punk.
Thanks for the lecture I guess. Your insightful feelings on punk are so punk.
Absolutely. Punk rock is a lifestyle, it’s a philosophy, it’s uncompromisingly being yourself. Fuck everyone else and their trying to fit in, be weird, wear your freak flag high as Hendrix put it! It’s sadly missing in a lot of modern art, people are too afraid.
Thanks for the lesson Junior
Glad I got to hear this stuff when it was new!
КРУТО!!! И почему я раньше о них не слышал))) Ребята реально опередили свое время...
Кстати, первый альбом The Horrors это чистая калька со Скримерс и этой песни в частности
These fu*king are good! How did i miss this ? I kove it ! This guy has 'it' !
What amazes me is every member of this band is tied to some major part of punk history in America . I get a head ache just trying to understand why they did not blow up more . Truly amazing band !!
I grew up in Orange County and worked with a lot of punk bands doing road work, TSOL, The Crowd, Manic Hispanic and The Cadillac Tramps to name a few, and it is crazy how many times I have had my favorite bands tell me this is their favorite band. You hear the term a comedians comedian or a musicians musician, in that same respect I feel like Tomata and Screamers are the punk rockers punk rock.
Awesome song and band!
Man if they played live at a Target in the U.S. that would be silly awesome!
Awesome underrated band...
This is amazing
Ok, im here because of the Codefendants music video for "Sell me Youth". So i got to know this band just now, and wow, what a discovery.
This is my 11st time hearing this, I dig it& wanna hear more!!!
Big fan of granddad punk & just discovered these guys.
Wow.
I love this band. RIP Tuh-mah-tuh.
CLASSIC PERFORMANCE from one of my favorite California bands EVER!!! Never put out a record! 8^0)>
Wow!!! What a show!!!
one of my favorite songs
The New Gen needs to take note of this. Live up to this.
S.C.R.E.A.M.E.R.S
WE ARE ALWAYS HERE!
Deeply unsettling,the way alternative music is supposed to be
Did you know Paul Roessler, the keyboard player, is the brother of Kira Roessler from Black Flag? The more you know...
+gasmaskboi19371945 Trivia- both Kira Roessler and Screamers drummer KK Barrett were nominated for Academy Awards (Kira won, of course)
+gasmaskboi19371945 There is a graphic out on the internet that shows how connected all the early LA punk bands were...
More Trivia: Kira also played a bass duo with her then husband Mike Watt from Minutemen.
+Pedro Padron She even kept on doing it after their divorce. And some of the stuff they did together got turned into Minutemen songs
Which keyboard player? Un, deux.
"You'd better shut up & listen" - fantastic video, thanks for posting...
Oh the '70s. What a crazy decade...
Kinda rad decade if this video is any indication :)
dude this band fucking rocks! they gotta compile all their stuff on cd
L'ascolto centinaia di volte... non mi stanca mai! troppo bella
One of the greatest punk rock bands of all time.
Best performer! I wish more people were as entertaining
This might be the coolest thing I’ve ever seen
Anyone here in 2024? ❤
Once a screamers fan always a screamers fan ✊
I love the screamers!
I was lucky enough to see the Screamers at a club in San Diego called Abbey Road in the summer of '78. Gary Myrick and The Figures was the warmup. I remember a guy was walking a blonde with a dog leash. She was wearing boots, gem-studded leather garters and a bustier. Saw the Screamers a year later in L.A., but I can't remember the venue. I love their sound. I love the urgent sound. So original.
I'm back
I come here frequently. Absloutely one of the best live performances ever. Glad this was caught on film.
beautiful
What epicness did I just stumble into.
one of my fav Screamers performances
So...good ! So pleasant it is !
great song. always loved it.
This is ...... just wonderful.
I remember finding these guys years ago cause I was in a long time search for “who was the first band to use screaming” as a main vocal choice. And I didn’t mean like the Beatles on Helter Skelter, or the kinda shouting the Sex Pistols or Dead Boys do.
And I remember finding this band. And thinking that it was funny that the earliest I could find is literally named The Screamers. I still haven’t really found anything earlier. There’s a bunch of other LA punk bands from this time that were also yelling and screaming like this. But I definitely couldn’t find anything pre 75
If anyone has a pre 75 example. I’d love to hear it.
Grew up in their grace's. The LA scene was a gift from above. Saw Screamers, amongst a ton of others, as much as they played. It wasn't enough. Although I did walk away with a video cassette of their catalog.
Not many people know what this song is about...so im gonna lay it out there so it can enrich your pathetic lives. :D
This song is about the hijacking of flight 181, October 13, 1977.
What really hits home is seeing the movie that was made which describes what Du Plenty is singing about.
The movie is called The Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 aka Mogadischu Welcome (2008). Its a German made film, but you can get subtitles.
So all that stuff about shut up and listen and get on your knees is directed at what the hijacker made the pilot do. He put him through hell. It just makes this song that much more amazing than it already is.
Thank you.
punk rock with no guitar, this is badass shit! tamata du plenty was 1 original and cool vocalist!
+oxrjbizzle1984y The band Suicide were playing protopunk with keybords back in the late 70's. Look up Suicide - Suicide 1977 .
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IAN m True, although the major diffrences between *Vega, and **Tomata's vocals really help set the 2 bands apart stylisticaly.
*The lead singer of Suicide
**The lead of The Screamers
The Screamers were 1975-1981. Suicide predates them but they were most active around the same time.
Im without my external hardrive...decided to listen to Suicides first LP via You Tube and Found this...FUCKIN Sick. Never heard this in my life and i love it! well gonna have to find more.
Emos don't know what REAL "screamo" is until they've heard this. I have a feeling this was an influence to that genre.
Yeah, I seriously doubt that.
This is so so good!
I was there when they shot this video, the walls around them were white...Screamers were my favs!
The Screamers é fodástico. Teatral, enérgico, animal.........
i like to start my day off with the screamers playlist.
1977-1982 West Coast was the best era in music history.
Mistah D as much as I want to agree, id say Spain and England were more prolific during those years,
Punk died in 82.
Bwaaaahahahaha!
I was there! I printed their flyers in 1977 while living in Hollywood. Tomata picked up his printing in Hollywood in his underwear. WOW WHAT A SHOW!
Saw 'em in May of '78 at the Beaver Building in Portland. Baaaad asssed band.
Empenou minha cabeça pra sempre.
People, this is so unique, so amazing! Can't believe what I just saw! Like Eva Braun! OMG!
This is a therapy man, this is a therapy, this is the real PUNK!!! It's cure me! I was in depression for long yearsssssss. Now I feel so free.
Ah! The healing power of music!
It will come back
Way better than the recording. Great live performance it's better than watching a movie
John Doe from X was their roadie once. He loved them. He told me "The Screamers were more of an experience than a band", which was exactly what they were shooting for
coolest song of all time
Wow! What a song!
This song is sooo badass, and raw, punchy, and in your face. For instance I love how he says, "Be quiet or be killed," and "You better shutup and listen." It's just so edgey and in ur face, that's basically the meaning of a punk front man right there. and Iove how they only use synthesizers and a drumkit, it's so cool and catchy.
Those are the chills I missed!
amazing!!!!!
never heard sth like this before
i am in love
I'm 250 years old and still listen to these guys, the alpha and omega of synth punk. Check out also Nervous Gender and more recent stuff such as Subtonix, Phantom Limbs and Destruction Unit.
This is a amazing band..... i like
The best song ever written
Completely RAWKS. What a band.
Fantastic
For me, this is the best thing on youtube.
Thanks for the uploads!
FUCK YEAH!
Brilliant!
I saw one of the first comments on this video when it was first posted. It said "122 hours of beer"
Amazing!
So good!
Such a great band. I have the demos on a bootleg LP released a few years back.
Just imagine the *rise* he (and other like-minded performers) got out of screaming this music out, from the stage, to the virgin-eared masses in that era. What a rush.
Got to see Paul Roessler perform this song over the weekend on a tribute to Tomata Du Plenty. The Screamers, are one of those bands which were influential in the L.A. Punk scene. A band so far ahead of it's time in my opinion.
This video has been up for ten years; it's crazy to see how many views it's garnered. I thought I was such the cool kid back then.
I was born 98 and I was lucky enough to have an awesome mother who had a friend growing up that turned me on to this band. Thank the mayhem that's happened. You need dark to appreciate the light. I'm 23 now and am probably the few people that know this song
Tomata was an awesome artist/painter, I'd say Tomatas music is Jackson pollock of audio art
I went to Target and I didn't see these guys, but I got some good shirts.