The Screamers - Synthesizer Punk Rock

There is an intersting thread going on AH titled, "Best punk use of synth." A number of bands were called out, some of which were questioned as far as whether or not they were punk in the classic sense of punk. Well, the Screamers definitely were classic punk. They had a small stint in the late 70s in Los Angeles. They were a four piece band with Tomata Du Plenty - Vocals (R.I.P.), Tommy Gear - ARP Odyssey, David Braun - Fender Rhodes electric piano, and KK Barett - Drums. The Screamers were a band from 1977 - 1981. Notice no guitar or bass guitar, just the ARP Odyssey, Fender Rhodes and drums. Title link takes you to the Screamers page on http://www.punkrockers.com with some audio links (just above the pictures). Listen to them. What's crazy is that there are no guitars - this is not a bleepy synth experience, this is classic punk rock.



Other links worth checking out:

http://www.synthpunk.org/screamers
http://www.dvdmaniacs.net/Reviews/Q-T/screamers.html
http://www.mp3.com/the-screamers/artists/334431/biography.html
http://www.synthpunk.org/

dDamage "Ghetto Blaster Ape" Live [Synth Punk]

video by CANAL STREET MUSIC

Update: added YouTube video above as Flash videos below no longer work for me. Keeping them below for reference and for anyone that still uses Flash.

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The Screamers - 122 Hours of Fear, Vertigo - Live 1979

YouTube via Sockies25.

All synth punk. Well, kind of - they used an ARP Odyssey and Fender Rhodes.

via Waveformless.

You can find some previous posts scattered here.

"arget Video: The Screamers

Songs: 122 Hours of Fear, Vertigo - Live 1979 at the Mab

The Screamers were pure genius and this live video is a work of art. Unfortunatley they never recorded an album and only some poor quality demo and live recordings exist. This video however is a clip from a Target DVD released in 2004. Hope you like it"

Screamers on YouTube

Classic Synth Punk. Zero guitars. ARP Odyssey and Fender Rhodes. Links below.



Screamers - Vertigo

Published on Feb 16, 2006 Fatty Jubbo

Screamers - The Beat Goes On

Published on Feb 19, 2006 Fatty Jubbo

KILLED BY SYNTH - 16 NERVOUS SYNTH PUNK TRACKS

via this auction

Three videos below.

"KILLED BY SYNTH - 16 NERVOUS SYNTH PUNK TRACKS - NEW

RECORD NEW / MINT

1- SHOX LUMANIA – SIGNALS – 1981 – NEW
YORK
2- LAST FOUR (4) DIGITS – CITY STREETS -1980 - INDIANAPOLIS
3- RED ASPHALT – RED ASPHALT – 1981 – SAN FRANCISCO
4- A-MOS – MODERN NOISE – 1980 – DETROIT CITY
5- ACTIVE INGREDIENTS – LAUNDROMAT LOVERBOY –
1979 – NEW YORK
6- BPA- BUS – 1983 - CINCINNATI
7- ASBESTOS ROCK PYLE – POLICE STATE – 1983 DETROIT CITY

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The Screamers - The Beat Goes On - on YouTube

Rember the Screamers here and here?

All synth punk band from the early 80s. Click play to launch.

Le Shok -122 Hours Of Fear

YouTube via 123jlp. Sent my way via Greg.

Cover of a tune by The Screamers. Guess the synth.

Rebel Technology OWL Modular & Chronos

Published on Jul 17, 2015 Rebel Technology

"Teaser for the OWL Modular, release date 1 August 2015.

The OWL Modular is a fully programmable digital audio module. With a sophisticated ARM Cortex M4 processor and plenty of memory, it delivers outstanding performance and audio quality. Still, the platform is entirely open source and remarkably easy to program. A growing community of patch developers have created a diverse library of more than 70 effects, including phasers, flangers, delays, reverbs, distortion, compression, filters, shifters, screamers, laughers...

Based on the successful OWL Pedal, the Modular adds CV control and DC-coupled inputs and outputs, while retaining full patch compatibility.

For more information see http://hoxtonowl.com/ and http://rebeltech.org/"

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