The Screamers Press Archive

Hello. The following is a list of articles/interviews/pictures/concert reviews concerning the Screamers. Click to read.

   
VARIETY MAGAZINE,
9-74
   
"Talent in Action (Slaves of Rhythm)," Kirb, Variety Magazine, 9-74.
  
SOHO NEWS, 11-74
  
"Savage Voodoo Nuns," R.B., Soho News, 11-74.
Chatterbox Chitchat by Melba Toast, Chatterbox #4, 9-76
"The Screamers: These are Wild ones to Watch For!", Lisa Fancher, Street Life #2, 1977.
Screamers Feature, Slash Vol. 1, #1, 5-77
Scramers Interview, Slash Vol.1, #2, 6-77
Pictures of 5/28/77, Slash Storefront.
Screamers picture (not mentioned in article, though probably taken be Jenny Stern) on cover of National Observer, 6-27-77.
Cover of National Obeserver, June 27, 1977.
Picture of Screamers on cover of National Observer, June 27, 1977.
Screamers debut feature (5-28-77), Twisted Magazine, 7-77
Screamers Fan Club Newsletter #1, 7-77

NEW YORK ROCKER #8, 7-77.
Screamers picture and mention in "West," New York Rocker #8, 7-77.
Screamers on Media, Search & Destroy #2, 8-77.
SLASH MAGAZINE
Vol.1 #3, 7/8-77.

Live Review, Starwood, 7-4-77, Slash #3, 8-77.
Live Review, Starwood, 7-4-77, New Dezezes, 1977.
"You Don't Know Anyone Until You Know... The Screamers," Lee Lumsden, Chatterbox #6, ca. Summer-Fall 1977.

I WANNA BE YOUR DOG #2, 11-77.

Local Scene, I Wanna Be Your Dog #2, 11-77.

SYNAPSE MAGAZINE
NOV/DEC 77

Live Review, Larchmont Hall, 8-16/17-77, Synapse Magazine, 11/12-77

CREEM MAGAZINE, 12-77
"Catch A Wave? No, West Coast NEW WAVE!," Jack Basher, Creem Magazine, 12-77.
Reviews of 12-16-77 and 12-17-77, Flipside Magazine #6, ca Jan 1978.
Gossip,
Live Review, Masque 12-16-77, Lobotomy Magazine #2, ca Jan-78.
"Screamers from LA: A Better World Begins With You!", Search & Destroy #5, Circa Jan/Feb, 1978.

LA TIMES,
January 7, 1978
"Screamers Offer New Slant on Punk," LA Times, 1-7-78
Tomata and a frozen dinner, Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing, Jan/Feb. 1978.

LA TIMES,
Feburary 27, 1978
"Six New Wave Bands Showcased," LA Times, 2-27-78

LA TIMES,
Feburary 28, 1978

"A Positive Perspective on Punk," LA Times, 2-28-78

Flipside Magazine
#8, March 1978

An interview in Flipside #8, March 1978
An interview in Basic Black #1, ca. March 1978.
Review of 2-24-78 Elks Bldg, LA.
Gossip,
"The Masque Benefit: A Victory for The Screamers", Generation X Magazine #5, Ca. March 1978.
Gossip, "Valentines Dream Dates",
Labotomy Magazine #3, ca March 1978

Review of a party at the Screamers house (Wilton Hilton), 1-20-78.
Review of the Screamers at the Whisky, 1-7-78.
   
WASTELAND #3
   
Pictures of the Screamers at the Masque Benefit, 2-24-78, Wasteland #3, ca March 1978
SLASH MAGAZINE
Vol. 1 #10
Review of Camarillo State Hospital, 3-23-78.
Review of Straita Head Sound, 3-25-78.
Review of Whisky 4-13-78, Slash Magazine Vol. 1 #10, May 1978.
Screamers interview in Synapse Magazine, May/June 1978.

TROUSER PRESS
#28, May 1978
   
Los Angeles Scene report, Trouser Press #28, May 1978
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DAILY, May 1978.
Review of 5-19-78, University of Washington Daily, May 1978.

BAM MAGAZINE,
May 5, 1978
"The Screamers: Mutant Offspring of the New Wave," BAM Magazine, May 5th, 1978.
"A Better World Begins With You," Slash Magazine #10 1/2, Summer 1978
SAN GABRIEL TRIBUNE
July 1978
"Screamers: Not So Far-Fetched," Mark Nelson, San Gabriel Tribune, 7-78.

LOS ANGELES TIMES
7-2-78

Screamers, Los Angeles Times Calender, 7-2-78.
"The Battle of The Bands," Slash Magazine #12, 8-78
"The Screamers' West Coast Tour," Slash Magazine #12, 8-78
Screamers Fan Club Newsletter, 10-78.

VARIETY,
November 29, 1978.

The Screamers as Hurrah's, NY, November 3, 1978 from Variety, Nov 29, 1978.

NEW YORK ROCKER
#15, November 1978

   
The Screamers at CBGB, NY, Oct. 17, 1978, from New York Rocker #15, November 1978.
SCREAMERS BEST
FANCLUB MAILING
12-78
"
"Screamers Best," Fanclub Mailing, 12-1978

INTERVIEW
XMAS XTRA 1978
"Glen O'Brien's Beat," Interview Xmas Xtra, 1978.

MELODY MAKER
1-6-79

The New Wave Laps on the Terminal Beach, Jon Savage, Melody Maker, 1-6-79.
  
LA Times (?)
3-5-79
  
"Getting There: Delusions of a Teen Idol," Clarissa Ainley, (?), March 5, 1979.

SLASH MAGAZINE Vol.2 #6
Picture of Whisky 5-17/19-79, Slash Magazine Vol.2, #6, June 1979.
Two reviews of 5-17/19-79 Whisky in Slash Vol.2, #7, July 1979
 
FLIPSIDE MAGAZINE
#15, July 1979

   
A live review of 5-17-79 Whisky in Flipside #15, July 1979
 
BAM MAGAZINE
July 1, 1979
 
A live review of 5-17-79 Whisky in BAM Magazine, July 1, 1979
 
LA TIMES,
July 24, 1979
    
"The L.A. Rock Scene: A Dramatic Resurgence," LA Times, 7-24-79
"Screamers: Past Their Primal?," New York Rocker #21, August 1979
     
FLIPSIDE MAGAZINE
#16, October 1979

     
A live review in Flipside #16, October 1979

FAN CLUB MAILING
December 1979
"And May God Bless Each And Everyone Of Us," Fanclub mailing, Dec 1979
Screamers Fan Club Newsletter, January 1980.
    
FLIPSIDE MAGAZINE
#18, May 1980

     
"The Nooze," Flipside #18, May 1980
    
SLASH MAGAZINE
Vol. 3 No. 3
    
News, Slash Vol. 3, No. 3, 1980
    
SLASH MAGAZINE
Vol. 3 No. 5
    
"Paul Roessler - mini-interview", Slash Vol. 3, No. 5, Mid 1980
 
LA WEEKLY(?)
June 1981

   
"Screamers Scream Again," Jeff Spurrier, LA Weekly (?), 6-81.
 
LA WEEKLY(?)
June 1981

 
"Pop Beat: Whatsa Matta, Tomata?," Richard Cromelin, LA Weekly(?), 6-81.
  
LA WEEKLY(?)
January 1986
  
"Beautiful Screamer," Hubert Mensch, LA Weekly(?), 1-86.
 
LA WEEKLY
January 24, 1986
 
"Population:One," Michael Dare, LA Weekly, 1-24-86

Books

Some books that speak about the Screamers:
Contemporary:
Search And Destroy: The Complete Reprint #1-11 (in two volumes). V.Vale [Ed], published by Re:Search publications. In print.

Hardcore California: A History of Punk And New Wave. Peter Belsito and Bob Davis, published by The Last Gasp of San Francisco. In Print.

Recollective:
We Got The Neutron Bomb : The Untold Story of L.A. Punk. Marc Spitz and Brendan Mullen, published by Three Rivers Press, New York. In print.

Punk '77. James Stark, published by Re:Search publications. In print.

Loser: The Real Seattle Music Story. Clark Humphrey, published by Feral House, Portland. In print (I believe).

Fucked up + Photocopied. Bryan Ray Turcotte and Christopher T. Miller(ed). Published by Gingko Press, Corte Madera, California. In print.

There are also a few brief mentions (including in the discography) in England's Dreaming by Jon Savage, published by St. Martins Press, NY. In print.