SCREAMS: Screams LP Promo 1979. Check the exclusive video, showing the vinyl for sale! Power pop for fans of Cheap Trick, Raspberries, Teenage Fanclub, Nick Lowe, Badfinger, Jellyfish, The Motors. CHECK audio

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Check the exclusive video, showing the vinyl for sale!

Check the exclusive video, showing the vinyl for sale!

Screams – Screams
Label: Infinity Records
Catalog#: INS 2007
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1979
Screams was a late ’70s Power pop band who produced one album titled Screams. Screams has been compared to Cheap Trick.
This band backed up Van Halen on their first album tour.  Drummer Brad Steakley (also known as Brad Elvis) has played drums for the Romantics for 17 years. As for Screams, this was their only album and is absolutely killer power pop along the lines of a punky early Cheap Trick. The first song, Paper Dolls, has a vocal melody that is slightly reminiscent of an early Foo Fighters song, but push through that discomfort and you’ll be richly rewarded, ha ha. I guess there is no immediate stand out single here, which is kinda what these type of bands needed to break through, but this is a solid album from start to finish with subversive hooks that become more apparent after a few listens.

Tracklist
A1 Paper Dolls 2:52
A2 Angeline Toys 4:57
A3 I Play For You 5:00
A4 It Just A Matter Of Time 4:09
B1 Imagine Me Without You 3:59
B2 Your Girl, My Girl 3:05
B3 Pen Pal 2:50
B4 Financial Disaster (It s Only Money) 3:38 AUDIO SAMPLE: 

B5 Pop Art 4:19

Bass – Steven Jones
Drums – Brad Steakley [American drummer and songwriter. In Groups: Big Hello, Screams, Spanic Boys, The Elvis Brothers, The Handcuffs, The Romantics]
Guitar – John Siegle [Insiders: Ghost On The Beach 1987 , Insiders: Not For Sale 1993, Insiders: Fate In Action 1994]
Producer – Terry Luttrell
Vocals – David Adams , John Siegle , Steven Jones

Hailing from the Peoria/Pekin area and then Champaign, Illinois, The Screams lineup consisted of singer David Adams, bassist Steven Jones, guitarist John Siegle and drummer Brad Steakley. Co-produced by Terry Luttrell and Tom Flyte, the album featured an excellent set of power pop influenced by Cheap Trick (a lot…) and The Who with songs such as “”Paper Dolls””, “”Angeline Toys””, “”It Just a Matter of Time””, “”Pen Pal”” and “”Financial Disaster (It Only Money)””.They were featured on an episode of England’s  Old Grey Whistle Test  television show It was during this tour, however, that they received word that Infinity Records was being shut down due to mis-management of funds. Screams caught the next plane home… tried to make another go of it, adding singer/guitarist Graham Walker, but they never quite got off the ground again. Eventually they split up and went their separate ways.

I’ve become quite fond of this slice of late-1970’s power pop.
The lineup consisted of singer David Adams, bassist Steven Jones, guitarist John Siegle and drummer Brad Steakley. Judging by the liner notes on 1979 “”Screams”” they were apparently from Champaign, Illinois (at least that where their fan club was located). Co-produced by Terry Luttrell and Tom Flyte, the album featured an excellent set of power-pop, though the band added a dark edge to tracks such as “”Paper Dolls”” and “”Angeline Toys””. Full of highly commercial and radio ready material, highlights included “”It Just a Matter of Time””, “”Pen Pal”” and “”Financial Disaster (It Only Money)””.
Siegle reappeared as a member of Chicago The Insiders. Steakley played with The Elvis Brothers (as Brad Elvis), Three Hour Tour and Big Hello.

“”Screams”” track listing:
(side 1)
1.) Paper Dolls (David Adams)
2.) Angeline Toys (John Siegle – Brad Steakley)
3.) I Play for You (Clemons)
4.) It Just a Matter of Time (John Siegle)
5.) Imagine Me without You (David Adams)

(side 2)
1.) Your Girl, My Girl (David Adams – Brad Steakley)
2.) Pen Pal (Brad Steakley)
3.) Financial Disaster (It Only Money) (John Siegle)
4.) Pop Art (Brad Steakley)