Scream - This Side Up. Left to right: Peter Stahl, Skeeter Thompson, Kent Stax, Franz Stahl

Scream was formed in Northern Virginia in 1981 by singer Peter Stahl, his brother Franz on guitar, bassist Skeeter Thompson and drummer Kent Stax. They are considered one of the benchmark bands in the history of the Washington, DC hardcore music movement, and along with bands such as Minor Threat and Black Market Baby,Scream ultimaely merged the attributes of the movement, which were blinding speed, heavy political and social connotations in the lyrics, unpretentiousness of attitude, and shunning of commercialism. There music is faithful to the roots of rock, but spun itself into other genres by employing sounds that predate the raunchiness of grunge, while saluting reggae and speed metal. Scream hated the classification of bands into certain types and considered what they played as simply 'music.' Recording their music in the basement of the now legendary Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, VA, Scream became the first band on the Dischord label to release a whole album,Still Screaming, as oppossed to singles or 12 inch EP types. Like the world renowned metal/reggae band Bad Brains, they could play clearly at breakneck speed, but what set them apart from their were mid-tempo songs like "Laissez-Faire," which were metal-tinged reggae. Short blasting songs such as "Zoo Closes at Dark" and "Things To Do Today" from their second album, the much acclaimed "This Side Up," captured the intense unique nature of the band. For the second album, Scream decided to add a second guitarist to their line-up named Robert Lee "Harley" Davidson, a veteran of the local heavy metal band Tyrant, to thicken the overtracks and dubs from Franz in their live performances. In turn this led to more complex guitar tracking, a more powerful live sound, and a crunchier recording sound for their 3rd album. For a few compilation efforts and some live shows they added a keyboard player, the local keyboard wizard Bobby Madden, who for years was a colleague of Davidson's from the same metal scene. Cover of Scream Album This Side Up File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... State nickname: Old Dominion Official languages English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Governor Mark R. Warner (D) Tim Kaine (D-Governor Elect) Senators John Warner (R) George Allen (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 35th 110,862 km² 7. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Peter Stahl was the vocalist for seminal DC Punk Hardcore band Scream with brother Franz Stahl (Also featured Nirvana drummer and Foofighters frontman, Dave Grohl on drums). ... Franz Stahl was the guitarist of the DC Haredcore band, Scream, considered by many to be, along with band Minor Threat, the most influencial punk band to emerge from the scene, whose heyday spanned the 1980s. ... Skeeter Thompson is best known for being the bassist of the DC Hardcore band Scream. ... Kent Stax, was the drummer and original member of the DC hardcore punk band Scream, considered with perhaps the exception of Minor Threat (both of these bands recorded on the now famous underground Discord Records label), the most influential and successful hardcore punk band to emerge from the music movement... Dischord founders Ian Mackaye and Jeff Nelson Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based record label specializing in D.C.-area independent punk, hardcore, and post-hardcore music. ... The Bad Brains were an American all- black hardcore punk and heavy metal band, originally formed in Washington, DC in 1977. ... Heavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ... Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica. ...

After the 3rd album Banging the Drum, Kent Stax left the band for personal reasons and he was replaced by local drummer Dave Grohl. By that time, however, the seeds of angst that entrenched the hardcore movement gave way to splinter genres, such as the grunge sound of Seattle, which became so commercially overloaded that it licence of legitimacy was called into question. Scream recorded the uneven Fumble (which was released several years later) and then called it quits in late 1990. Pete and Franz gave rock a major-label shot with the band Wool, while Grohl joined Nirvana and helped make catchy punk the sound of the '90s. In 1997, Franz Stahl briefly joined Dave Grohl's post-Nirvana group the commercially successful Foo Fighters. Thompson continued working in bands, while Stax committed himself to a family life. Davidson continued creating new bands, including Festival of Fools with Madden in 1998. Dave Grohl on stage with the Foo Fighters David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio) is a rock musician, who was the drummer of the grunge band Nirvana from 1990 until the band split up in 1994 after frontman Kurt Cobains death. ... This article is about the year. ... Wool were the 1990s US rock band featuring Peter Stahl (Scream, The Desert Sessions, The Earthlings? , Goatsnake) on vocals, and Franz Stahl (Scream) on guitar. ... Nirvana was a popular American grunge rock band founded in 1987 in Aberdeen, Washington. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Foo Fighters are a rock group formed by musician Dave Grohl in 1995. ...

This band should not be confused with the band The Scream that John Corabi sang for before he temporarily replaced Vince Neil in Mötley Crüe. John Corabi is a heavy metal singer and guitarist who has worked with such bands as Angora, The Scream, Mötley Crüe, Union and ESP (both with former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick), Ratt (as a rhythm guitarist), Twenty 4 Seven, Zen Lunatic, Brides Of Destruction, and Angel City Outlaws. ... Vince Neil (born Vincent Neil Wharton, February 8, 1961 in Hollywood, California) is the singer for American hair metal band Mötley Crüe. ... Mötley Crüe (pronounced as mott-lay crew) is an American heavy metal/Glam Metal band whose members include Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, and Vince Neil. ...

Discography

Albums

• 1983 - Still Screaming (20 songs, recorded October 1982)
• 1985 - This Side Up (10 songs, recorded March & July 1984)
• 1986 - Banging the Drum (11 songs, recorded 1985-1986)
• 1988 - No More Censorship (RAS Records)
• 1990 - Your Choice Live Series Vol.10 (Your Choice Records, recorded live May 4, 1990.)
• 1993 - Fumble (10 songs, recorded December 1989, mixed December 1992)
• 1998 - Live at the Black Cat (Torque Records, recorded live December 26, 1996 in Washington, D.C.)

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• 1989 - State of the Union

16 song benefit sampler recorded 1985 - 1989 Remastered for CD, April 2002

• 1991 - It's Your Choice - Your Choice Records

16 song benefit sampler containing songs that where left off the first wave (YCLS 1-12) of Your Choice Records' live releases. Its Your Choice is an compilation album which was released in 1991 through Your Choice Records. ...

• 2003 - 20 Years of Dischord

73 song boxed set (3 cds & 134 page book) 1 song from every Dischord Artist 1980-2000 & 23 unreleased and rare songs compiled 2000-2002