SCREAM: Still Screaming & This Side Up

Though known primarily as Dave Grohl's first band of note, Scream in fact released its finest material years before Grohl's entry into the band. After the primary wave of D.C. hardcore -- SOA, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Government Issue -- crashed noisily to the shore, kids from the surrounding suburbs, attracted by the sound and fury of the city center, began formulating sounds predicated certainly on the first wave, but with enough outsider flair to be considered unique. Scream was one such band, and probably the finest. Boasting the incredibly gifted vocalist Pete Stahl and his brother Franz on guitar (the two later formed Wool), and rounded out by the rhythm section of Kent Stax and Skeeter Thompson, Scream fought their way into the tightly knit in-scene of D.C. hardcore, and were initially greeted with suspicion as suburban rednecks. Indeed, Scream's music borrowed as much from classic rock -- especially on This Side Up -- as it did from Minor Threat's lockstep speed. The band's first release, Still Screaming, shows the band maturing, trying out the fast stuff, testing their feet in the Bad Brains reggae pool, talking about scene solidarity, etc. It's a solid record, bolstered by the Stahl brothers' deft ability to make an ordinary song truly soar with melody. Unlike most other hardcore bands, Scream was never blunt with its music. Of course, this was probably due to Pete Stahl's vocal talent, which was truly showcased on the follow-up, This Side Up. For all its glory -- "Bet You Never Thought" is a brilliantly crafted piece of anthemic rock -- This Side Up has a few duds, like the pointless castoff "Gluesniff." By the time of This Side Up, Scream had found its voice, and that voice owed a lot more to suburban rock than to the elitist hardcore found in the city. A D.C. hardcore classic. --- Patrick Kennedy, All Music Guide

tracks
1. came without warning
2. bedlam
3. solidarity
4. your wars-killer
5. piece of her time
6. human behavior
7. stand
8. fight-american justice
9. new song
10. laissez-faire
11. influenced
12. hygiene
13. cry wolf
14. total mash
15. who knows who cares
16. amerarockers
17. u suck a-we're all fed up
18. ultra violence-screamin'
19. violent youth
20. bet you never thought
21. things to do today
22. this side up
23. gluesniff
24. still screaming
25. a no money down
26. show and tell me baby
27. the zoo closes at dark
28. i look when you walk
29. iron curtain
30. walking song dub

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