Best Rock 'n' Roll Scream?

[Alex]

In the spirit of bring this board back to some real, proper garagepunk topics, let's talk screams.  You know, "Yeah!", "Woo!", "Hey!", "Ow!"... who's got the best mid-song, mic-distorting, wildest, craziest, rawest scream in rock 'n' roll?  Little Richard may have been one of the originals, but I think that no one can HOWL like Jerry Roslie from the Sonics.  Who do you say?

[MsStixx '76 - Elisa]

Maybe not "the best", but I'm been partial to those naughty boy, sexed-up, pure havin' fun screams by Marc Bolan....the first one at the beginning of "20th Century Boy" is unadultered "i'm a rock star and i'm going to get some pussy" howler......

[KK Dirty Money & Las Drogas]

Ha! Good one, Elisa.
If only I could be a fly on the wall of your rock n' roll brain!


Thee Ms. Stixx said:

Maybe not "the best", but I'm been partial to those naughty boy, sexed-up, pure havin' fun screams by Marc Bolan....the first one at the beginning of "20th Century Boy" is unadultered "i'm a rock star and i'm going to get some pussy" howler......

[Jonny Bordello]

It would have to go to Bunker Hill in my book!!!!

[DammitDave]

Joan Jett's scream at the beginning of the Runaways "Blackmail" is pretty darned good. Another lady with great pipes for screaming is Kyra LaRubia from Thee Headcoatees, A Lines, etc. Armitage Shanks backed her on a couple of singles one being Siouxsie and the banshees "Love In A Void." Like a dental drill through your brain.

[Buckeye Joe]

I enjoy the gospel screams of Bunker Hill the most. I also like Wayne Cochran.

One of my favorite garage rock songs is "Scream" by Ralph Nielson and the Chancellors. I'm not sure who's screaming on the song but man,what a blood curdling scream.

[Jon]

M Jackson in 'Who's Bad' . Nah, another vote for Sonics. How do you do that shit without poping a vein?

[Duke Of Earl]

Intro to T.V. Eye popped into my head first as well, that's wild. Then I scrolled down before I hit "add reply" and saw that this was a common answer. I Got A Right(intro) too.
Dead Boys-Caught with the Meat in your Mouth.

[Juiphin]

Tonto & The Renegades: Little boy blue, just before the guitar solo!!!!

[fazer]

Barry Stacks from The Grifs - keep dreaming "keep DREEAAAMMIINNNN!!!!!! just near the end of the song, Quality!

[Mole]

The (Dutch) Phantoms' version of "Roadrunner" from '66 is pretty demented, vocal-wise. 1st Elevators LP period Roky (drastically tamed down on subsequent records) gives me that kind of 'lose-touch-with-your-surroundings' wig-out vibe. Gerry Roslie, particularly on 'Psycho'. Dave E from The Electric Eels gets pretty out-there at times, esp. 'Agitated'. Nice scream in the Beaux Jens' 'She Was Mine', prefaced by the dude singing 'ah think ah'm gonna scream'...then he does, and it's a corker!!

[The Ills]

joan jett, shes got great pipes.

[NoHitWonder]

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