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- The Screaming Blue Messiahs were a rock band, formed in 1983 in London by Bill Carter, Chris Thompson and Kenny Harris. The three had played together previously as The Small Brothers, and Thompson and Carter had formed part of Motor Boys Motor, together with Tony Moon on vocals, recording several tracks under that name on 24 August 1981 for John Peel's show on BBC Radio 1 . Carter employed a rhythmic, blues-influenced, feedback-laden guitar style, using mainly Fender Telecaster guitars together with two combo amps: a MESA/Boogie and an HH outfitted with Gauss speakers. For his occasional forays into slide, he was quoted as saying that he favoured 'the mike stand, or whatever is handy', and that he only used open tunings 'when the strings go open by accident. ' Featuring a high-octane sound sometimes described as "rockabilly from hell" and an obsession with Americana, the group initially released the mini-album Good and Gone before signing to WEA. Three albums followed. The first, Gun Shy, was produced by Vic Maile and contained the single, "Wild Blue Yonder", which would resurface in 2006 as the closing music of season 03, episode 04 of FX's Rescue Me. The second album, Bikini Red, also produced by Maile, provided their only hit "I Wanna Be a Flintstone", which was later included on the soundtrack to the Flintstones film. Their third album, Totally Religious, was jointly produced by Howard Gray and Robert Stevens. Despite supporting David Bowie on tour, they were dropped by their record label after the third album, Totally Religious, and split shortly afterwards, playing their last gig at The Subterrania Club in Notting Hill, London, on 4 June 1990. After the split Thompson and Harris went on to form The Killer B's while Carter dropped out of performing music. Harris later turned to songwriting. In 1990, The Replacements released their album All Shook Down, not knowing that the Messiahs had released a single with the same title two years earlier. Upon learning this, Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg tried to delay the release of the record in order to change the title, but at that point it was too late. In 2006, a MySpace page appeared under the name 'Screaming Bill Carter', featuring three previously unreleased songs, although they have since been removed.
- The Screaming Blue Messiahs waren eine 1983 in London von Bill Carter (Gesang und Gitarre), Chris Thompson (Bass) und Kenny Harris (Schlagzeug) gegründete Band. Ihr Musikstil verbindet Elemente aus Blues, Country, Punk und Rockabilly. Vorläuferbands waren The Small Brothers und Motor Boys Motor. Ihre erste LP, das Mini-Album Good and Gone, hielt sich sechs Monate am Stück in den Independent-Charts. Sie veröffentlichten drei Alben auf Major Labels und hatten eine UK-Top-40-Single (I wanna be a flintstone, #28 im Jahre 1987). Nach dem dritten Album wurden sie von ihrer Plattenfirma fallengelassen und lösten sich kurze Zeit später auf.
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- The Screaming Blue Messiahs were a rock band, formed in 1983 in London by Bill Carter, Chris Thompson and Kenny Harris. The three had played together previously as The Small Brothers, and Thompson and Carter had formed part of Motor Boys Motor, together with Tony Moon on vocals, recording several tracks under that name on 24 August 1981 for John Peel's show on BBC Radio 1 .
- The Screaming Blue Messiahs waren eine 1983 in London von Bill Carter (Gesang und Gitarre), Chris Thompson (Bass) und Kenny Harris (Schlagzeug) gegründete Band. Ihr Musikstil verbindet Elemente aus Blues, Country, Punk und Rockabilly. Vorläuferbands waren The Small Brothers und Motor Boys Motor. Ihre erste LP, das Mini-Album Good and Gone, hielt sich sechs Monate am Stück in den Independent-Charts.
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