Screaming Lord Sutch: Halloween Rock N Roll

British Invasion era self professed "rockabilly madman"...Released a handful of great horror rock n roll, rockabilly and r&b singles in the early to mid-sixties...Perfect music for Halloween...Song titles include; "Black & Hairy", "Murder In The Graveyard", "Jack The Ripper", "Dracula's Daughter" etc...Obviously,heavily influenced by Screaming Jay Hawkins...Not much of a singer, great entertainer....

Opened most shows by climbing out of a coffin and incorporated skulls, daggers and corpses in his act...He was Alice Cooper before Alice Cooper ...Very popular in England, almost unheard of in U.S...Big influence on up and coming British Invasion bands...His backing band, The Savages, at one time or another included; Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Beck, Keith Moon & Charlie Watts...Also recorded a couple of singles with legendary producer Joe Meek...Founded The National Teenage

Political Party in 1963 and actually ran for parliament...More of a publicity stunt than actual campaign... Lost badly, picking up only 208 votes...The National Teenage Party eventually morphed into The Monster Raving Loony Party...Sutch ran 39 more times for various offices, never winning an election...

The Monster Raving Loony Party is still a registered political party in the UK today...Lord Sutch, who reportedly suffered from manic depression, comitted suicide in 2008...Checkout Screaming Lord Sutch
performing "Jack The Ripper" below...

                                                       --Casey Redmond
                                                           October 9, 2015
                                                           Shangri-La, Ohio