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SCREAMER
Mark Vallen
Giclée Print 15 1/4 x 18 inches
This
Giclée print is a perfect reproduction of the pencil drawing
Vallen created of Tommy Gear of the Screamers. Printed
in a limited edition of only 150 prints, Vallen hand-signed
and numbered each one. The image is printed on high quality
Arches white paper, with a white border left around the
artwork.
Vallen
created the drawing of Gear in 1979.
Gear played synthesizer for the Screamers, one of the most
innovative and creative bands to have come out of LA's punk
scene. Vallen was an avid follower and caught most of their
LA concerts.
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SCREAMERS possessed a sound and stage presence that almost defied
description. Utilizing synthesizers and rhythm machines instead
of guitars, the band's aggressive audio terrorism was highlighted
by the artful theatrics, dark humor, and stage persona of their
vocalist, Tomata du Plenty. Gear composed most of the songs for
the band, and at times his innovations took everyone by surprise.
He would program the synthesizers to play themselves, and then the
entire band would walk off the stage... leaving the audience alone
in the concert hall with the droning machines. LA's SLASH
magazine (the premiere punk publication of the time), quoted Gear
as having said, "There is a definite need for Screamers music today.
Anxiety, frustration and rage must be worked on constantly, underscored.
Brought out in the open and positively resolved. This is what the
Screamers do, our music does this, in fact that is the purpose of
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