Probably One Of The Most Underrated Bands of the 1980s...

The Screaming Blue Messiahs opened for Echo and the Bunnymen in Fort Worth back in 1988, and honestly I was there just to see them. I've asked dozens of people if they remember this band, and I'm always met with blank stares, which is a real shame. Their 1987 album Bikini Red is one of the best examples of a real rock and roll work of art. It's all grit, grime, oil, and chrome, and it really should be heard by more people. You can sometimes find their albums on eBay, and most of their stuff is out of print or in limbo. Thankfully, there's a lot of it on YouTube, free for the listening.

The above video shows an ultra-rare live performance of "Someone to Talk To" from Gun-Shy, which needs to be seen just for Bill Carter's frenetic, sweaty guitar playing and frontman singing. But my two favorites were off of Bikini Red. You can hear "Lie Detector", an incredibly simply song that drills to my core for some reason, right here. The title track "Bikini Red" can also be heard right here, and this song always reminds me of driving on the back roads around Arlington, Texas, and being late for work at Six Flags Over Texas.

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