F. DEEP PURPLE - "Highway Star": Machine Head - 72
I'm pretty sure that this was the song that I drove my parents crazy with while I was in high school; and, that makes perfect sense when you consider that it's a song about sex and fast cars. And, to top it off, the song features screaming guitar, bass, and keyboard solos; plus, one of the ultimate screaming lead singers in Ian Gillian. He is well known for causing parents burst into their child's bedroom and demanding to know "what is all of that screaming about?"
Heads and shoulders above any and all of the above is Suicide's 1977 classic song Frankie Teardrop.
Play at maximum volume
And to reassure those who feel disoriented outside the genre boundaries of boomer rock, Bruce Springsteen did cite Frankie Teardrop as an inspiration on his album Nebraska. Enjoy!!
How about Johnny Winter on Muddy Water’s Hard Again Album? Mannish Boy cut & others. Turn that up loud on a good, powerful system & you’ve got some real blues fun!
Awesome thread. So many great screams/screamers listed here. I need to add one from my youth. Ted Nugent. He was a consummate screamer back in the day - check out Double Live Gonzo. Great example is the track Motor City Madman. If you ever saw him back in the mid 70’s, his shows were a skull-splitting loud, "energetic" relentless assault on the crowd to say the least...
He lets out quite a few screams in this 10+ minute ditty, (3:10 mark, 5:08, 5:45 for example), but the crazy one lead-up starts around the 7:36 mark. If you don’t want to play the whole song, play it from there and let it ride. 8:10 mark or so is the one.
So, with that context, turn this one up and let ’er rip!
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