The Screamers: Pop Ambition, Punk Nihilism, and Queer Futurities.

In this paper, I explore the synth-punk band the Screamers and the uncertain futures they represent. After describing punk rock briefly and situating the Screamers in the Los Angeles punk scene of the late 1970s, I analyze the futurity connoted by their use of synthesizers. I discuss the band's desi...

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Published in:	Canadian Review of American Studies Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 428 - 453
Main Author:	Brown, Peter Robert
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Toronto Press Winter2020
Subjects:	Screamers (Performer) Punk rock music Electronica music New wave music Queer theory Nihilism Los Angeles (Calif.)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost