Children Of The Boneyard Stones
The Story Of
The Screaming Dead
By 
Roland Link
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Brand New - only released June 2017
VERY LIMITED EDITION 
ONLY 250 worldwide
This is an Autographed copy signed by the Author Roland Link
Roland Link has also done highly acclaimed books on Stiff Little Finger and the Ruts / Ruts DC 
Screaming dead are/were 
Tony McKormack ( McCormack )  - Founding Member  Sam Bignall (formerly Sam Missile) Hugh Fairlie Mal Page Mark Ogilvie Nick Upton Mazzy

Inspired by the Ramones and Sex Pistols the Screaming Dead’s early tracks are gloriously brash, immediate slices of fast and furious splatter Punk Rock. Visually the band was informed by British Punk’s original sense of sartorial individuality and style, a deep appreciation of Hammer Horror films, the sleaze trash glamour of the New York Dolls and the brooding malevolence of early-Seventies era Rolling Stones. The striking look, which included a liberal use of make-up, ensured the band stood out from the Hardcore and Oi crowd. They dubbed themselves ‘Horror Punk’.

By 1983, a redefinition of the band’s artwork and a musical move towards atmospherically dark, romantically melancholic material resulted in the Screaming Dead’s transformation into a truly original band. It was confirmed on record by that year’s magnificent Night Creatures 12” EP. The follow up single, ‘Paint It Black’, looked set to build on Night Creatures’ independent chart success and push the band to new heights. That was until the collapse of their record company.

Further bad luck, combined with bad choices and bad timing led to the band imploding a few years later, at the very moment that they should have been exploding onto the British music scene. The mid-Nineties witnessed a version of the band reconvene and play a number of successful tours and record the Death Rides Out CD, but by 2000 they’d again parted ways. 2014 marked the reformation of another line-up, which continues to this day and sees them belatedly reaping a little of their just rewards.

However, as so often happens with pioneers it’s left to others to pick up the major accolades. In this case, just remember that long before The Cult, Sex Gang Children, Alien Sex Fiend, Sisters Of Mercy, The Mission and a raft of others who found widespread success and adoration playing Punk infused dark music - later labelled Goth, Death Rock and a myriad of other terms - there was the Screaming Dead; the true instigators, originators and motivators.

Detailed research, combined with numerous in-depth interviews with band members, managers, musical contemporaries, fans and friends ensure the whole rollercoaster ride of the Screaming Dead story is meticulously captured for the very first time in Children Of The Boneyard Stones. The book includes original poster art and two photo sections containing many previously unseen images.

Please note this will be a Screaming Dead/Kicking Up A Racket limited edition publication.

Screaming Dead

Screaming Dead are a punk rock band from Cheltenham formed in 1980, who have often been characterized as "horror punk". They released several singles and EPs with indie chart success, before splitting up in 1985. They reformed in 1997; disbanded again in 1999; and reformed in 2014.

Contents

• 1History
• 2Discography
  • 2.1Singles, EPs
  • 2.2Albums
• 3References

History

The band - named after the English title of Drácula contra Frankenstein, the 1972 horror film directed by Jesús Franco - was formed by guitarist Tony McCormack (later McKormack), who recruited former singer with The Waste, Sam Missile (Simon Bignall), bass guitarist Mal Page, and drummer Mark Ogilvie.[1] The band built up a strong local following which spread farther afield with coverage in fanzines such as Gez Lowery's Rising Free and through sales of their demo tape. They followed their first tape with a more formal release, the Children of the Boneyard Stones cassette, which came with a badge and a copy of the band's own fanzine, Warcry.[1] They then self-financed their debut vinyl release, the "Valley of the Dead" single, initially released on their own Skull Records label, but when it sold out of its first pressing within a week it was picked up by No Future records. The band's next release, the "Night Creatures" 12-inch single, saw them break into the UK Indie Chart, reaching number 22 in September 1983.[2] While the band were at times tagged as Goths, the label was rejected by Bignall, who in a posthumous interview stated "Screaming Dead were a punk rock band, there's no doubt about that! We had a bit of an interest in the horror theme, and that was how we decided to present ourselves."[1] For their next release, the band recorded a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" which was also an indie hit, and was recorded as a tribute of sorts to Brian Jones who is buried in their home town of Cheltenham.[1] In 1984, taking inspiration from X-Ray Spex, the band recruited saxophonist Nick Upton, the band also signing to Nine Mile Records, who issued their last two releases on the Angel label.[1] The change in sound lost a lot of fans, and with interest in punk rock declining, the band split up in 1985.

In 1989, McKormack formed pagan gothic rock band Incubus Succubus with Candia Ridley and Adam Henderson,[3] and in 1997 formed a new version of Screaming Dead, without Page or Upton, touring Germany twice and recording the album Death Rides Out, released on Resurrection Records,[4] before they disbanded again in 1999.[1]

The band reformed in 2014[5] with a line up of Sam Bignall, Mal Page, Mazzy, and Hugh Fairlie.

Discography

Chart placings from the UK Indie Chart[2]

Singles, EPs

• "Valley of the Dead" 7" (1982), Skull - reissued by No Future
• "Nigh Creatures" 12" (1983), No Future (no. 22)
• "Paint It Black" 7" (1984), No Future (no. 38)
• The Danse Macabre Collection 12" (1984), Angel (no. 31)
• "A Dream of Yesterday" (1985), Angel (no. 42)

Albums

• Children of the Boneyard Stones (cassette-only) (1982), Recreational Tapes
• Bring Out Yer Dead (1993), Angel
• Death Rides Out (1997), Resurrection

Screaming Dead/The Sanctuary/Schoolgirl Junkies (Incomplete) Gigography 1980 - 2016

December 1979 - Screaming Dead form

Tony McCormack, Simon Warner, Martin Middleton,

Hugh Fairlie

1980

8th March 1980 Tewkesbury, George Watson Hall

Five bands including Screaming Dead/The Insects

(Probably) 14th March 1980 Cheltenham, Art College Student Union Bar

Emotion Pictures/Screaming Dead

21st March 1980 Beckford, Village Hall

Screaming Dead

21st March 1980 - Post Beckford Village Hall show the Screaming Dead split

Early April 1980 - Screaming Dead reform with a new line-up

Tony McCormack, Sam Bignall, Martin Middleton, Hugh Fairlie, Ian Grant

Early May 1980 Oxford, Oranges & Lemons

Screaming Dead/Scream And Scream Again

May 1980 Cheltenham, St. James Hotel

Screaming Dead

25th July 1980 Bourton-On-The-Water, Youth Club

Screaming Dead/Scream And Scream Again/Night Creatures

25th July 1980 - Post Bourton-On-The-Water Youth Club show Ian Grant leaves the Screaming Dead

First week of August 1980 Bourton-On-The-Water, Youth Club

Screaming Dead/The Alto/The Falling Parachutes/(Possibly) Scream And Scream Again

November 1980 - Mal Page replaces Martin Middleton as the Screaming Dead’s bassist

21st November 1980 Evesham, Town Hall

Criminal Class/Screaming Dead

Late 1980/Early 1981 Worcester, Hop Pole (Anti-Fox Hunting Benefit)

The Samples/Screaming Dead

1981

3rd January 1981 Broadway, Lifford Memorial Hall

The Dancing Did/Spoils Of War/Criminal Class/Screaming Dead

February 1981 Nuneaton, 77 Club

Criminal Class/Screaming Dead

20th Feb 1981 Cheltenham, Centre Bar

Skid Risk/Screaming Dead/The Crack/S.A.S.A/2 Beats/ Ranking Hi/Ich Bin Vier/A Greig/Wild Youth/U Bop/Deltix/Nervous Yogurt

23rd February 1981 Cheltenham, Eves

Reluctant Stereotypes/Screaming Dead

Early 1981 Exact Date Unknown - Bristol, The Albion

Icons!/Screaming Dead

Early 1981 Exact Date Unknown - Gloucester, College Of Art And Technology

Icons!/Screaming Dead

10th May 1981 Cheltenham, Eves

The Exploited/Screaming Dead/Scream And Scream Again

21st July 1981 Malvern, The Phoenix Club (Mount Pleasant Hotel)

Red Bandits (original headliners didn't play)/Screaming Dead

1982

Early 1982 Exact Date Unknown - Malvern, The Phoenix Club (Mount Pleasant Hotel)

6th March 1982 Worcester, Hope Pole

The Samples (possibly)/Screaming Dead

6th March 1982 Leicester, Electric Theatre

Chron Gen/Screaming Dead/Rabid CANCELLED

25th March 1982 Bristol, The Lansdown

Icons!/Screaming Dead

March 1982 - Mark Ogilvie replaces Hugh Fairlie as the Screaming Dead’s drummer

May 1982 Coventry, Lanchester Poly

Screaming Dead/Exacerbator

6th May 1982 Bristol, Newyate Centre

Angelic Upstarts/Toy Dolls/Screaming Dead

18th May 1982 Bristol, Tiffany's

Necromancy/Screaming Dead/AHB Roadshow

18th June 1982 Malvern, Nag's Head

 Screaming Dead/Necromancy/Strychnine CANCELLED BY THE POICE

1st July 1982 Bristol, Trinity Hall

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Zoo Festival

Eaeagba/The Deckchairs/The Desert Rats/Gold, Screaming Dead/The Moral Minority

8th July 1982 Bristol, The Granary

Lunatic Fringe/Necromancy/Screaming Dead

9th July 1982 Cheltenham, Tech College Hall

Cheltenham Fringe Festival

The Crack/Death Beat/Ex.Set/Insect Doctors/Screaming Dead/Vertigo/Vox Populi

June or July 1982 Highbridge, Burnham-on-Sea, Social Club

Flex/Screaming Dead

11th August 1982 Bristol, Tiffany's

Necromancy/Screaming Dead

21st Aug 1982 Bridgwater, Somerset YMCA (Afternoon Open Air Gig)

Screaming Dead BAND CANCELLED BY ORGANISERS/The Gift /Burning Garden/Club Whoppee

6th September 1982 Bristol, The Granary

Necromancy/Screaming Dead

11th September 1982 Bristol, The Crown

Screaming Dead

17th October 1982 Stevenage, Bowes Lyon House Youth & Community Centre

Screaming Dead/Brigandage/The Verdict/UXB

18th October 1982 Bristol, Trinity Hall

Sex Gang Children/Mind Tunnel/Screaming Dead/Smart Pills/Theatre/Comics

19th October 1982 Bristol, Locarno

Screaming Dead/Strychnine

1983

18th February 1983 Bridgewater, Arts Centre

Peter And The Test Tube Babies/Screaming Dead

26th February 1983 London, Moonlight Club

King Kurt/Screaming Dead

5th March 1983 Bath, Walcot Village Hall

Plug In And Play Festival

Screaming Dead/Smart Pills/Broken Dream/Mig 15/The End/Rebel Dance/Scum/Entertainment Among Friends/Absolute Zero/Darkness In The Desert/Frogs/The Voids

26th April 1983 Worcester, Waterside

Screaming Dead/Act of Defiance/Icons/Gimmick

31st May 1983 Bristol, Dingwalls

Peter And The Test Tube Babies/Screaming Dead

3rd June 1983 London, Fulham Greyhound

UK Subs/Screaming Dead

11th June 1983 London, Blue Coat Boy

UK Subs/Screaming Dead CANCELLED

24th June 1983 Limpley Stoke, Viaduct Hotel

Screaming Dead/Scum/plus support

Late 1983 Exact Date Unknown - Swindon, Level 3

 Screaming Dead/The Samples

8th October 1983 Bristol, Rockpile Club

Screaming Dead/Necromancy

October 1983 Bristol, (Possibly) Trinity Hall

Screaming Dead

21st October 1983 Bristol, Upstairs Club

Screaming Dead

25th October 1983 London, Brixton Fridge

King Kurt/Screaming Dead

10th November 1983 London, 100 Club

Turkey Bones and The Wild Dogs/Screaming Dead

23rd November 1983 Bristol, Venue Unknown

Screaming Dead

26th November 1983 Bournemouth, Capones

Cult Maniax/Screaming Dead/Butcher/Self Abuse

31st December 1983 Coventry, Polytechnic

GBH/Screaming Dead CANCELLED

The Screaming Dead played a local pub instead

1984

17th January 1984 London, Three Rabbits (The Legion Club)

Screaming Dead

24th January 1984 London, 100 Club

UK Subs/Screaming Dead/Animal Farm

30th January 1984 Leicester, Princess Charlotte

Screaming Dead/Legion Of Lies

10th March 1984 Bournemouth, Capones

Screaming Dead BAND CANCELLED DUE TO MARK OGILVIE (TEMPORARILY) LEAVING/A Heads/Self Abuse/Breakout/Idiom Tribe

12th March 1984 Worcester, Green Room

Screaming Dead

POSSIBLY CANCELLED BY THE BAND DUE TO MARK OGILVIE (TEMPORARILY) LEAVING

3rd April 1984 London, Three Rabbits (The Legion Club)

Screaming Dead

23rd April 1984 Leicester, Princess Charlotte

Screaming Dead

25th April 1984 Leeds, Dortmunder Bier Keller

Fallen Angels/Screaming Dead

29th April 1984 Stevenage, Bowes Lyon House Youth & Community Centre

Screaming Dead/Poison Justice

1st May 1984 London, Greyhound

Screaming Dead/3D Screen

6th May 1984 London, Batcave

Screaming Dead CANCELLED BY THE ORGANISERS

15th June 1984 Leicester, Grand Hotel

Screaming Dead/Legion Of Lies

19th July 1984 Cheltenham, Charles Nightclub

Screaming Dead

July 1984 - Nick Upton joined the Screaming Dead initially as a saxophonist, but later also played keyboards

6th October 1984 Bristol, Rockpile Club

Screaming Dead

23rd October 1984 Leicester, The Palais

Screaming Dead

1985

5th March 1985 Worcester, The Barn

Screaming Dead

29th April 1985 Reading, Paradise Club

Ethiopian Famine Relief Benefit

Foreign Legion/Screaming Dead/The Gathering

2nd May 1985 Worcester, Upstairs At The Crown

Screaming Dead/Wild & Wandering

May 30th 1985 Bristol, The Granary

Screaming Dead/Shattered Silence

Summer 1985 Exact Date Unknown - London, Clarendon

Screaming Dead

13th August 1985 Cheltenham, Night Owl

Screaming Dead/The Samples

November 1985 Cheltenham, Queens Hotel

Screaming Dead

18th December 1985 Cheltenham, Eves

Screaming Dead/Blue Chickens/Frome By Frome/Grow Bags

1986

22nd January 1986 Cheltenham, Eves

Wrathchild/Screaming Dead/One Over 237

3rd February 1986 Worcester, Green Room

Screaming Dead/Stone The Crows/Angels In Marble

11th February 1986 Cheltenham, Eves

Mikey Dread/Screaming Dead/Ivanhoe Campbell

13th February 1986 Cheltenham, Axiom Centre

Screaming Dead

February 1986 Cheltenham, Night Owl

Screaming Dead

28th February 1986 Stroud, Marshall Rooms

Screaming Dead/Kiss The Blade

15th April 1986 Cheltenham, The Pittville Pump Rooms

The Creme Egg Ball

Screaming Dead/One Over 237/Technical Hitch Roadshow Disco/plus a belly dancer

November 1986 - Nick Upton sacked from the Screaming Dead

December 1986 - The Screaming Dead renamed The Sanctuary

Late December 1986 Cheltenham, Night Owl

The Sanctuary/Lupus In Fabula

1987

Probably spring 1987 Gloucester, Staverton Airport Social Club

Speedy's Party

The Sanctuary (possibly played as the Screaming Dead)

April 1987 Stroud, Marshall Rooms

The Sanctuary

April/May 1987 - Mark Ogilvie followed shortly by Mal Page and then Sam Bignall leave The Sanctuary leading to the group disbanding

1996

Late 1996 - The Screaming Dead reform

The line up is Tony McKormack, Sam Bignall, Mal Page.

1997

9th March 1997 Nottingham, Rock City (The Rig)

Inkubus Sukkubus/Screaming Dead

20th March 1997 Cheltenham, The Axiom Centre

Inkubus Sukkubus/Screaming Dead

29th March 1997 Birmingham, Mercat

Inkubus Sukkubus/Screaming Dead

31st March 1997 Southampton, The Joiners Arms

Screaming Dead/The Chaos Engine

Inkubus Sukkubus’ Vampyre Erotica UK Tour -

Screaming Dead supported at the following shows

12th November 1997 Nottingham, Rock City (The Rig)

13th November 1997 Cheltenham, Axiom Centre

14th November 1997 Leeds, Duchess of York

22nd November 1997 Birmingham, Mercat

29th November 1997 Norwich, Oval

19th December 1997 London, Underworld

Inkubus Sukkubus/Screaming Dead/Mantra

1999

Inkubus Sukkubus tour Germany

Screaming Dead supported at all shows

11th March 1999 Kassell

12th March 1999 Zoblitz

13th March 1999 Herford

14th March 1999 Bochum

16th March 1999 Darmstadt

17th March 1999 Ulm

18th March 1999 Wuppertal

2nd October London 1999 London, Underworld

Inkubus Sukkubus/Screaming Dead/Descendants Of Cain

Inkubus Sukkubus tour Germany

Screaming Dead supported at all shows

28th October 1999 Hamburg

29th October 1999 Bochum

30th October 1999 Affalter

31st October 1999 Wurzburg

1st November 1999 Aachen

2000

Inkubus Sukkubus UK Spring tour

Screaming Dead supported at following shows

11th March 2000 Leeds, Duchess Of York

Inkubus Sukkubus/Screaming Dead/Little Match Girl

14th March 2000 Exeter, Cavern Club

Screaming Dead (only Sam and Tony played)

18th March 2000 London, Underworld

25th March 2000 Birmingham, Mercat

26th March 2000 Bristol, Bierkeller

6th April 2000 Southampton, The Joiners Arms

7th April 2000 Cheltenham, Bransons

11th April 2000 Coventry, Greyhound

29th October 2000 London, Underworld

Inkubus Sukkubus/Screaming Dead/Descendents Of Cain

3rd November 2000 Whitby, Spa Pavilion (Whitby Goth Weekend)

Clan of Xymox headline/Screaming Dead play main support

November 2000 - Screaming Dead spilt

2004

Autumn 2004 - Tony McKormack formed Screaming Dead The Resurrection to cover two shows originally booked for the Screaming Dead

The line-up featured Tony McKormack on lead vocals, Dean Rhodes on bass and Gregg Holland on guitar.

August 2004 Rochester, Venue Unknown, (The Vampyres Of Rochester Ball)

Screaming Dead The Resurrection CANCELLED

31st October 2004 Cardiff, Venue Unknown

Screaming Dead The Resurrection CANCELLED

2014

Early 2014 – The Screaming Dead reform

The line up is initially Tony McKormack, Sam Bignall, Mal Page and Hugh Fairlie.

However, before the band reconvened to begin rehearsals Tony withdrew.

He was replaced by Pete Maszlag.

Some dates are played as the Schoolgirl Junkies

22nd March 2014 Cheltenham, Hillview Community Centre

Sex Pistols Experience/Screaming Dead

17th October 2014 Cheltenham, Hillview Community Centre

Ashestoangels/Heaven Asunder/Schoolgirl Junkies (James Adkins deputized for Mal Page)

8th November 2014 Cheltenham, Hillview Community Centre

Screaming Dead/Borrowed Time/The Tickturds/Strange Things Frighten Us/Freefall

2015

31st January 2015 Cheltenham, Hillview Community Centre

Sex Pistols Experience (Special Guest Ed Tudor Pole)/Screaming Dead/Borrowed Time

11th April 2015 Cheltenham, Frog And Fiddle

Screaming Dead/Borrowed Time/Mick O’Toole/Spoils Of War

11th July 2015 Cheltenham, The Cotswold Inn

Schoolgirl Junkies

22nd July 2015 Cheltenham, Rovin Festival

Screaming Dead

3rd October 2015 Cheltenham, Fairview Public House

Annual Music convention

Screaming Dead

24th October 2015 Cheltenham, Hillview Community Centre

Sex Pistols Experience/TV Smith/ Screaming Dead/ Borrowed Time/Complete Dysfunction

21st November 2015 Bristol, The Fleece

UK Subs/Dragster/Screaming Dead/Mick O’Toole/The Setbacks/Hacksaw

19th December 2015, Cheltenham, Frog And Fiddle

Screaming Dead/Borrowed Time/Red Light Rebels/Snog The Dog

2016

6th February 2016 Bournemouth, The Cellar Bar

Screaming Dead/Self Abuse

27th February 2016 Worcester, Marr’s Bar

Screaming Dead/Self Abuse

2nd April 2016 London, Dublin Castle

Screaming Dead/Borrowed Time/Black Doldrums/Honeytrap

9th April 2016 Gateshead, Black Bull

Screaming Dead/Borrowed Time

30th 2016 April Leicester, The Shed

Screaming Dead/Complete Dysfunction/Chinese Burn/Goldstein  

29th May 2016 London, Tottenham Chances Club

Blank Generation Festival

Canada

12th June 2016 Vancouver, The 333 Club

Screaming Dead/Spectres/Shadowhouse/Softkill/Lie

17th June 2016 Montreal, Katacombes

Screaming Dead/Johnny Coutneau/Droidz

2nd July 2016 Cheltenham, The Cotswold Inn

Played as Schoolgirl Junkies (Baz Clark deputised for Mal Page)/The Hawthorns

22nd July 2016 Cheltenham, Rovin’Festival

Screaming Dead

6th August 2016 Blackpool, Rebellion Festival

SCREAMING DEAD FORCED TO CANCEL DUE TO MAZ ARRIVING TOO LATE TO PLAY THEIR ALLOTED SLOT

26th August 2016 Gloucester, Café Rene

Screaming Dead (Baz Clark deputized for Mal Page)/Chinese Burn

5th November 2016 Xánthi, Greece

Screaming Dead/Dystopian Society/Ugly Shadows/??????? ???????/Era Of Fear

16th December 2016, Cheltenham, Frog And Fiddle

Screaming Dead/The Crack/Borrowed Time/Chinese Burn