Washington DC hardcore legends Scream are back in Europe this summer, playing a handful of dates around appearance at Rebellion Punk Festival in Blackpool.
Originally formed across the Potomac in Alexandria VA in 1981, Scream were the first on the scene to release a full-length album on DC’s legendary Dischord label, in the form of 1983’s Still Screaming.
The band would go on to become a training ground for a teenage Dave Grohl prior to his stint in Nirvana and subsequent rise to rock stardom with Foo Fighters.
Splitting in 1990, the band reformed in 2009, releasing the Grohl-produced Complete Control Recording Sessions EP in 2011, followed by the full-length DC Special in 2023, the last release for original drummer Kent Stax, who passed away in September that year.
The current band features original members Pete Stahl (vocals), Franz Stahl (guitar) and Enoch Thompson (bass), along with ex-Battery drummer Andrew Black and UK punk legend Gizz Butt (ex-Prodigy, English Dogs, Janus Stark) on guitar.
The band kick the shows off with an appearance at Italy’s DLB festival at the end of July, arriving at Rebellion on 6 August, with their only other UK date at London’s New Cross Inn the following night.
Scream’s full EU/UK dates are…
31.07 DLB Festival, Argenta, Italy
01.08 Vintage Industrial Bar, Zagreb, Croatia
02.08 CK 13 , Novi Sad, Serbia
03.08 Robot, Budapest, Hungary
04.08 Chelsea, Wein, Austria
06.08 Rebellion Festival, Blackpool
07.08 New Cross Inn, London (w/The Adolescents)
08.08 Brakrock, Duffel, Belgium
10.08 Punk Rock Holiday Tolmin, Slovenia
