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This CD has been released with the full approval and co-operation of the Screaming Blue Messiahs. The CD cover was designed by SBM mainman Bill Carter, and the booklet features photographs from the band's own archive, plus extensive liner notes. The Screaming Blue Messiahs was a high-octane British power trio who breathed excitement and danger back into the music scene of the mid 1980s. Drawing on the influences of Chicago blues, punk, rockabilly and British rhythm'n'blues bands like the Pirates and early Dr Feelgood, the Messiahs delivered a pulverizing and brutal brand of rock'n'roll wholly their own. The band was centered around one of the most muscular, well-oiled rhythm sections in the business, bassist Chris Thompson and drummer Kenny Harris, and completed by gonzo front man, singer and guitarist Bill Carter. Though formed in London, the group was obsessed with American culture. References to cars, religion, politics, guns, films and TV littered their best work. Spiked with a dash of deranged humour, the Messiahs proved utterly irresistible to post-punk audiences and, thanks to relentless gigging, built up a worldwide base of rabid fans. This collection brings together some of their best work for BBC radio. There are red-hot, vintage studio sessions for DJs Andy Kershaw and Janice Long from 1985 and 1987 respectively, whilst a BBC concert from early `85 reveals just what a powerful live band they were from the start. Just feel that raw energy and electricity! British rock was tragically robbed of one of its most resilient flame keepers when the group had to call it a day in 1990.