Screamers, a Missing Link of Los Angeles Punk, Is Missing No More An archival release marks the technical debut of a band that helped build a scene, 44 years later. K.K. Barrett and Tommy Gear of Screamers. The Los Angeles punk band is putting out its first-ever release, “Screamers Demo Hollywood 1977.”Credit...Photographs by Elizabeth Weinberg for The New York Times By Nate Rogers April 14, 2021, 10:00 a.m. ET K.K. Barrett hadn’t spoken to Tommy Gear in two decades when he reached out about releasing a secret stash of their old music. There were no hard feelings — the two had simply grown apart over the years — but it was tricky business, regardless. Their band, Screamers, was something of a phantom in the history of Los Angeles punk rock.