Open share drawer These influential but under-documented L.A. punks finally get a proper release, and the five demos here reveal an adventurous band pushing the boundaries of punk orthodoxy. Outside of crude bootlegs of sub-demo quality and grainy videos, the Screamers have existed mainly in wistful anecdotes conveyed by California punk royalty like Jello Biafra, Exene Cervenka, and Pat Smear, who claim the bandâs outsized influence and lament their lack of proper documentation. Despite never recording an official album or single, Superior Viaduct has unearthed the closest approximation of such with Screamers Demo Hollywood 1977, a collection of five demo tracks recorded at the bandâs outset.