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OOZ Fanzine THE SCREAMING BLUE MESSIAHS Courtesy of FAST EDDIE….. This caper all started after seeing The Screaming Blue Messiahs live, then buying their six track mini album entitled `Good and Gone` (ACE Records NED7). The album is produced by well known record producer Vic Maile, who is responsible for the good stuff you`ve heard from the likes of Dr. Feelgood, The Inmates, Motorhead and even The Anti-Nowhere League. The Messiahs are a three-piece band comprising of Bill Carter (lead guitar and vocals), Chris Thompson (Bass and backing vocals), both ex-members of Motor Boys Motor, and Kenny (we don`t know his surname; Drums), an ex-member of True-Life Confessions. The Messiahs have been together for about 18 months in which time they have had live gigs broadcast on both Capital Radio and Radio 1, and a John Peel session in 1984 to boot, not to mention a major recording deal with WEA. Liking both what we`d seen and heard and being nosey little sods, we wanted to know more, after numerous phone calls to the bands P.R (Public Relations) Officer, who turned out to be a very helpful gal called Vermillion. A date was duly set for an interview with Bill Carter, chief face with the band. TIME:- 7.00pm LOCATION:-BAYSWATER POSITION:- THREE FLOORS UP…. US:- In a recent NME gig review, Matt Snow tried to link you with the new American Hardcore movement. Do you agree with the comparison? BC:- Yeah, I read that interview, but I didn`t really understand it. US:- No, neither did we! It seems to us that the basis for what you are doing is R&B. BC:- Yeah, I see it more like that, but it`s got a heavier sound than most R&B. You could pick up a band like The Gun Club –I mean, is that a hardcore band ?, I wouldn't recognise a hardcore bans if I heard one !, I actually see this band as being a one-off phenomena. I`m not being egotistical about it or anything like that, I just think it`s a great band, and in the end it has to be recognised on it`s own merits. It`s got nothing to do with that (hardcore) music. Whatever you can say our music is like, in the end people have to turn round and recognise it for what it is. US:- How do you like being compared to Wilko Johnson? BC:- There must be a reason for it, because it keeps cropping up! US:- Is it possibly the way you play? BC:- Yeah, I suppose the style is similar, but the music is totally different. I mean, if you put the two together you`d never connect them, unless you`d seen the way that I play. US:- How do you go about writing material? BC:- I like to make the songs slightly hypnotic if I can... if we can. I like it when it just feels... even though it`s the same thing over and over again, you want to hear it, some times it works, sometimes it doesn't. US:- What about the format inside the band. Are the Messiahs a democratic band, does everybody have a say in what goes on? BC:- It`s fairly democratic, but anything that’s too democratic I don`t think works, everybody works just as hard, but someone has to make the decisions. US:- Have you got any gigs lined up? BC:- Well, we`re doing some college around the country, and we`ll be supporting ZZ Top in August on their European tour. US:- Will you be doing any UK dates with ZZ Top? BC:- I don`t really know, I think they are just doing a heavy metal festival over here and the promoters just want HM bands, it`s a pity really, because we`d do it, we`ll play in front of anyone! And so you shall boys... so you shall.
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