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    Screaming Tribesmen, The

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    The Screaming Tribesmen emerged from Brisbane (Australia) in 1981, from the remnants of two bands, The Fun Things and The 31st (these bands also provided members forΒ The Hitmen,Β Hoodoo GurusΒ and Died Pretty).

    Led by singer/guitarist Mick Medew and featuring The Fun Things’ rhythm section of John Hartley on bass and Murray Shepherd on drums, the band debuted with a poorly recorded but spirited EP inΒ 1981.

    With their pals in The HitmenΒ spreading the word, The Tribesmen were welcomed in Sydney, and their debut singleΒ IglooΒ (June 1983) was the most popular Australian independent single of the year.

    A Mick Medew/Ron Peno co-write carried over from The 31st,Β IglooΒ was one of the great Aussie singles of the ’80s – a cryptic, drop-dead ode to alienation (Peno’s speciality) floating on a guitar sound like a space-age heavy metalΒ Byrds.

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    Live, the original Tribesmen played a modest and metallic mix of ’60s and ’70s garage-rock and pop, and included in their set covers ofΒ The Black Diamonds‘ obscure Aussie ’60s BeatlepunkerΒ See The Way and USΒ power popperΒ Paul Collins‘Β Walking Out on Love.

    By the time the band released the like-minded follow-up –Β A Stand AloneΒ – it had all but disintegrated. Bass player John Hartley disappeared from sightΒ while Murray Shepherd kept his hand in with a succession of bands before rejoining brother Brad.

    Medew went on to form the short-lived supergroup Wolfgang with Janine Hall (The Saints) and Michael Charles (Lipstick Killers), before forming a new Screaming Tribesmen in 1984.

    This remodelled Tribesmen hit back hard with the Citadel EPΒ Date With A VampyreΒ in ’85. With mentorΒ Chris MasuakΒ now ensconced in the band, together with ex-Lipstick Killer Michael Charles on drums and former Grooveyard bass player Bob Wackley, they were a big sounding outfit with strong hooks, lethal guitars and commercial potential galore.

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    While the EP’s title track was a fun throwaway homage toΒ Roky Erickson & The Aliens, whoseΒ Two Headed DogΒ was a feature of their set (together with great versions ofΒ The Dictators‘Β Stay With MeΒ andΒ Television‘sΒ See No Evil), the spiteful and crunchingΒ IceΒ was definitely the pick of the litter.

    With new drummer Warwick Fraser (ex-Hoi Polloi), the Tribesmen would eventually make an impact on the US college circuit in ’87 on the back of their belated debut albumΒ Bones & Flowers.

    Splitting not long thereafter, Masuak rejoined Kannis in a revamped HitmenΒ before forming the blues-rocking Juke Savages.

    Medew fought on into the ’90s with yet another new Tribesmen.

    Mick Medew
    Vocals, guitar
    John Hartley

    Bass, vocals
    Murray Shepherd

    Drums, vocals
    Chris Masuak

    Guitar
    Bob Wackley

    Bass
    Michael CharlesΒ 

    Drums
    Warwick Fraser

    Drums

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