Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages | Pioneers of British Rock
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- Britain before the Beatles is generally regarded as an era in which most British artists were just bland imitations of American acts from that era. But, of course, there were a few exceptions. And Screaming Lord Sutch was one of them.
Sutch is widely considered to be one of the pioneers of Shock Rock. His stage performances and wild shows were a huge influence on artists such as Alice Cooper or Arthur Brown, among many others. And his version of “Jack the Ripper” has become a classic from that era.
Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages also featured many musicians who became big names later in the 60s and the 70s. Musicians like Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Beck, Nicky Hopkins, Keith Moon and Matthew Fisher were all members of the Savages at one point or another.
Let's take a look at the history of the band and explore some of the singles they released. - Hudba
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Lord Sutch was a friend of mine. I stood in an election with him back in the 80s. He came to my apartment in Highgate one evening for dinner and brought his press books and he had photos of himself with everyone from Elvis to the Iron Butterfly.
Cool , man !!!!
Iron Butterfly---wow, I would love to see that!
Very nostalgic for me as i was also one of the bass players in the Savages.
Nice to see an ex member of another band i was in Pete Newman playing with sutch too.
Dave sutch was a troubled soul. RIP to a real one and only.
Ritchie Blackmore and Keith Moon together. Now that’s an intense duo.
His 1970 album "Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends" was deemed "the worst album of all time" after a BBC Poll in the late 90s, which is insane because that album actually has some really good stuff and features Jeff Beck, Noel Redding, Jimmy Page and John Bonham.
Agreed, I like the album
You could argue it must have at least been memorable if it still got even mentioned thirty years later.
He must have been one of many artists who must have made all his money from touring. It is impossible to believe he ever saw royalties from record sales.
@@paulgoldstein2569 Yep, he made a lot money from touring. He had some financial problems in the 90s but he made a lot of money in the 60s from touring. He was able to buy a house for his mother and even buy a ship to set up his own radio station.
indeed, plenty of good stuff
Lord Sutch did a gig in Vienna in the 90s, i got the chance to talk a few words with him shortly before the show started, he was very kind and signed me a CD. A few years ago at a flea market, i come across a S-VHS-C Cassette from that Lord Sutch gig in Vienna in the 90s 🤗
"did" a gig? Poor English there!
@@micahcareyfilms --- Wir können uns ja auch gerne in Deutsch unterhalten, wenn mein Englisch zu "poor" ist und Sie sich daran stören😉
@@Beatedelic_Records I'm Irish. We do English in Ireland. I dont have a problem with " did". Plenty of people did gigs in Ireland. Maybe even Lord Sutch himself.
@@liamhickey359 -- Thanks 🙂👍
@@micahcareyfilms eh ? ... 'did' is the proper verb conjugation ... did a show ... did a shit .... did a play ... c'mon grammar nazi what would you have used ?
I remember back in 1971, I saw him perform at a little music venue in Bexley in South East London, called the Black Prince. I remember him being carried over the audience, in a coffin to the stage, when he started singing inside the coffin. On that night, he actually pulled me up onto the stage, and we attempted to sing a duet. Such good times.
Lord sutch was ahead of his time definitely influenced the glam rock scene & sensitive kind soul overdue tribute ❤
What a time to be a teenager. I wish I could have been there.
If you were there you wouldn’t remember it or anything else.
@@simonwagstaff Ha,Ha!
I seen him in 69 at that John Lennon Peace Festival here in Toronto.
It's almost impossible to reel in that he had 3 of the world's greatest guitarists in his band Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck and I've never heard of him lol. Then we're told John Bonham was his drummer! He deserves a lot more attention, well done and thanks for producing this.
Before Alice Cooper there was The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown ! And before that there was this man!
And before that Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
@@vincentveasey9389 I was just about to post that before I saw your comment.
Before this man there was screamin Jay Hawkins let's give credit where credit is due boy I tell you
lot of Screamin Jasy Hawkins fans on here by the looks of things! I did not mean to offend anyone
@@pertuk it not about offending anyone it's just about giving credit to where credit is due that's all I'm saying don't get me wrong I like Alice Cooper and the crazy world of Arthur Brown fire yeah I know their songs and I do like them but I know where it all started from that's all I'm saying they should have gave credit to the man in this video you know
Some missing context for those who may need it: USA R&B singer Screaming Jay Hawkins wrote and recorded I Put a Spell on You in 1955 and had a monstrous/horror persona and live show that included coming on stage in a coffin. He greatly influenced Lord Sutch and many others.
That's why this video is crap lol
What a pity Lord Sutch never hooked up with the Cramps. But this retrospective is amazing. I grew up in the political era, didn't know his music at all. Really blows my mind is who can really claim to have worked with so many people who all became huge rock stars.
I think they did a show together
The cramps did a gig with lord sutch and the meteors
Both Sutch and Lux went too soon. Ivy is still rocking, though!
@@mitchellglaser Ivy has been musically inactive since Lux passed away.
@@henrivinkeles8288 Yeah , it was The Hammersmith Palais , i used to have a poster/ promo of it.
Here's the thing about Sutch: he never broke into the charts and he never gained a national seat, yet his influence on both was outsized. What to make of this guy...what to make of this guy...
Thanks for this video, it was long overdue!
The Tone Bender @12:55. This is the 1st generation English Fuzz Pedal based on the Gibson Maestro Fuzz-Tone(Satisfaction). The '14 guinea' cost is an anachronism even for 1965 since, I believe that both it and the pound terms were used(need fact check) Anyway, this pedal brand name is still sold and some vintage ones are very, very expensive. There are A LOT of new knock off brands/models that claim to have 'the mojo' of the original series. Legend has it the most famous use is Jimmy Page on the first Led Zeppelin album. Joe Meeks strikes again~! Great editing job, Mr. YP. Cheers~!
That's for bring Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages back into the lime light. Because I never knew real info on them till today. Will be loading them on my iPod and giving them a good listening
It's a shame Lord Sutch didn't have the level of world wide success. Like the Artist that stole he's thunder and copy he's style and image.
R.I.P. to Lord Sutch
Thanks for the fascinating history of Lord Sutch… I knew very little about him, and learned so much from your video… Very sorry to hear about his suicide.
Here in south africa, Lord Sutch was far more famous for the Monster Raving Loony Party then he was for his music, after this episode of YP, that is a real pity
i love screaming lord sutch and i think everything he did is great. i love that 1969 album because it sounds so raw and the guitars sound like they were just improvised in the studio. it doesn't sound like music that was meant to be ambitious...it sounds like friends getting high and making music together for fun.
Truly an original artist! Love his records. PLAY LOUD!!
I loved the video of Screaming Lord Sutch's Jack the Ripper and I just thought of him as a lovable comedy figure but this video showed that Sutch was way ahead of his time with his stage antics and he had great musicians in his albums and records and it is too bad like the brilliant Joe Meek he took his own life and watching this great video gave me more respect for the brilliant artist.
That was filmed in a club on woodgrange road, forest gate, east London.
He was like a rocking svengoolie.
Wow!! I hadn't been aware of him or his music. Really eccentric!! I can certainly see how he would have been a big influence on many who came afterwards. And all the best backing musicians. R.I.P. 💔🙁
Screaming Lord Sutch is the reason Outro Records exists today!
The "Heavy Friends" album is a near miss that could have been a classic. It seemed like the record industry felt threatened by Sutch.
That could only have happened if the "heavy friends" knew they were recording an album, which many of them did not know...
OK, so clearly you have outdone yourself here with this video. I found it absolutely riveting. My experience with Lord Sutch began in the 1980s as a teenager and Led Zeppelin fanatic/collector of anything relating to them. And I picked up a copy of Screaming Lord Sutch And Heavy Friends on vinyl, which I really liked, and still love to this day.
No one is ever ahead of their time, everyone else is just behind. And no one is born from a vacuum. It is the advanced state of the British grand theatrical tradition that allowed such a groundbreaking artist to come into being seemingly so early.
But he deserves credit for paying attention to the grand American horror-rock tradition, and combining this with these theatrical elements. And he is definitely a progenitor of punk rock. Most obviously you can see where Dave Vanian had to have drawn much of the inspiration for his own persona.
I had no idea about his early foray into psychedelia. Nor did I know about his politics, which really adds a whole other worthwhile dimension to his character. And that bit at the end where is wife describes his death is absolutely chilling, and very sad.
But anyway, thank you for this priceless 21 minutes and 45 seconds of worthwhile remembrance.
Thank you very much!
@@YesterdaysPapers you’re welcome. Your channel is top gear man. It’s the bees knees. I love it. So thank YOU as well!
I remember the first time I saw Lord Sutch. I had picked up a DVD set featuring a bunch of concerts from the 60s and 70s, one of which was The London Rock'n'Roll Show. I was watching it and it was pretty cool and kinda what I'd expected...but then they brought out the coffin and it all got very weird, very quickly. I'd grown up listening to music from the 50s-70s but somehow, I'd never heard of Lord Sutch prior to seeing that and I was instantly intrigued. Here's this guy doing shock rock but from the pre-Beatlemania era of British rock. Before that, there was probably only Screaming Jay Hawkins but his thing was more inspired by voodoo, Sutch was like something out of a hammer horror movie. I don't know why he wasn't a bigger star other than perhaps the world just wasn't ready for him. The Undertakers had some success around Liverpool not long after, Arthur Brown would have more success later in the decade and then there'd be the likes of David Bowie, Alice Cooper, Slade and KISS in the decade that followed. Sutch was a true eccentric, something that seems to thrive in Britain more than anywhere else. I think that's probably why shock and glam both took off in the UK first. As far as the "Heavy Friends" record being called the worst of all time, I hadn't heard any of it prior to this video as it's pretty hard to find (and not cheap when you do find it), but I had heard that it was supposed to be unlistenable, but what I heard here sounds great. It's rough, raw rock'n'roll with Sutch adding his unhinged vocals over the top. I don't know why it gets so much hate, there's so much worse music out there that is far more popular.
Lots of new fun facts here and a pleasure to see.
I would like to recommend Julian Dawson's (yes the singer-songwriter) biography on Nicky Hiphins here.
Just from my fuzzy recollection (I had read the book more than ten years ago):
- The original Savages, a teenage Rock'n'Roll group featuring Nicky Hopkins, came first!
- They befriended that crazy guy Ed Sutch who was some years senior to them. (I forgot how they befriended, but it is in the book.)
- Ed Sutch had absolutely nothing in mind with music or showbiz whatsoever. He just was that authentic crazy freak notorious in the neighborhood.
- The original Savages actually discovered the stage personality Screaming Lord Sutch because they were the ones to tell him "You definitely belong on stage!"
- The original Savages engaged Sutch as their frontman.
- The original Savages were disassembled because of life-threatening health issues that forced Nicky Hopkins to stay in a hospital bed for over a year.
It may have also been the only time Nick Simper and Ritchie Blackmore played together in 1971 after Simper was sacked from Deep Purple 2 years prior. A photo of Blackmore, Sutch and Simper together also exists.
Or indeed played together at any time after he was sacked from Purple. It's not exactly a secret that Simper has been bitter about that ever since. Him and Jon Lord never spoke to each other again...
Love Lord Sutch!
Interesting, that Johnny Burnette's 45 of '56 was also "Train Kept A-Rolling" and "Honey Hush" on the flipside, both tracks with a pioneer of guitar fuzztones Grady Martin on lead guitar. For me Screaming Lord is a sorta link between Screamin' Jay and Hasil Adkins.
Rockin' keeps this world a-rollin', so keep on rockin' folks. Cheers from Moscow, RU.
One and only who was ahead of time in UK then. Truly monster!
His freakbeat stuff is outstanding.
He got his act from the very original Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
Pretty much but who did Screamin' Jay Hawkins get his inspiration from?
Joe
I was just thinking about putting the same comment …
@@lucyfuir6386 Joe influences all
@@inregionecaecorum I looked at his wiki page and it states his biggest influence as Paul Robeson and several Opera and Jazz singers.
I left school in 1965 and started a band , hog for you baby was one of the first songs we played, Great days.
this is the THE rock history channel, you guys blow the others out of the water with your style and content, really classic (in the genuine sense) rock music. Keep it up!!
Seems to me Sutch, like Mayall, was a springboard for a lot of talent and acts. The clips of records produced in the 60's are absolute gems. I will say Sutch might have been influenced by Screamin' Jay Hawkins but being British seems to have lent itself to debauchery and monsters in the night. Interesting the entire psychedelic thing sprung forth across the West simultaneously. CIA, MI6, Laurel Canyon -- subjects of a couple of fascinating and enraging reads.
Very enjoyable watch thanks for uploading
Top shelf mate! Fascinating bloke! Fabulous music!
A fantastic but frightening video. He was one of many artists to become a near household name without ever denting the charts. But those only glued to the charts would never have heard of him.
I thought the reason he took his own life was that he hit financial problems, and was on the verge of having his home repossessed.
EMI released a self-titled compilation CD collecting his entire sixties and early seventies tracks.
Frightening?? Oh grow up.
Thanks for this great biography. I saw his Lord Sutch sing three songs at the Toronto Rock'n'Roll Reviva on 13/09/69l. TBH He wsn't that great without his horror props. Also on the bill were Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent. Bo Diddley and Little Richard. Co-incidentally Alice Cooper was also on the bill with their chickens. I left before the Plastic Ono Band and the Doors came on. Was anyone else there that day?
Good stuff. Thanks for posting. All hail Lord Sutch!
It still shocks me that there hasn't been a comprehensive vinyl boxset or a greatest hits collection.
Another smashing video! I can remember seeing the LORD SUTCH & HIS HEAVY FRIENDS album photo on the inner sleeve of Atlantic/Atco record albums of the period, but never heard it. I worked free-form FM radio from the mid 70s through the early 80s and don't remember the station having a copy. Glad I finally got to hear snippets of it.
Great character. Love his image and will remember him fondly. Thanks for the video.
So awesome! 🤙🔥🇬🇧
Such a massive influence on Dave Vanian without a doubt.
The only Channel that warrants a 👍prior to watching.
I saw him a few times at The Ace Cafe in North West London. He would happily stop and talk to anyone. Love this collection of songs and all the different bits of film. 👍🏻
Never heard of him and now i'm a fan.
Joe Meek with his usual excellent Production on Dracula's Daughter. The Cramps were certainly fans !
No doubt! Huge influence on the Cramps.
WOW!!! Such an AMAZING video on a truly incredible artist..! The research and the presentation is simply INCREDIBLE..! Thank you SO much for this..!
Cheers!
Wow! Some Heavy Rockin Sounds! An interesting and illuminating Documentary. R.I.P Screaming Lord Sutch....A True Pioneer !
Great rockumentary of the legend that is Screaming Lord Sutch. As I've said previously on these pages, I had a few drinks with Lord Sutch in the early 90's and he was very engaging. I must admit, I didn't know of all the music legends that had performed with him at the time. Had I known what I know now, I'd have got him to tell me some stories about Keith Moon, Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Beck, John Bonham or Jimmy Page.
Sutch pioneers of 60's music! My dad was an avid fan of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones & any other band from the UK. So my sister & I got introduced to all bands from the UK including Lord Sutch @ an early age... Thank you father for giving me my deep love for all genres of music from all over the world!
LORD SUTCH
LIVING LEGEND
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Tell it to the young ones
Not exactly living, but I get what you mean.
I saw Screaming Lord Sutch in the early 70s, I know I was stoned-pissed but it was an awesome experience. The whole band and Sutch with fluro UV make up, good good times and memories.
Yeah me too, saw him early70’s at the Maniqui disco , Falkirk. Always a Slow Friday night, usually live local bands or acts on the way down (Edison Lighthouse for example) played Fridays, not many punters in. The dicky bow tied bouncers , acting as pall bearers,solemnly carried Screaming Lord Sutch through the floor area onto the stage in a closed coffin, stood the coffin on its end in the middle of the stage and vacated the stage. One spotlight trained on the coffin and Screaming Lord Sutch opened the hinged lid slowly , hands appearing first, before he slowly appeared out of the coffin. WTF! Fantastic! never forgotten that intro.
This guy needs a Netflix documentary
I’d read about Mr. Sutch and the Savages, and learned of the various prominent musicians who had been in the Savages… but I’d never heard any of their performances until CZcams algorithmed this video on me today. Thanks for this!
The Stones welcoming back Carlo Little like that in the 90's...talk about absolute class :)
How very interesting...Thanks for this
in the mid 90's a group of us had blagged our way into Peter Stringfellow's birthday party at his club full of glamour models and other cheesy celebs.. and there was Lord Sutch stood in his top hat and faux fur leopard print vest ! We were all big fans so a mate went up to him to say hello.... Lord Sutch just laughed and dryly replied "Fuck off sonny "
Obviously a big influence on Dave Vanain of The Damned, but for me he will always be screaming Lord Sutch of The Monster Raving Looney Party . I wished I had voted for him!! He;s why England is such a darn good Country to be born in.
Dave even looks like him
Excellent video! As an American who likes to think he knows British rock/pop music fairly well, I somehow missed out on Sutch. He was way ahead of his time.
I'm American and discovered him purely by accident. What a happy accident that was. I love the lord 🩷
If you have never heard of Screaming Jay Hawkins in the 50's basically Sutch and Alice Cooper not to mention Slash too, he was doing stuff with top hats, snakes, and the voodoo thing before any of them in the 1950's.
I love this channel! Thank you so much for posting these videos. As somebody that totally loves 60s British music I am always introduced to so many new sounds and experiences and it's great hearing the stories and the history.
WOW...what a treasure trove of great stuff!
You inspired me to give *Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends* a listen, and I'm quite enjoying it.
I don't see why it would be "worst" in any way. "Flashing Lights" sounds like indie rock from the 90s.
"Flashing Lights" is one of my favourites from the album.
Flashing Lights is a belter!
Thanks for this great video! I've known Sutch in name only as a footnote to Deep Purple and others' histories. I was glad to hear Joe Meek 's production. Really impressed with the number of British rockers who crossed his dark path. He's a fascinating figure and I am definitely taking a deep dive into that catalog, God Help Me!
Everyone lining up to dig black metal and make-up think they are not embracing image. You are. But this guy was putting it out there when my mum (now in a fucking care home) was still in her twenties.
I didn’t realise that he released so many great albums and songs… I grew up knowing that he was the leader of the Monster Raving Loony party sleep well your lordship xx
I have both of those lps at 20:15. Rest now, Screamin Lord Such.
Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends was one of my favourite albums when I was 14. It's still fun to listen to
I love that album 'Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends'. Flashing Lights is my favourite song.
I'd never heard of Lord Sutch until this week. He was unpromoted in the USA. I can see now where "Monster Mash" came from, and Alice Cooper was clearly inspired by him. When punk and goth arrived it wasn't really a new thing to everyone.
Monster mash preceded Sutch.
@@jamespohl-md2eq It did? Wow
Cooper was inspired by Screamin Jay Hawkins lol, and so is this screaming guy
I'm an American whose absolutely fascinated by 60s British music that never quite developed a following in the US. And this cat is right up my alley! The Beatles, the Stones, the Who, have all been over-exposed over here. I find Graham Bond, John Mayall, Small Faces, the Move, Edgar Brougton, the Nice, and Screaming Lord Sutch far more interesting and dare I say--exotic!
Saw Screaming Lord Sutch at Ilkeston (Derbyshire) Co-op venue in the early 1960’s. He arrived on stage in a coffin and it was announced that he had died, then he leaped out and began his gig. His last number was Great Balls of Fire, and he set the stage curtains on fire……he was banned from the venue after that!
He even stole Screamin’ Jay Hawkins stage entrance. This guy is unoriginal.
One of the great british originals. His early singles do rock and evoke hellfire fun🎉 I mean who else can come up eith lyrics like " Last night I was digging in the cemetery
When up sprang something black and hairy "? 😂
I saw him in the early nineties with my editor John Wagstaff and he was just wonderful!
Worth noting is that the person standing next to Sutch in the footage of them recording Dracula’s Daughter is none other than Paul Nicholas, he went on to a successful West End career and was one of the main leads in the sitcom Just Good Friends in the 1980’s.
I was not familiar with Lord Sutch back in the day but i have been listening to his records over the past few years and while I don't think he was a great vocalist I do think his records were definitely unique. Having said that, I must admit that I do find "She's Fallen In Love With A Monster Man" to be quite enjoyable to listen to.
This was fascinating. As I said earlier his act was too weird or too shocking for wholesome Americans. Never knew so many British heavyweights worked with him. Regarding his politics what came to mind were the two American politicians Barry Goldwater and Hubert Humphrey who both ran for president several times from the 1960s through the 1980s and kept losing. Sad that he never conquered depression. His widow is a very pretty lady.
Yeah, very sad ending.
Your knowledge of American politics is dreadful.
This is great .Thankyou for posting .As a 63yo now, i was too young to know "much about the sutch". I only knew Blackmore was playing with him .But as for all the others, i have learnt alot. Excellent
Great!!
A couple of gems about the great Lord Sutch: he was the headliner of one of the first Sex Pistols gigs in 1976 and in 1981 it was released a split with the Meteors, the godfathers of the Psychobilly movement.
Screaming Jay Hawkins did this in 1956.
Serendipitously, Justin Hawkins (of The Darkness) played Sutch in the Joe Meek biopic.
A friend actually bought Sutch's LP when it was released. It was strange, to say the least. But after all, acid was just coming online.
Wonderful, thankyou!
Another great show from this great channel. Much appreciated.
I always like that screaming Lord Sutch Heavy friends album. I can't believe that it got bad reviews. I always paid tribute to him screaming. J Hawkins and Arthur brown and earlier Alice Cooper. But everyone knows who Alice Cooper is. I have a shirt with all 4 of those guys on there. It's far as Shock rock the ginnings, it's sad. What happened with him and his depression? And all that. But yes, I love that heavy friend's album and his earlier stuff too. The guy was so ahead of his time. He doesn't get a lot of props, even for being one of the first of heavy metal artists in that Regards as well, let alone pumping also one of the first to have really heavy distortion on his albums, and the corpse paint thing, I posted something today about the history of that and I didn't see him on there, so I posted this picture. Great video man. I'm glad that you made this video I don't see any videos about him at least as a bio like yours. Also, I'm curious about what policies the British government used of his party. I'm not from there so I don't know
peace.
Miss cream in lord such as memory be eternal🙏🏾
Thank you very much for this, I knew him because the cover of "She´s Fallen in Love with a Monster Man" by The Revillos. Surely one of your best post. Cheers!!!
I have the Lord Sutch and heavy friends album from my parents. I’ll have to dig it out!
Amazing video, cheers for posting it.
I don't think he went across the pond to the US as I never heard of this before. Amazing history video, thank you!
Cool video! Thanks! Like other commenters, I mostly knew of Lord Sutch through Purple, Beck and Zep associations.
I had the album Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends. I got the album in a trade with a bunch of other records. I may have listened to it once or twice I don't remember. So I was aware of Lord Sutch but I really didn't know much else about him until this video. In those days the American rock press claimed that he was an actual British Lord.
Excellent! A documentary has been long overdue on Lord such. This was brilliant! Thanks!
Really glad such a great channel as this has touched on Lord Sutch. I had the privilege to DJ on Radio Sutch. David is forever in our (black) hearts 🔪🩸
Wow, very cool!
Great video! So interesting. Thank you.
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Very sad ending. He seemed to be quite the pioneer of several things that came much later in music and entertainment. Quite an interesting character.
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