Scream

One of the most enduring bands on the Washington, D.C. punk rock scene, Scream rose from the Capitol City's hardcore community of the 1980s and matured into a more diverse musical entity without losing their muscular impact. They played intelligent hardcore with precision and ferocity on their debut album, 1983's Still Screaming, and adopted a more refined but still burly sound on their second LP, This Side Up, which also found them dappling in reggae. 1986's Banging the Drum and 1988's No More Censorship boasted a sophisticated fusion of anthemic punk, hard rock power, and al...