The Screaming Tribesmen were an Australian rock band formed in Brisbane, Queensland in 1981 by mainstay Mick Medew on lead vocals and lead guitar. With various line-ups they released three studio albums, Bones and Flowers (October 1987), Blood Lust (1990) and Formaldehyde (1993), before disbanding in 1998. They reformed in 2011 for performances until June 2012. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described how they, "fashioned a memorable brand of 1960s-inspired pop rock that combined equal parts existential lyric angst, melodic inventiveness and strident guitar riffs."

History

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The Screaming Tribesmen were formed in Brisbane in 1981 by mainstay Mick Medew on lead vocals and lead guitar, (ex-31st), with John Hartley on bass guitar and Murray Shepherd on drums (both ex-the Fun Things).

  • Andy Newman&nbsp;– bass, keyboards <small>(1996–98)</small>

Discography

Studio albums

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  • archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Accessed 11 June 2018.
  • Essay including MP3 on "Igloo" at Webcuts
  • [ "The Screaming Tribesmen Biography & History"] at AllMusic