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<onlyinclude>'''[[Screaming Lord Sutch]]''', 3rd Earl of Harrow (born '''David Edward Sutch''', 10 November 1940 - 16 June 1999) was an [[England|English]] musician and politician. As founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, he was the longest serving leader of a British political party. | <onlyinclude>'''[[Screaming Lord Sutch]]''', 3rd Earl of Harrow (born '''David Edward Sutch''', 10 November 1940 - 16 June 1999) was an [[England|English]] musician and politician. As founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, he was the longest serving leader of a British political party. | ||
==Career== | <includeonly>==</includeonly==Career==<includeonly>==</includeonly | ||
Sutch was born at New End Hospital, Hampstead, North West London, and grew up in the working class area of Kilburn, North London. He fell in love with [[rock 'n' roll]] upon hearing "Rock Around the Clock" in 1956. His earliest public performances were at a nearby biker joint called the Cannibal Pot. Inspired by one of his favourite rock and roll stars, [[Screaming Jay Hawkins]], he changed his name to Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow.<noinclude><ref>{{cite book|author=Moran, Mark and Sceurman, Mark|year=2007|title=Weird England|edition=1st|location=New York|publisher=Sterling|pages=124|isbn=1-4027-4229-0}}</ref></noinclude> Despite the fact that he had no connection with the peerage, the deed poll laws of England at the time permitted this. He was one of the first musicians in England in the 1960s with long hair, reputedly 18 inches long, a fashion statement of rebellion that soon caught on with other rock acts. Sutch was aware of his weaknesses as a melodic vocalist, and relied heavily on image, taking his lead from Screaming Jay Hawkins, and putting on a show that mixed rock 'n' roll, theatrics and gothic horror.<noinclude><ref>{{cite book|last=Crouse|first=Richard|year=2000|title=Big Bang, Baby: Rock Trivia|edition=1st|location=Toronto|publisher=Hounslow Press|pages=121|isbn=0-88882-219-7}}</ref></noinclude> Among the stage-props he used were an axe, daggers, skulls and a black coffin he emerged from dressed as [[Jack the Ripper]].<noinclude><ref>{{cite book|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|year=1998|title=Unknown Legends of Rock 'n' Roll: Psychedelic Unknowns, Mad Geniuses, Punk Pioneers, Lo-Fi Mavericks & More|edition=1st|location=San Francisco|publisher=Miller Freeman|pages=241|isbn=0-87930-534-7}}</ref></noinclude> | Sutch was born at New End Hospital, Hampstead, North West London, and grew up in the working class area of Kilburn, North London. He fell in love with [[rock 'n' roll]] upon hearing "Rock Around the Clock" in 1956. His earliest public performances were at a nearby biker joint called the Cannibal Pot. Inspired by one of his favourite rock and roll stars, [[Screaming Jay Hawkins]], he changed his name to Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow.<noinclude><ref>{{cite book|author=Moran, Mark and Sceurman, Mark|year=2007|title=Weird England|edition=1st|location=New York|publisher=Sterling|pages=124|isbn=1-4027-4229-0}}</ref></noinclude> Despite the fact that he had no connection with the peerage, the deed poll laws of England at the time permitted this. He was one of the first musicians in England in the 1960s with long hair, reputedly 18 inches long, a fashion statement of rebellion that soon caught on with other rock acts. Sutch was aware of his weaknesses as a melodic vocalist, and relied heavily on image, taking his lead from Screaming Jay Hawkins, and putting on a show that mixed rock 'n' roll, theatrics and gothic horror.<noinclude><ref>{{cite book|last=Crouse|first=Richard|year=2000|title=Big Bang, Baby: Rock Trivia|edition=1st|location=Toronto|publisher=Hounslow Press|pages=121|isbn=0-88882-219-7}}</ref></noinclude> Among the stage-props he used were an axe, daggers, skulls and a black coffin he emerged from dressed as [[Jack the Ripper]].<noinclude><ref>{{cite book|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|year=1998|title=Unknown Legends of Rock 'n' Roll: Psychedelic Unknowns, Mad Geniuses, Punk Pioneers, Lo-Fi Mavericks & More|edition=1st|location=San Francisco|publisher=Miller Freeman|pages=241|isbn=0-87930-534-7}}</ref></noinclude> | ||
Revision as of 21:57, 24 July 2009
Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow (born David Edward Sutch, 10 November 1940 - 16 June 1999) was an English musician and politician. As founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, he was the longest serving leader of a British political party.