   david edward sutch (10 november 1940 â 16 june 1999), also known as 3rd earl of harrow, or simply screaming lord sutch, was an english musician. he was the founder of the official monster raving loony party and served as its leader from 1983 to 1999, during which time he stood in numerous parliamentary elections. he holds the record for losing all 40 elections in which he stood. as a singer he variously worked with keith moon, jeff beck, jimmy page, ritchie blackmore, charlie watts and nicky hopkins. ==musical career== sutch was born at new end hospital, hampstead, london. in the 1960s, inspired by screamin' jay hawkins, he changed his stage name to "screaming lord sutch, 3rd earl of harrow", despite having no connection with the peerage. his legal name remained david edward sutch. after his career as an early 1960s rock and roll attraction, it became customary for the uk press to refer to him as "screaming lord sutch", or simply "lord sutch". early works included recordings produced by audio pioneer joe meek. during the 1960s, screaming lord sutch was known for his horror-themed stage show, dressing as jack the ripper, pre-dating the shock rock antics of alice cooper. accompanied by his band, the savages, he started by coming out of a black coffin (once being trapped inside of it, an incident parodied in the film slade in flame). other props included knives and daggers, skulls and "bodies". sutch booked themed tours, such as 'sutch and the roman empire', where sutch and the band members would be dressed up as roman soldiers. despite self-confessed lack of vocal talent, he released horror-themed singles during the early to mid 1960s, the most popular "jack the ripper", covered live and on record by garage rock bands including the white stripes, the gruesomes, the black lips and the horrors, the latter for their debut album. in 1963, sutch and his manager,
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