Screaming Lord Sutch

Screaming Lord Sutch (born David Edward Sutch, 10 November 1940 – 16 June 1999) was an English musician and perennial parliamentary candidate. 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 contesting the most Parliamentary elections, standing in 39 elections from 1963 to 1997. As a singer, he variously worked with Keith Moon, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Charlie Watts, John Bonham, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell and Nicky Hopkins, and is known for his recordings with Joe Meek including "Jack the Ripper" (1963), as well as his fronting early shock rock acts Screaming Lord Sutch And The Savages and Lord Sutch And Heavy Friends.
==Links to Peel==
According to available tracklistings on this site, Peel played a track from Lord Sutch And Heavy Friends called 'Cause I Love You' on his 11 April 1970 show. It is not known how often he played Screaming Lord Sutch's music, but one of Peel's favourite artists, the White Stripes with singer, Jack White, covered Lord Sutch's 'Jack The Ripper', as part of their sessions for his programmes.
==Shows Played==
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*11 April 1970: Cause I Love You (single) Atlantic
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists