Artist · chart history
Screaming Blue Messiahs
Band London United Kingdom Active 1984–1990
Screaming Blue Messiahs formed in 1984 in London, United Kingdom and was active until 1990. Screaming Blue Messiahs has 6 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 1987–2003. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “I Wanna Be a Flintstone”, which appears on 6 lists with a best position of #37. The station that charted Screaming Blue Messiahs most often is WOXY 97X (Cincinnati, OH), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1987.
The Screaming Blue Messiahs were a London power trio in the most literal, most thrilling sense: Bill Carter on guitar and lead vocals, Chris Thompson on bass and backing vocals, Kenny Harris on drums, and nothing between them and the audience but volume. They came up out of the city's pub rock and punk circuits, and they sounded like it, mashing rhythm and blues, punk and rockabilly into something wiry, loud and slightly unhinged.
They made three LPs for major labels over the years. Bikini Red, from 1987, carries "I Wanna Be a Flintstone", which shows off the whole act: a cartoon-crazed rockabilly stomp with Carter barking like a man possessed and the rhythm section hammering behind him. They toured hard across Europe, North America and Australasia and won plenty of critical praise for the ferocity of the attack, then called it quits in 1990, leaving behind a small, snarling catalog that still bites.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Screaming Blue Messiahs on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Wanna Be a Flintstone | 6 | #37 | – | 1987 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1364 | I Wanna Be a Flintstone | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) |
| 2002 | 625 | I Wanna Be a Flintstone | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) |
| 1994 | 446 | I Wanna Be a Flintstone | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) |
| 1991 | 353 | I Wanna Be a Flintstone | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) |
| 1989 | 348 | I Wanna Be a Flintstone | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) |
| 1987 | 37 | I Wanna Be a Flintstone | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 |
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