"’Screaming Lord” Sutch To Visit Christchurch

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30499, 22 July 1964, Page 18

"’Screaming Lord” Sutch To Visit Christchurch

“Screaming” Lord Sutch, the 22-year-old British pop singer and one-time political aspirant, will visit Christchurch next month during a three-day tour of New Zealand . Sutch. a former plumber's mate whose real name is David Edward, was a candidate at the by-election in Mr John Profumo’s old constituency at Stratford-on-Avon. He stood as a “national teen-age

candidate.” His policies were the lowering of the voting age to 18, the abolition of dog licences, the abolition of the eleven-plus exam, and other vital reforms. He was unsuccessful. “Screaming Lord" Sutch acquired his name from the virtuosity of his performance. He readily admits he doesn’t sing—he just screams. He started singing in hotels five years ago, but claims that nobody took any notice

;of him until once he “got real mad and let his hair down.” He has been doing well ever since. When he arrived in Sydney recently he was wearing a black top hat, tight blue trousers and a flowing motheaten purple cape. His matted 18 inch hair was falling over his face and shoulders. He carried with him a battered overnight bag containing an old fox fur, a devil’s J cap with pointed horns, and a revolver.