Today, Rocket From The Crypt has announced the release of Scream Frankenstein Scream, a collection of early configurations of songs that would eventually turn into the band’s seminal release, Scream Dracula Scream. 

In January 2026, the band got word that a set of 16-track 2” master tapes from 1995 had surfaced on the potentially shady marketplace Offer Up in Orange County, California. Friends and fans sprang into action, rescuing the tapes and making sure they found their way back to the band. Once they had the reels in hand, they matched them to the handwritten track list tucked inside the box—a single coffee-stained sheet of lined paper. It quickly became clear that these recordings were an early attempt to document what would soon become Scream Dracula Scream, released by Interscope Records later that same year. More than 35 years after these performances were captured, the tapes have been painstakingly restored and brought back to life as Scream Frankenstein Scream.
 
This record is a time capsule showcasing the power of the band’s massive sound. The cohesive, locked-in burl of their barrage is in focus, and their energized flailing is on display. These songs have never sounded as urgent or accurate.  These newly restored recordings have inspired the band not only to share them with their closest supporters, but to do it in a way that feels true to Rocket From the Crypt’s rich and long tradition of making things more difficult than they need to be. Rather than give Scream Frankenstein Scream a conventional release, the band has decided to keep it as a vinyl-only LP, available exclusively at upcoming Rocket From the Crypt shows and sold directly by the band.
 
The first opportunity comes October 15 at the Warsaw in Brooklyn, October 16 at Irving Plaza in New York with Man or Astro-man?, followed by October 17 at Metro in Chicago with The Get Up Kids, October 24 at House of Blues in San Diego with Ceremony and Zeus Apollo, and November 7 at Electric Ballroom in London. 
 
On these shows, the band intends to have a set heavy on songs from this release.

Speedo says, “We are gonna try, I guess. These songs are pushing four decades. Some of these songs I wrote when I was 14. I’m 61 now. It’s a big ask, but I’m broke, and I gotta do what I can to get by. My voice is a full two octaves lower than when I recorded this shit. I’ve seen the vitriol surrounding current-day performances by my peers such as Frankie Valli and David Lee Roth. I’ve seen that footage, and I honestly don’t think those guys sound that bad at all. I only hope I can sound as good as them.”