Screaming Lord Sutch

David Edward Sutch (formerly a plumber's mate from Harrow) based his act on Screamin' Jay Hawkins and presented his musical horror show around British clubs in the late 50s and early 60s, when (for a while) he was the farthest-out thing around! His record sales were secondary to his stage act which involved props including leopard skins, bull horns, coffins, monster feet and roman chariots.

Always something of a likely lad, Sutch stood for Parliament in 1964 representing his own National Teenage Party, before moving on to a long political career with the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, which he formed in 1983. During his career he contested over 40 by-elections, often garnering a respectable number of votes but never really troubling the major parties. He also ran a Pirate Radio station for several years.

A long-time sufferer from depression, Sutch hanged himself on June 16 1999.