Effective period / Period of releases: 1987

Members: Keith Alexander, Steve Alliano, Rob Graham, Rich Day

Primal Scream was a New York based thrash metal band that formed in April of 1986 till 1989. They spent 20 hours recording a three track demo called "The Outrage Continues" and after only five live shows they signed a deal with Mercenary Records (the metal sublabel of Celluloid Records). They released one album in 1987 before splitting up. Their sound was very much rock influenced and not pure thrash metal.

The name was changed to Primal Scream NYC after they found out about the alternative rock band, Primal Scream, from Glasgow, Scotland had the same name.