Screaming Yellow Players

The  are an American rock band formed in, in 1995. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Derek De Vriendt, guitarists Samantha E. Aizer and Tommy Lionheart, bassist Vinny Espinola, keyboardist Gabriel Haim and drummer Polaris Browne. The band originated from the Pittsburgh music scene and was formed by De Vriendt and Browne as a pop-punk/skate punk side project. Their debut EP Corned Beef Hash in the Morning (1997) was an underground success and gained the band regional popularity in the Midwest.

The band's 1999 self-titled major label debut, also known as the "orange album", produced a Top 40 hit in the form of a cover of 's "Go For It" and led to the band rapidly gaining popularity, culminating with the 2001 release of their platinum-certified second album Hail to the Beef.

Formation and early years
The band was formed in October 1995 in.

Members

 * Derek De Vriendt - lead and backing vocals, lead guitar
 * Polaris Browne - lead and backing vocals, drums
 * Samantha E. Aizer - lead guitar, lead and backing vocals
 * Vinny Espinola - bass guitar, lead and backing vocals
 * Tommy Lionheart - rhythm guitar, lead and backing vocals
 * Gabriel Haim - keyboards, rhythm and lead guitar, lead and backing vocals

Albums

 * The Orange Album (1999)
 * Hail to the Beef (2001)
 * Eighteenth Amendment Blues (2004)
 * Lice (2005)
 * The B&W Album (2007)
 * Contract Fulfillment Album (2009)
 * The Yellow Album (2011)
 * Allegheny & Monongahela (2013)
 * The Cyan Album (2015)
 * The Santo Gold Years (2017)
 * Wired to Go (2019)
 * The Purple Album (2021)

EPs

 * Corned Beef Hash in the Morning (1997)
 * Chuck Norris Jokes (2008)

Live albums

 * Live at Velodrom (2002)
 * The Screaming Yellow Players Put You to Sleep (2003)