Rumble & Scream
Photo by Asia Mieleszko
Rumble & Scream is a family band, a theme song, and an ethos.
Rumble & Scream: Post-Industrial Sounds in Pennsylkrainia is a folk-rock,fantasy opera.
On stage, they mix electric guitars/banjos and drums with synthesizers and environmental samples to bring the noise or set the scene accordingly.
Frontman Jeremiah Scream, a third-generation Ukrainian-American hillbillibrettist-bard, often tells his family folklore in place of stage banter through monologues and narrative poetry. His wife and musical life partner, Betty Rumble, brings the noise and keeps him on time.
You’ll leave saying: Slava Pennsylkrainia! Glory to Holy Crick!
For more on the origins of Rumble & Scream, check out: Rumble & Scream: Post-Industrial Sounds in Pennsylkrainia—Act I, the debut, full-length album, which introduced the world to Jeremiah Scream and Betty Rumble.
Rumble & Scream Releases on Holy Crick Records
Rumble & Scream: If It Feels Good (EP-2026)
Rumble & Scream: If It Feels Good, the latest offering from Central Pennsylvania’s Holy Crick Records, is a four song EP that explores environmental issues of the region and its neighboring watersheds with each track raising awareness about a specific concern.
There are light-hearted moments, such as the EP’s opener, “Judy & Me,” a song about a boy who falls asleep to the sounds of coal trucks, and dreams of playing the drums. While his neighbor gets a guitar for Christmas, our boy has to work manual labor jobs to save up and buy his own instrument. Regardless, together, they make some sweet music.
Things get serious in “East Palestine Blues,” which details the 2023 train derailment and chemical spill that crippled the town of East Palestine, OH. When we return to Central PA for “Viola Bottom” a local fishing hole on the Muddy Run is being posted and clear cut for timber.
Closing number and title track, “If It Feels Good,” is more prayer than protest song. In a world plagued by doomscrolling and corporations preying on people's obsessive nature, this song asks that we seek repetition in healthier things: singing, dancing, and praying for peace within ourselves, then letting it radiate into the world around us.
Available at Bandcamp.com or on YouTube.
This project received a grant from Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) and Damascus Citizens for Sustainability (DCS).
Rumble & Scream: Post-Industrial Sounds in Pennsylkraina—Act I (LP-2025)
Rumble & Scream: Post-Industrial Sounds in Pennsylkrainia—Act I is a newfound piece of the quilt that is Appalachian-American culture. Much more than a debut full-length album, it is a traditional folk-rock opera and a modern musical myth for the post-digital age to come.
Created and produced by multi-instrumentalists and creative partners: Jordan Tyler Temchack, Bethany Temchack, and Justin Kasubick, Rumble & Scream, is the fictional story of Jeremiah Scream and Betty Rumble who live in a small, rural village in Northern Appalachia called Holy Crick, Pennsylkrainia.
Uniquely: Act I can be enjoyed in a variety of ways: by listening to all 26 tracks of original music and narrative poetry featuring environmental field recordings of the sounds of Pennsylkrainia on CD or at Bandcamp.com, or dig into the music via the 9 songs only streaming version available on YouTube.
This project received a 2022 Appal Seed Fund grant, sponsored by Appalshop and WMMT 88.7FM.
pressStudio814 Featured Artist Interview and Performance (WTAJ -TV, 2026).
Homegrown Rocker Featured Artist Interview and Performance (Q94-Radio, 2026).
Article on event, Ukraine at Colerain - A Pennsylkrainian Festival (Altoona Mirror, 2025).
Review of Rumble & Scream: Post-Industrial Sounds in Pennsylkrainia—Act I (Red Branch Review, 2025).
contactFor booking and general inquiries: rumbleandscream@gmail.com
Please specify if you’re interested in booking R&S for a version of the theatrical, folk-rock, fantasy opera or for a music-only set, which would include a mix of our favorites: ancient Ukrainian folk, American country-blues, classic rock from both sides of the Atlantic, and plenty of Rumble & Scream’s original blend of Pennsylkrainian Post-Industrial Mountain Music!
For distribution or recording services: holycrickrecords@gmail.com
Photo by Asia Mieleszko
Photo by Asia Mieleszko