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Website. www.koffinkatsrock.com. The Koffin Kats are an American psychobilly band formed in 2003 in Detroit, Michigan. Known for their high-energy performances and unique blend of punk rock, rockabilly, and psychobilly influences, [ 1 ] the band has gained a dedicated following both in the United States and internationally. [ 2 ]
Psychobilly (or punkabilly) is a rock music fusion genre that fuses elements of rockabilly and punk rock. [1] It's been defined as "loud frantic rockabilly music", [2] it has also been said that it "takes the traditional countrified rock style known as rockabilly, ramp[ing] up its speed to a sweaty pace, and combin[ing] it with punk rock and imagery lifted from horror films and late-night sci ...
The genesis of Blues music in Detroit occurred as a result of the first wave of the Great Migration of African-Americans from the Deep South. In the 1920s, Detroit was home to a number of pianists who performed in the clubs of Black Bottom and played in the Boogie-woogie style of blues, such as Speckled Red (Rufus Perryman), Charlie Spand, William Ezell, and most prominently, Big Maceo ...
The Meteors are an English psychobilly band formed in 1980. Originally from London, England, they are one of the pioneers of the psychobilly sub genre — which fuses punk rock with rockabilly — its distinctive sound and style. "Starting in the neo-rockabilly scene, the Meteors were initially shunned for being too spooky and mean.
Ken Scott, David Bowie. " Panic in Detroit " is a song written by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie for the album Aladdin Sane in 1973. Bowie based it on his friend Iggy Pop 's descriptions of revolutionaries he had known in Michigan and Pop's experiences during the 1967 Detroit riots. Rolling Stone magazine called the track "a paranoid ...
Career. "The Emeralds" were formed as a vocal harmony group in Little Rock, Arkansas, and originally composed of four brothers, Ivory (September 14, 1941 – September 13, 2014), [4] Abrim (January 12, 1945 – July 6, 1982), Cleophus and Raymond Tilmon. [5] After Cleophus and Raymond left, the remaining Tilmon brothers were joined by childhood ...
Jim Leedy (a.k.a. "Elvis Hitler") (vocals) John Defever (guitar) Jimmy Taylor (bass) Geno OneMore (drums) Elvis Hitler is an American rock & psychobilly band from Detroit, Michigan. The band was named after the moniker of their lead singer, Jim Leedy, a combination of rockabilly singer Elvis Presley 's first name and the last name of dictator ...
The Reflections (Detroit band) The Reflections are an American blue-eyed soul / doo-wop group from Detroit, Michigan, United States. [1] They had one hit single in 1964 called "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet", written by Bob Hamilton and Freddie Gorman. [2] The song was produced by Rob Reeco on Golden World Records. [1]