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Psychobilly is a fusion genre of rock music that mixes elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and other genres. It is one of several subgenres of rockabilly which also include thrashabilly, punkabilly, surfabilly and gothabilly.
Mixing elements of rock, punk and rockabilly, psychobilly bands are known not so much for the frantic pace of its music, but instead for its vibrant lyrics that have references to science fiction, horror, violence and sexuality.
Citing Mad Sin and Nekromantix as influences, these fellows build on that foundation with gleeful group vocals and playful music videos. Hearts race and fists fly on albums such as 2010’s Undead...
Psychobilly music takes the most maniacal aspects of punk and rockabilly and fuses them to create one of the most exciting types of modern rock music. The genre’s best bands are by no means global stars, but they’re heroes of underground rock.
Many psychobilly bands are trios of electric guitar, upright bass and drums, with one of the instrumentalists doubling as vocalist. Psychobilly has its origins in New York City's 1970s punk underground, in which The Cramps are widely given credit for being progenitors of the genre and the first psychobilly band to gain a following. [5]
There are psychobilly bands in places as disparate as the Basque Country, Japan, Northern Europe, and the U.K. There’s also a major psychobilly gathering, the Psychobilly Meeting, each year in Pineda de Mar, in northern Spain.
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Join us as we explore one of the most explosive and far-reaching subcultures of the 1980s, Psychobilly, through 25 classic tracks, including The Cramps and more.
Psychobilly’s official place, date, and time of birth are points of debate, but two bands generally get credit for the musical midwifery.
) are a Welsh psychobilly band that was formed around 1982 near Cardiff, Wales. [1] They were one of the earliest in the initial wave of bands to mix punk rock with rockabilly , and as a result, are considered to be highly influential to the psychobilly scene.