Psychobilly
Psychobilly is a style of rock music that mixes elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and other genres. Some psychobilly songs include thrash metal or country music styles. Psychobilly is commonly played with a simple guitar/bass/drum/vocal arrangement, with many bands consisting of only three members. Often the guitarist or bassist will be the lead vocalist.
The first psychobilly band was the Meteors, a band from London, UK.
Psychobilly band members and fans often shave part of their heads.
Psychobilly Media
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The Meteors are the first definitive psychobilly band.
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Demented Are Go's singer's stage blood make-up is an example of the horror-film schtick some psychobilly bands adopted.
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The influential German band Mad Sin in 2008. From a psychobilly fashion perspective, note the bassist's red-dyed pompadour and the guitarist on the right's crop cut sides.
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Tiger Army, shown here performing on the 2007 Warped Tour, are one of the most significant American psychobilly acts.
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Reverend Horton Heat playing in 2010
Canadian psychobilly band The Creepshow playing in Manchester in 2012
The Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space show the use of horror-film stage costumes and the decoration of the upright bass.
HorrorPops frontwoman Patricia Day plays an elaborately decorated double bass, a common instrument in psychobilly.
The Living End demonstrate psychobilly stage antics; in this photo, the guitarist is standing on top of the upright bass.
