It's been a while since a Psycho thread. [Archive]

gregulus

09-25-2005, 09:30 PM

It's been awhile since I've seen a Psychobilly thread grace these boards, so I thought I'd start one...

I'll start with some of my favorite bands like Demented are Go, Necromantix, The Meteors, Mad Sin, Rev. Horton Heat, The Cramps (even though some don't consider them psycho) and many others.

One of my first shows was Demented are Go when they toured the states and I was amazed at the energy and the sound of the music. I was wondering what you guys thought of the genre.

AIRIC

09-25-2005, 09:35 PM

I like and dislike a lot of it.

Excursions

09-25-2005, 09:36 PM

I used to be a big fan but the only bands I still listen to on occasion are The Meteors, The Cramps and The Sharks.

EightMilesHigh

09-25-2005, 09:39 PM

Omg! I was just thinking of making this thread today.

Earlier today I bought Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps. Does not dissapoint.

I'm looking for soem Reverend Horton Heat, too.

Psychobilly is so awesome.

bryce_the_cat

09-25-2005, 09:40 PM

I kinda only like tiger army... I have a "demented are go" and a "batmobile" record on my computer but I didn't like them too much.

gregulus

09-25-2005, 09:44 PM

I kinda only like tiger army... I have a "demented are go" and a "batmobile" record on my computer but I didn't like them too much.
I'm not a big Tiger Army fan, myself.

Brain Toad

09-25-2005, 10:28 PM

I can't stand Tiger Army. And people who call Horrorpops psychobilly should be punched in the face.

Demented are Go, Mad Sin, Batmodbile, 12 Step Rebels, and many more are all awesome.

skatebum

09-25-2005, 10:54 PM

how exaxtly do you define psychobilly? nekromantix is cool, i know that much

Brain Toad

09-25-2005, 10:56 PM

how exaxtly do you define psychobilly? nekromantix is cool, i know that much
http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=255094

gregulus

09-25-2005, 10:57 PM

how exaxtly do you define psychobilly? nekromantix is cool, i know that much
One half billy, one half punk rock.

TheNowhereman42

09-25-2005, 11:28 PM

Mad Sin are playing tomorrow, but I can't make it unfortunatly. Demented Are Go! are really badass. I heard the new Horrorpops album sucked balls

ThisUserIsAPipebomb

09-26-2005, 07:00 AM

Rev. Horton Heat is psychobilly?

I've heard alot about him/them but I didn't know it was psychobilly.

I've been meaning to check out him/them for awhile.

nitzguy

09-26-2005, 09:12 AM

i like the 12 step rebels and Demented are go!... the Bassist from 12 step rebel's was crazy live... duirng one of the songs, he put his Double Bass up on his shoulders behind his head(like how guitarists do) and was playing a solo.... it was so funny, because the crowd just stopped what they were doing... and jaws just dropped... good show

MILF Hunter

09-26-2005, 11:33 AM

I listened to the Best of the Frantic Flinstones as I walked home from college.

skateMASTERbater2

09-26-2005, 11:57 AM

Mad sin is one of my favorite bands, they're just awesome, everyone should listen to them. New album is out sometime in october.
I also love the astro zombies, the meteors, the cramps, cenobites and demented are go

wicky428

09-26-2005, 12:22 PM

Mad sin are awesome. My favourite psychobilly band along with the cramps.

Zion Gates

09-26-2005, 02:59 PM

my favourite physcobilly band in nekromantix...my first show was rancid, and tiger army came, they played an amazing show

YoungSavage77

09-26-2005, 04:34 PM

Anyone like the Devil Dogs? They're not exactly psychobilly, but rockabilly mixed with punk, on the rock and roll side.

Skidmark Steve

09-26-2005, 04:38 PM

whats the deffinition for a Psychobilly band...

im still learning my genres

Brain Toad

09-26-2005, 04:54 PM

Rev. Horton Heat is psychobilly?

I've heard alot about him/them but I didn't know it was psychobilly.

I've been meaning to check out him/them for awhile.

He is more on the rockabilly revival side

whats the deffinition for a Psychobilly band...

im still learning my genres

http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=255094

Read both mine and El_Shiznit's posts in that thread.

In short, psychobilly is blending rockabilly (which had a revival in the 80s, which lead to psychobilly) with punk, making it faster, with a lot of references to horror movies, hot rods, etc.

Flagjacket

09-26-2005, 05:19 PM

RHH rules. And I like Tiger Army. That's pretty much the only psycho I listen to.

EightMilesHigh

09-26-2005, 05:46 PM

Brian Setzer may not be rocka/psychobilly, but it was certainly one of his influences.

Brain Toad

09-26-2005, 05:48 PM

Brian Setzer may not be rocka/psychobilly, but it was certainly one of his influences.

The Stray Cats were part of the Rockabilly Revival, and Brain Setzer Orchestra was part of the swing revival that followed, and they had a lot of rockabilly influences because of Setzer's guitar playing. Both excellant bands. Setzer was great.

FightDaPowa!

09-26-2005, 08:25 PM

Scuba_Steve

09-26-2005, 08:53 PM

I like Psychobilly like...Tiger Army...even though i would'nt really classify them as very psycho....but anything else just pisses me off...like...Demented are Go, Horrorpops, and Necromantix ETC...they are just...stupid...

i'd rather listen to Nekromantix than tiger army.

anyway, another great psychobilly band that get the short end of the stick respect-wise is definately The Phenomenauts

AIRIC

09-26-2005, 08:55 PM

I wouldn't call them psychobilly.

Scuba_Steve

09-26-2005, 09:00 PM

I wouldn't call them psychobilly.

who? The Phenomenauts?

AIRIC

09-26-2005, 09:01 PM

Yes.

mole

09-26-2005, 09:01 PM

Rev Horton heat is psychobilly? i thought he was rockabilly

Scuba_Steve

09-26-2005, 09:08 PM

Yes.

ur crazy.

Why wouldn't you consider them psycho?

RIP Ian Curtis

09-29-2005, 12:27 AM

Rev Horton heat is psychobilly? i thought he was rockabilly

He kinda walks the fine line between...

Horrorpops may not be fully psychobilly, but they're still quite awesome, and they've got the influence going on. Kinda like a cross between a Phil Spector girl group, No Doubt back in the good old days and The Nekromantix.

Brain Toad

09-29-2005, 10:05 AM

Rev Horton heat is psychobilly? i thought he was rockabilly

He is more on the rockabilly revival side

Horrorpops may not be fully psychobilly, but they're still quite awesome, and they've got the influence going on. Kinda like a cross between a Phil Spector girl group, No Doubt back in the good old days and The Nekromantix.

I don't think they are psycho at all, and quite horrible. Most of the newer psychobilly bands are bad, which is why I was surprised to find out Mad Sin are modern.

RIP Ian Curtis

09-29-2005, 12:04 PM

Fair enough. The newest Horrorpops album is the only post-1990 album I've bought since "White Blood Cells" by the White Stripes came out.

AndreTheHyena

09-29-2005, 12:38 PM

The Reverend isn't psychobilly, he's just a rockabilly revivalist, or you could even go so far as calling him "punkabilly".

The Phenomenauts aren't, either, they're also just rockabilly/punkabilly, though they call themselves "rocket roll".

There are fairly strict guidelines to be a "psycho" band. For instance, the Cramps, who were the first to call themselves "psychobilly" (a term coined by Johnny Cash, FYI) aren't even true psychobilly.

Incidentally, I'm seeing the Reverend tonight for the second time. He puts on a killer show.

Pseudo Man

09-29-2005, 08:14 PM

The Reverend isn't psychobilly, he's just a rockabilly revivalist, or you could even go so far as calling him "punkabilly".

I think there is a definite division in psychobilly between the band that combine rockabilly with being "Psycho" and singing about zombies and kinky sex. And then bands that combine the more solid punk sound with rockabilly.
So I'd put the Cramps in the Psycho end of Psychobilly and then things like early Living End and Reverand Horton Heat up the punk end.

With reference to the cramps, I think that seeing as in the late seventies the Cramps were playing songs like the Drug Train or Goo Goo Muck and calling it psychobilly they should be considered the first psychobilly band. Even though the bands that define the genre for many other people are quite different to the Cramps, I still put them first.

skatebum

09-29-2005, 10:05 PM

any one heard devils brigade, matt freemans psychobilly band? they are pretty cool

RIP Ian Curtis

09-29-2005, 10:14 PM

I think there is a definite division in psychobilly between the band that combine rockabilly with being "Psycho" and singing about zombies and kinky sex. And then bands that combine the more solid punk sound with rockabilly.
So I'd put the Cramps in the Psycho end of Psychobilly and then things like early Living End and Reverand Horton Heat up the punk end.

With reference to the cramps, I think that seeing as in the late seventies the Cramps were playing songs like the Drug Train or Goo Goo Muck and calling it psychobilly they should be considered the first psychobilly band. Even though the bands that define the genre for many other people are quite different to the Cramps, I still put them first.

:p :p :p

Pseudo Man

09-29-2005, 11:40 PM

I think we should invent a new genre for tiger army called "emobilly" and then you people can talk about them in a different thread

RIP Ian Curtis

09-29-2005, 11:42 PM

or gothabilly or something.

you should really come over man, it's the best 500 albums on tely and they just had Joy Division, Talking Heads, The Sex Pistols, Nick Cave and now Bohemian Rhapsody is on.

Pseudo Man

09-29-2005, 11:44 PM

AndreTheHyena

09-30-2005, 05:55 PM

With reference to the cramps, I think that seeing as in the late seventies the Cramps were playing songs like the Drug Train or Goo Goo Muck and calling it psychobilly they should be considered the first psychobilly band. Even though the bands that define the genre for many other people are quite different to the Cramps, I still put them first.

The main problem in calling them psycho is that they don't have a stand-up bass player, and there was even a phase where they had no bass player. As I said, there are strict guidelines for something to be true "psycho" and just a punked-up rockabilly band with mildly goth lyrics. The Cramps consider themselves nothing more than a rock n' roll band, just like the Reverend.

Brain Toad

09-30-2005, 08:55 PM

The main problem in calling them psycho is that they don't have a stand-up bass player, and there was even a phase where they had no bass player. As I said, there are strict guidelines for something to be true "psycho" and just a punked-up rockabilly band with mildly goth lyrics. The Cramps consider themselves nothing more than a rock n' roll band, just like the Reverend.

This is truth.

There is a lot of specific characteristics of psychobilly bands. But you can't take away the influence The Cramps had on a good portion of the psychobilly genre. They are a great band. Played a show at the state mental hospital in Napa not too far from me, my neighbour works there as well.

rolling thunder

09-30-2005, 09:41 PM

Well i'm a newbie, but keen on me psycho.

I just wanna say that i love nekromantix, and please everyone spell it right, Nekroman is a great musician and a great guy. I also like tiger army, mad sin, horrorpops (i know popabilly not psycho), and various other bands, i also like skobilly, which is just a rockabilly/psychobilly band with a horn section.

anyway thats my two cents.

Pseudo Man

09-30-2005, 10:36 PM

The way I see it Rockabilly is a combination of Rock and roll and hillbilly, hillbilly being country and western without the western. This is the definition generally agreed upon among rockabilly afficianados (spelling?). The most pure rockabilly bands will have a stand up drummer as well as a stand up bass player, but then again you can't deny old hasil as being the hippest rockabilly cat therre ever was. I don't deny Nekromantix their psycho cred for not having a stand up drummer and I don't think it should be denied of the cramps for not having a bass player for most of their career.
Vast numbers of pure rockabilly outfits have no bassist at all.

RIP Ian Curtis

10-02-2005, 08:32 PM

He does make an interesting point there...

Hasil Adkins never had no bass.

AndreTheHyena

10-02-2005, 10:37 PM

Tru dat.

Pseudo Man

10-03-2005, 09:18 AM

"I can't have no band, I keep wanting to change chords and I can't expect no one to follow me." -Hasil Adkins

Ghostfire3

10-03-2005, 05:32 PM

I've definitely been getting into a lot of Psychobilly/Rockabilly bands lately. Tiger Army, Nekromantix, Horrorpops, RHH, Stray Cats. Psychobilly and Rockabilly are great genres of music.

Skidmark Steve

10-04-2005, 02:52 PM

yea. sure psychobilly is cool and all, but what about the hair (http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~wildcat/nekroman11.jpg) :confused:

Scabies

10-04-2005, 02:53 PM

I'm listening to Mad Sin right now. Awesome. What wrong with the hair?!

Skidmark Steve

10-04-2005, 02:56 PM

I'm listening to Mad Sin right now. Awesome. What wrong with the hair?!
well....its..........well....its gay

Brain Toad

10-04-2005, 04:18 PM

the pomphawks are amazing. Lot more interesting and cooler looking then plain old mohawks and liberty spikes.

Mad Sin are great, so good that it surprised me to find out they weren't part of the first psychobilly bands and they are actually quite recent.

Ghostfire3

10-04-2005, 06:14 PM

the pomphawks are amazing

I agree.

AndreTheHyena

10-05-2005, 02:50 AM

Drop The Baby

10-05-2005, 04:42 AM

Mad Sin and The Cramps are the only psychobilly bands i listen to every now and again, either not heard or dislike most of the rest.

Brain Toad

10-05-2005, 10:06 AM

The hair is a very important part of psychobilly. It's a very very fashion-oriented genre, which is one of the reasons it's so much different than punk rock. In punk, every tries their hardest to pretend it's not about the fashion; "It's all a state of mind, maaaaaannnn!"

The psychos are proud of their fashion, as are a lot of the rockabilly revialists. They want to have the complete image.

Ghostfire3

10-05-2005, 06:01 PM

Dressing like that and goin to shows and stuff is part of the fun of being a psycho.

RIP Ian Curtis

10-05-2005, 08:57 PM

Same as Ska really...

skateMASTERbater2

10-06-2005, 11:42 AM

Mad sin's new album is pretty good from what i heard, some really great songs and sofar I like it more than survival of the sickest. I'll buy it when i see them live

misfitsfan1990

10-10-2005, 07:00 AM

w0ooo00t!! I have recently downloaded some nekromatix stuff and its the best thing i discoverd since the misfits thank you psychos for opening my eyes :thumb:

revengeance

10-15-2005, 12:55 PM

yea. sure psychobilly is cool and all, but what about the hair (http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~wildcat/nekroman11.jpg) :confused:

Nekroman's hair is awesome.

Skidmark Steve

10-15-2005, 01:30 PM

can someone find me a tab of the nekromatix song called gargoils over something. i forget what it is

ihatemybass

10-15-2005, 02:06 PM

The Meteors are awesome. I like Nekromantix too but that's about it. Im gonna go see the Meteors on the 22nd of this month.
The Mad Monster Party!!!

ihatemybass

10-15-2005, 02:07 PM

can someone find me a tab of the nekromatix song called gargoils over something. i forget what it is
Isn't it Gargoyles over Copenhagen?
BTW whats a good Nekromantix cd?

Ghostfire3

10-16-2005, 01:04 AM

Isn't it Gargoyles over Copenhagen?
BTW whats a good Nekromantix cd?

My favorite Nekromantix CDs are Dead Girls Don't Cry and Night of the Loving Dead.

Ghostfire3

10-16-2005, 07:22 PM

Can anyone recommend me good Cramps, Meteors, and Quakes cds?

Pseudo Man

10-17-2005, 04:48 AM

My quiff takes a quarter jar of brylcreem a day and will do till I die!
Rockabilly Hair Uber Allies!!!!

smokersdieyounger

10-18-2005, 10:53 AM

I always use soap in my hair, Yeah, what Cramps album should I get first?? I dont like much psycobilly tho, But I do like King Kurt if thats psyco. Loads of my mates are into psyco.

Brain Toad

10-18-2005, 11:01 AM

Isn't it Gargoyles over Copenhagen?
BTW whats a good Nekromantix cd?

Night of the Loving Dead and Curse of the Coffin

I always use soap in my hair, Yeah, what Cramps album should I get first?? I dont like much psycobilly tho, But I do like King Kurt if thats psyco. Loads of my mates are into psyco.

Bad Music for Bad People

And King Kurt is pretty good, I checked it out out of pure curiosity one day, not knowing it was psycho.

Pseudo Man

10-19-2005, 09:40 AM

Bad Music For Bad People is definetely the best place to start listening to the cramps at.

Ghostfire3

10-19-2005, 02:04 PM

My quiff takes a quarter jar of brylcreem a day and will do till I die!
Rockabilly Hair Uber Allies!!!!

Do you have any pictures of your quiff?

El_Shiznit

10-19-2005, 02:05 PM

Isn't it Gargoyles over Copenhagen?
BTW whats a good Nekromantix cd?
Best Nekromantix album is Curse Of The Coffin. Hands down.

Can anyone recommend me good Cramps, Meteors, and Quakes cds?
Cramps = Smell of Female or Bad Music For Bad People
Meteors = Wreckin' Crew

Pseudo Man

10-22-2005, 06:07 AM

Do you have any pictures of your quiff?

well I don't make a point generally of taking photos of my own hair but I'll see what I can do for you.

Actually I'll start my own website called allteensexyrockabillythumbs.com and charge you money to see it. Ha Ha Ha

Iron Bug

10-22-2005, 12:03 PM

I don't think they are psycho at all, and quite horrible. Most of the newer psychobilly bands are bad, which is why I was surprised to find out Mad Sin are modern.
Mad Sin are from the 80's

The new Mad Sin kicks ***.

Ghostfire3

10-22-2005, 12:08 PM

well I don't make a point generally of taking photos of my own hair but I'll see what I can do for you.

Actually I'll start my own website called allteensexyrockabillythumbs.com and charge you money to see it. Ha Ha Ha

Ha ha, well I was just wondering because I've tryed to do it with my hair and it was a complete failure of an attempt. How do you do it??

Ghostfire3

10-23-2005, 01:26 AM

Can anyone recommend me a good Batmobile and/or Quakes CD?

Skidmark Steve

10-23-2005, 08:02 PM

ive been recently getting into Tiger Army. my cousin gave me her Tiger Army CD's she didnt want over the summer and i havent really gotten around listening to them until now. good stuff.

Ghostfire3

10-23-2005, 09:22 PM

ive been recently getting into Tiger Army. my cousin gave me her Tiger Army CD's she didnt want over the summer and i havent really gotten around listening to them until now. good stuff.

Yeah, Tiger Army is awesome. Every one of their CDs is awesome, in my oppinion. I can't wait for their new CD, but it's not coming out until sometime in '06.

AndreTheHyena

10-25-2005, 09:57 AM

What's the deal with Geoff Kresge playing guitar in the HorrorPops now? Laaaaame.

Ghostfire3

10-25-2005, 09:34 PM

What's the deal with Geoff Kresge playing guitar in the HorrorPops now? Laaaaame.

Why's it lame?

Jersey's Best Dancer

10-25-2005, 09:38 PM

Why's it lame?

Cause the horrorpops suck. I saw them live w/ RMATD and Left Alone... they were definently the 3rd best band there.

AndreTheHyena

10-25-2005, 09:52 PM

I don't mind the HorrorPops, but Geoff is an great bass player, and it's quite a step down to be playing guitar in a pseudo-billy band.

Jersey's Best Dancer

10-26-2005, 12:36 PM

I don't mind the HorrorPops, but Geoff is an great bass player, and it's quite a step down to be playing guitar in a pseudo-billy band.

And Nekroman is playing guitar... the best part of the show was when Nekroman played bass at the end. They should of had all three of them playing bass doing different solos and ****.. that would have been sweet.

Ghostfire3

10-26-2005, 05:55 PM

I don't mind the HorrorPops, but Geoff is an great bass player, and it's quite a step down to be playing guitar in a pseudo-billy band.

Now I see what you mean. He is a good bass player. He should start his own band, that'd be pretty cool.

Ghostfire3

10-26-2005, 05:58 PM

Cause the horrorpops suck. I saw them live w/ RMATD and Left Alone... they were definently the 3rd best band there.

I saw them with The Disasters and Left Alone too, and I thought they did damn good. But you're right, it was awesome when Nekroman played bass at the end. Also it was cool how The Disasters covered Safe European Home by The Clash.

Skidmark Steve

10-26-2005, 06:04 PM

Cause the horrorpops suck. I saw them live w/ RMATD and Left Alone... they were definently the 3rd best band there.
where you from?

Jersey's Best Dancer

10-26-2005, 07:23 PM

where you from?

I was at the same concert as you... u've asked me before haha

nitzguy

10-27-2005, 11:51 AM

I don't mind the HorrorPops, but Geoff is an great bass player, and it's quite a step down to be playing guitar in a pseudo-billy band.
i agree, he should have stuck to bass

Angry Balled Fists!

10-27-2005, 01:11 PM

Tiger Army are one of the worst bands i've ever heard.

Skidmark Steve

10-27-2005, 03:59 PM

I was at the same concert as you... u've asked me before haha
haha next time we go to the same concert we have to wear a shirt that says "MX PunX"

Pinhead13

10-27-2005, 04:30 PM

FREAKS FREAKS FREAKS

os catalepticos/mad sin are my top psycho bands :D

Ghostfire3

10-27-2005, 05:09 PM

Tiger Army are one of the worst bands i've ever heard.

Tiger Army is one of my favorite bands. What don't you like about them?

leighdiablo

01-08-2006, 04:53 PM

I don't think they are psycho at all, and quite horrible. Most of the newer psychobilly bands are bad, which is why I was surprised to find out Mad Sin are modern.
'Mad Sin' ? Modern? HA!!

Jersey's Best Dancer

01-08-2006, 05:05 PM

um.. haha?

xFEAR-AND-LOATHINGx

01-08-2006, 06:05 PM

Tiger Army is the only good psycho band period.

GermFreeAdolescent

01-08-2006, 06:07 PM

I like Tiger Army but I dont know a whole lot about Psycho Billy sadly. I really need to get out more and visit electric fetus, they probably have some.

ihatemybass

01-08-2006, 06:08 PM

Tiger Army is the only good psycho band period.
There are other excellent psycho bands. The Meteors and Nekromantix for example

AIRIC

01-08-2006, 06:09 PM

Scum Rats are the only good psycho band. Fact.

sketchyjoe

01-08-2006, 06:10 PM

Why was this bumped? And why was this bumped with an idiotic comment?

ihatemybass

01-08-2006, 06:12 PM

Why was this bumped? And why was this bumped with an idiotic comment?
It was his first post.

sketchyjoe

01-08-2006, 06:16 PM

First post = Worst post

ihatemybass

01-08-2006, 06:18 PM

First post = Worst post
:rolleyes: Always.

sketchyjoe

01-08-2006, 06:18 PM

:rolleyes: Always.
Also: rolleyes smiley = punishable by death

AIRIC

01-08-2006, 06:32 PM

Forward to Death. Death is Imminent. Speak English or Die.

RIP Ian Curtis

01-08-2006, 08:38 PM

What do the Stromtroopers Of Death have to do with psychobilly?

AIRIC

01-08-2006, 08:40 PM

I am C3PO

Human-Cyborg relations.

Liebensaft

01-08-2006, 08:48 PM

I am C3PO

Human-Cyborg relations.
No, you're Airic. Homosexual relations.

Ghostfire3

01-08-2006, 08:49 PM

Tiger Army is the only good psycho band period.

Wroooong! Although I am a big Tiger Army fan, that statement is completely false. If you think that, you probably don't know much about psychobilly. Other good bands include: Nekromantix, Mad Sin, Demented Are Go!, The Koffin Kats, The Sharks, The Meteors, Reverend Horton Heat, Guana Batz, The Rezurex, The Coffin Nails, Batmobile, and more I don't feal like listing.

RIP Ian Curtis

01-08-2006, 08:55 PM

Tiger Army are alrightish. They kinda sound like if half of AFI decided to start a pschobilly side-project. Which is understandable considering the members. That being said "Never Die" is awesome. What you think the best psycobilly song of all time is?

ThisUserIsAPipebomb

01-08-2006, 08:59 PM

Tiger Army is the only good psycho band period.I like Tiger Army but this is a goddamn lie.

Mad Sin are amazing
Demented are Go are amazing
Koffin Kats
Nekromantix

AIRIC

01-08-2006, 08:59 PM

Tiger Army are bad.

ThisUserIsAPipebomb

01-08-2006, 09:04 PM

I don't see what people don't like about them.

RIP Ian Curtis

01-08-2006, 09:18 PM

Some of their stuff is a little bit too "scene" or what people term "emo", not as in emotional hardcore. Kinda turns alot of people off, I know it almost made me ignore them.