Psychobilly, the Glossary
Psychobilly (or punkabilly) is a rock music fusion genre that fuses elements of rockabilly and punk rock.[1]
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
Alternative Press (magazine)
Alternative Press is an American entertainment magazine primarily focused on music and culture.
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Apoliticism
Apoliticism is apathy or antipathy towards all political affiliations.
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B movie
A B movie (American English), or B film (British English), is a type of low-budget commercial motion picture.
Bad Music for Bad People
Bad Music for Bad People is the second compilation album of previously released material by the American rock band the Cramps.
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Bass guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family.
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Bassist
A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or trombone.
Bassline
Bassline (also known as a bass line or bass part) is the term used in many styles of music, such as blues, jazz, funk, dub and electronic, traditional, and classical music, for the low-pitched instrumental part or line played (in jazz and some forms of popular music) by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass, double bass, cello, tuba or keyboard (piano, Hammond organ, electric organ, or synthesizer).
Batmobile (band)
Batmobile is a Dutch psychobilly band from Rotterdam and Breda, formed in 1983.
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Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States.
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Big John Bates
Big John Bates is a Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist.
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Blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Psychobilly and Blues are American styles of music.
Boot
A boot is a type of footwear.
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.
Brothel creeper
Brothel creepers, sometimes shortened to creepers, are a style of shoe that has thick crepe soles, often in combination with suede uppers. Psychobilly and Brothel creeper are youth culture in the United Kingdom.
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Brought Back to Life
Brought Back to Life is the third album by the Danish psychobilly band the Nekromantix, released in 1992 by Intermusic Records.
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Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Erie County.
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Burlington, Ontario
Burlington is a city and lower-tier municipality in Halton Region at the west end of Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada.
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Cadillac
Cadillac Motor Car Division, or simply Cadillac, is a division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) that designs and builds luxury vehicles.
Camp (style)
Camp is an aesthetic style and sensibility that regards something as appealing because of perceived bad taste and ironic value.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Carny
Carny, also spelled carnie, is an informal term used in North America for a traveling carnival employee, and the language they use, particularly when the employee operates a game ("joint"), food stand ("grab", "popper", or "floss wagon"), or ride ("ride jock") at a carnival.
Christian cross
The Christian cross, seen as a representation of the crucifixion of Jesus on a large wooden cross, is a symbol of Christianity.
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Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter who pioneered rock and roll.
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Cleveland
Cleveland, officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Coffin
A coffin is a funerary box used for viewing or keeping a corpse, either for burial or cremation.
Compilation album
A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one performer or by several performers.
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Country music
Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest. Psychobilly and country music are American styles of music.
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Country rock
Country rock is a music genre that fuses rock and country. Psychobilly and country rock are fusion music genres and rock music genres.
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Cowpunk
Cowpunk (or country punk) is a subgenre of punk rock that began in the United Kingdom and Southern California in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Psychobilly and Cowpunk are British styles of music, fusion music genres and punk rock genres.
Curse of the Coffin
Curse of the Coffin is the second album by the Danish psychobilly band the Nekromantix, released in 1991 by Nervous Records.
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Dallas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.
Dark cabaret
Dark cabaret is a musical genre that draws on the aesthetics of burlesque, vaudeville and Weimar-era cabaret, with live performances that borrow from the stylings of goth and punk.
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Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California, in 1978.
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Deadbolt (band)
Deadbolt is an American rock band from San Diego, California.
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Demented Are Go
Demented Are Go (DAG aka Demented Are Go!) are a Welsh psychobilly band that was formed around 1982 near Cardiff, Wales.
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Denmark
Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.
Devils Brigade (band)
Devils Brigade is an American rock band formed as a side project by Rancid bassist Matt Freeman in 2000.
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Dick Dale
Richard Anthony Monsour (May 4, 1937 – March 16, 2019), known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist.
Double bass
The double bass, also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched chordophone in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions such as the octobass).
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Dr. Martens
Dr.
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Drum kit
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums in popular music context) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and sometimes other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person.
Ducktail
The ducktail is a men's haircut style popular during the 1950s.
Effects unit
An effects unit, effects processor, or effects pedal is an electronic device that alters the sound of a musical instrument or other audio source through audio signal processing.
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Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records is an American independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Exploitation film
An exploitation film is a film that tries to succeed financially by exploiting current trends, niche genres, or lurid content.
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Fanzine
A fanzine (blend of fan and magazine or -zine) is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleasure of others who share their interest.
Feltham
Feltham is a town in West London, England, from Charing Cross.
Flight jacket
A flight jacket is a casual jacket that was originally created for pilots and eventually became part of popular culture and apparel.
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Flyer (pamphlet)
A flyer (or flier) is a form of paper advertisement intended for wide distribution and typically posted or distributed in a public place, handed out to individuals or sent through the mail.
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Friday the 13th (franchise)
Friday the 13th is an American horror franchise that comprises twelve slasher films, a television series, novels, comic books, video games, and tie‑in merchandise.
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Garage punk (fusion genre)
Garage punk is a rock music fusion genre combining the influences of garage rock, punk rock, and often other genres, that took shape in the indie rock underground between the late 1980s and early 1990s. Psychobilly and garage punk (fusion genre) are fusion music genres.
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Garage rock
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. Psychobilly and garage rock are American styles of music and rock music genres.
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Geoff Kresge
Geoff Kresge is a songwriter, guitarist, bassist, and record producer.
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Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was performed by male musicians who wore flamboyant and feminine clothing, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter, and female musicians who wore masculine clothing. Psychobilly and Glam rock are rock music genres and youth culture in the United Kingdom.
Goodreads
Goodreads is an American social cataloging website and a subsidiary of Amazon that allows individuals to search its database of books, annotations, quotes, and reviews.
Gothabilly
Gothabilly (sometimes hellbilly) is music genre influenced by rockabilly and the goth subculture. Psychobilly and Gothabilly are fusion music genres, rock music genres and rockabilly genres.
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Gothic rock
Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. Psychobilly and Gothic rock are British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry.
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Gretsch
Gretsch is an American company that manufactures and markets musical instruments.
Guana Batz
The Guana Batz are an English psychobilly band who formed in 1982 in Feltham, West London, England.
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Guitar
The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings.
Guitarist
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar.
Hammersmith
Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross.
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Hank Williams
Hiram King "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer-songwriter.
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Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk (commonly abbreviated to hardcore or hXc) is a punk rock subgenre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. Psychobilly and hardcore punk are musical subcultures, punk rock genres, underground culture and youth culture in the United Kingdom.
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Hasil Adkins
Hasil Adkins (April 29, 1937 – April 26, 2005) was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
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Höfner
Karl Höfner GmbH & Co.
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. Psychobilly and Heavy metal music are American styles of music, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Hellcat Records
Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California.
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Honky-tonk
A honky-tonk (also called honkatonk, honkey-tonk, honky tonk, or tonk) is both a bar that provides country music for the entertainment of its patrons and the style of music played in such establishments.
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Horror film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes.
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Horror punk
Horror punk is a music genre that mixes punk rock and 1950s-influenced doo-wop and rockabilly sounds with morbid and violent imagery and lyrics which are often influenced by horror films and science fiction B-movies. Psychobilly and horror punk are punk rock genres.
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HorrorPops
HorrorPops are a Danish punk band that formed in 1996.
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Hot rod
Hot rods are typically American cars that might be old, classic, or modern and that have been rebuilt or modified with large engines optimized for speed and acceleration.
Human sexuality
Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually.
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In Sickness & In Health
In Sickness & In Health is the debut album of Welsh psychobilly band Demented Are Go.
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Indie rock
Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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Johnny Cash
John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter.
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Kim Nekroman
Kim Nekroman is the bassist and lead singer for the psychobilly band Nekromantix and the lead guitarist of HorrorPops.
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King Kurt
King Kurt are a rock-n-roll band from the UK.
Klub Foot was a London nightclub in the psychobilly scene of the early and mid-1980s.
Left-wing politics
Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy as a whole or certain social hierarchies.
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Legendary Stardust Cowboy
Norman Carl Odam (born September 5, 1947, in Lubbock, Texas), known professionally as the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, is an outsider performer who is considered one of the pioneers of the genre that came to be known as psychobilly in the 1960s.
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List of ethnic riots
This is a list of ethnic riots by country, and includes riots based on ethnic, sectarian, xenophobic, and racial conflict.
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List of psychobilly bands
This is a list of notable psychobilly bands and artists.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
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Lux Interior
Erick Lee Purkhiser (October 21, 1946 – February 4, 2009), better known by the stage name Lux Interior, was an American singer and a founding member of the American rock band the Cramps from 1976 until his death in 2009 at age 62.
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Mad Sin
Mad Sin is a German psychobilly group that began in 1987.
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
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Middlesex
Middlesex (abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England.
Military
A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.
Misfits (band)
The Misfits are an American punk rock band often recognized as the pioneers of the horror punk subgenre, blending punk and other musical influences with horror film themes and imagery.
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Mohawk hairstyle
The mohawk (also referred to as a mohican) is a hairstyle in which, in the most common variety, both sides of the head are shaven, leaving a strip of noticeably longer hair in the center.
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Montana
Montana is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
Montreal
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.
Moshing
Moshing (also known as slam dancing or simply slamming) is an extreme style of dancing in which participants push or slam into each other.
Motorcycle
A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or, if three-wheeled, a trike) is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar from a saddle-style seat.
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Myspace
Myspace (formerly stylized as MySpace; also myspace and sometimes my␣, with an elongated open box symbol) is a social networking service based in the United States.
Nekromantix
The Nekromantix is a Danish-American psychobilly band founded in Copenhagen in 1989.
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Nervous Records
Nervous Records is a UK rockabilly music independent record label.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
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New wave music
New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s. Psychobilly and New wave music are American styles of music, British styles of music, punk rock genres and rock music genres.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Nick 13
Kearney Nick Jones, better known by his stage name Nick 13, is the lead vocalist, guitarist and main songwriter of psychobilly band Tiger Army, as well as a solo artist in the alternative country genre.
Nightclub
A nightclub is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment. Psychobilly and nightclub are underground culture.
Oi!
Oi! is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. Psychobilly and Oi! are punk rock genres.
One Piece at a Time
"One Piece at a Time" is a country novelty song written by Wayne Kemp and recorded by Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three in 1976.
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Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.
Outsider music
Outsider music (from "outsider art") is music created by self-taught or naïve musicians.
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Patricia Day
Patricia Day is a Danish musician best known as the lead singer and bass player of the rockabilly/psychobilly band HorrorPops.
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Poison Ivy (musician)
Kristy Marlana Wallace (born February 20, 1953), known as Poison Ivy or Poison Ivy Rorschach, is an American guitarist, songwriter, arranger, producer, and occasional vocalist who co-founded the rock band The Cramps.
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Politics
Politics is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.
Pompadour (hairstyle)
The pompadour is a hairstyle named after Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764), a mistress of King Louis XV of France.
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Power trio
A power trio is a rock and roll band format having a lineup of electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit, leaving out a dedicated vocalist or an additional rhythm guitar or keyboard instrument that are often used in other rock music bands that are quartets and quintets.
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Punk fashion
Punk fashion is the clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, jewellery, and body modifications of the punk counterculture.
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Punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Psychobilly and punk rock are musical subcultures, rock music genres and youth culture in the United Kingdom.
Quebec
QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
Quiff
The quiff is a hairstyle that combines the 1950s pompadour hairstyle, the 1950s flattop, and sometimes a mohawk.
Rancid (band)
Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1991.
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Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s. Psychobilly and Rhythm and blues are American styles of music.
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Rock and roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Psychobilly and rock and roll are American styles of music, rock music genres and youth culture in the United Kingdom.
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Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. Psychobilly and Rock music are American styles of music, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. Psychobilly and Rockabilly are American styles of music, fusion music genres, musical subcultures and rock music genres.
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Sacramento, California
() is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County.
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San Diego
San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border.
Science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.
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Scooter (motorcycle)
A scooter (motor scooter) is a motorcycle with an underbone or step-through frame, a seat, a transmission that shifts without the operator having to operate a clutch lever, a platform for their feet, and with a method of operation that emphasizes comfort and fuel economy.
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Scooterboy
A scooterboy (or scooter boy) is a member of one of several scooter-related subcultures of the 1960s and later decades, alongside rude boys, mods and skinheads. Psychobilly and scooterboy are youth culture in the United Kingdom.
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Jalacy J. "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer.
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Semi-acoustic guitar
A semi-acoustic guitar, also known as a hollow-body electric guitar, is a type of electric guitar designed to be played with a guitar amplifier featuring a fully or partly hollow body and at least one electromagnetic pickup.
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Shock rock
Shock rock is the combination of rock music or heavy metal music with highly theatrical live performances emphasizing shock value. Psychobilly and shock rock are rock music genres.
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Singing
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice.
Ska
Ska (skia) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.
Skinhead
A skinhead or skin is a member of a subculture that originated among working-class youths in London, England, in the 1960s. Psychobilly and skinhead are musical subcultures and youth culture in the United Kingdom.
Slim Jim Phantom
James McDonnell (born March 20, 1961), known by the stage name Slim Jim Phantom, is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band Stray Cats.
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Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em (The Reverend Horton Heat album)
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em is the first album by the Dallas, Texas based rockabilly/psychobilly trio known as the Reverend Horton Heat.
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Social Distortion is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California.
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Songs the Lord Taught Us
Songs the Lord Taught Us is the debut album by the American rock band the Cramps. It was released in 1980 on I.R.S. Records in America and Illegal Records in England. In 2020, Rolling Stone included Songs the Lord Taught Us in their "80 Greatest albums of 1980" list, praising the band for its "psychobilly sound that went way beyond the kitschiest moments of the Ramones or Blondie and into a whole new realm of garage-trash novelty".
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South London
South London is the southern part of London, England, south of the River Thames.
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Southern California
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.
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Speed metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) roots.
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Stray Cats
Stray Cats are an American rockabilly band formed in 1979 by guitarist and vocalist Brian Setzer, double bassist Lee Rocker, and drummer Slim Jim Phantom in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York.
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Street punk
Street punk (sometimes alternatively spelled streetpunk) is an urban working class-based subgenre of punk rock, which emerged as a rebellion against the perceived artistic pretensions of the first wave of British punk. Psychobilly and street punk are British styles of music and punk rock genres.
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Subculture
A subculture is a group of people within a cultural society that differentiates itself from the conservative and standard values to which it belongs, often maintaining some of its founding principles.
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Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies is an American crossover thrash band formed in 1980 in Venice, California, by vocalist Mike Muir.
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Sun Records
Sun Records is an American independent record label founded by producer Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee on February 1, 1952.
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Surf music
Surf music (also known as surf rock, surf pop, or surf guitar) is a genre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern California. Psychobilly and surf music are American styles of music and rock music genres.
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Swing (dance)
Swing dance is a group of social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s–1940s, with the origins of each dance predating the popular "swing era".
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Switchblade Valentines
The Switchblade Valentines are a Canadian psychobilly band from Victoria.
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Taboo
A taboo, also spelled tabu, is a social group's ban, prohibition, or avoidance of something (usually an utterance or behavior) based on the group's sense that it is excessively repulsive, offensive, sacred, or allowed only for certain people.
Tartan
Tartan (breacan) is a patterned cloth with crossing horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours, forming simple or complex rectangular patterns.
Tattoo
A tattoo is a form of body modification made by inserting tattoo ink, dyes, and/or pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to form a design.
Teddy Boys
The Teddy Boys or Teds were a mainly British youth subculture of the early 1950s to mid-1960s who were interested in rock and roll and R&B music, wearing clothes partly inspired by the styles worn by dandies in the Edwardian period, which Savile Row tailors had attempted to re-introduce in Britain after the Second World War. Psychobilly and Teddy Boys are musical subcultures and youth culture in the United Kingdom.
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The Chop Tops
The Chop Tops were a rockabilly trio from Santa Cruz, California consisting of Sinner (vocals/standing drums), Shelby (guitar), and Josh (upright bass).
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The Cramps
The Cramps were an American rock band formed in 1976 and active until 2009.
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The Creepshow
The Creepshow is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Hangmen (British band)
The Hangmen are a three piece band from the North East of England who play their own compositions.
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The Living End
The Living End is an Australian punk rockabilly band from Melbourne, formed in 1994.
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The Meteors
The Meteors are an English psychobilly band formed in 1980.
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The Phenomenauts
The Phenomenauts are a musical band from Oakland, California, that combine several styles of music with a futuristic science fiction theme.
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The Quakes
The Quakes are an American psychobilly band from Buffalo, New York, United States.
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The Reverend Horton Heat
The Reverend Horton Heat is the stage name of American musician James C. Heath (born 1959) as well as the name of his Dallas, Texas-based psychobilly trio.
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The Shining (film)
The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson.
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The Thing (1982 film)
The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Three Rivers Press
Three Rivers Press is the trade paperback imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House.
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Tiger Army
Tiger Army is an American psychobilly band based in Los Angeles, California.
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Tim Armstrong
Timothy Ross Armstrong (born November 25, 1965) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer.
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Tongue-in-cheek
Tongue-in-cheek is an idiom that describes a humorous or sarcastic statement expressed in a serious manner.
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Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.
Two-tone (music genre)
Two-tone or 2 tone, also known as ska-rock and ska revival, is a genre of British popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s that fused traditional Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and reggae music with elements of punk rock and new wave music. Psychobilly and Two-tone (music genre) are fusion music genres, punk rock genres and rock music genres.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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Vancouver
Vancouver is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast.
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Violence
Violence is the use of physical force to cause harm to people, or non-human life, such as pain, injury, death, damage, or destruction.
Wayne Kemp
Wayne Kemp (June 1, 1940 – March 9, 2015) was an American country music singer-songwriter.
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Wedge (geometry)
In solid geometry, a wedge is a polyhedron defined by two triangles and three trapezoid faces.
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Youth culture
Youth culture refers to the societal norms of children, adolescents, and young adults.
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Zombie Ghost Train
Zombie Ghost Train (sometimes seen as ZGT) were an Australian rock band located in Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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See also
Rockabilly genres
- Gothabilly
- Psychobilly
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychobilly
Also known as Horrorbilly, Punkabilly.
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