by Anonymous May 18, 2003
An eclectic genre of music- a combination of rockabilly, horror punk, punk, goth rock, blues, and bluegrass- mixed with other elements as well. Psychos can be identified by their unnatural, perverse love of old b-rated horror films and their rocking sense of style.
by Subcultural Girl September 5, 2003
Psychobilly is what evolved when rockabilly (thought to have been originally invented by either Carl Perkins or Elvis Presley, being hillbilly style rock and roll) met punk. The band who coined the term was The Meteors, one member being of the punk subculture, one of the rockabilly subculture and the third being an extreme horror movie fan. They are an example of the psychobilly trio (bass, guitar, drums). Psychobilly is strictly a-political (no political references) and is characterised to use stand up bass (also called the double bass). Psychobilly kids are characterised to dress like greasers/punks, have a psychobilly quif (shaved at the back and the sides), a pompador, or a horshoe quif (where a piece in the middle is shaved making it into a horshoe shape when looked at at birdseye view) and are usually covered in tattoos. The girls commonly look like a punkified version of Betty Page or other comon 50's icons. Psychobilly has a strong link with vintage horror movies. Zombies are also closely linked with the psychobilly culture, with many of it's members desperately wanting to be zombies. A lot of pschobilly kids are said to be dirty or greasy, this, however, is often not true.
Kim Nekroman, P. Paul, Wolf, Simon, Geoff, Patricia, Nick 13
Psychobilly is all around. Come with us. People walk afriad. Maybe we'll kill someone. And eat his brain.
Psychobilly is all around. Come with us. People walk afriad. Maybe we'll kill someone. And eat his brain.
by dead billy October 30, 2006
actually to add to the term Psychobilly....The term was not first mentioned by the Meteors as in the above mentioned. It was first spoken of in "One Piece at a Time" by the great Johnny Cash....a true Psychobilly/Rockabilly King!
taken from the spoken dialogue at the end of "One Piece at a Time" by Johnny Cash:
"Uh hey there Red-Rider....This is the Cotton-Mouth in the Psychobilly Cadillac, come on....huh??"
"Uh hey there Red-Rider....This is the Cotton-Mouth in the Psychobilly Cadillac, come on....huh??"
by Antonio Flores February 12, 2008
a movement that originated in England during the 1980's. ex punks, teds, skinheads and scooterboys with flat top haircuts dyed bright colours playing very fast Rockabilly with a very English Garage Punk influence. The movement was very popular amongst scooterists and punk rockers. Nowadays it has become more associated with heavy metal and gothic influences and is popular around the world
by Tom Rowsell May 30, 2007
A genre of music that kicks fucking ass! Ususally a mix between rockabilly and punk with death influenced lyrics.
If you dont listen to psychobilly your a fucking queef douche sucker because psychos are fucking radical!
by Cory May 16, 2004
take rockabilly, which is rock'n'roll oldschool style plus hillbilly. add rockabilly toghether with punk. pscyho right? yeah, you fucker, mathamatically speaking-
(rock'n'roll + hillbilly)+punk= psychobilly
(rock'n'roll + hillbilly)+punk= psychobilly
the nekromantix, tiger army, horrorpops, los gatos locos, hellcats, kings of nuthin, lonesome kings, heartbreak engines, cramps (sometimes), KICK ASS. tripped out pmpadour-hawks.
by ROCKABILLY ROSIE October 4, 2004