is a genre of rock music that mixes elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and other genres. It is often characterized by lyrical references to science fiction, horror and exploitation films, violence, lurid sexuality, and other topics generally considered taboo, though often presented in a comedic or tongue-in-cheek fashion. Psychobilly music is often played with an upright double bass instead of the electric bass more common in modern rock music. Psychobilly gained underground popularity in Europe beginning in the early 1980s, but remained largely unknown in the United States until the late 1990s. Since then the success of several notable psychobilly bands has led to its mainstream popularity and attracted international attention to the genre.
The Meteors, formed in South London in 1979, are considered the first verifiable psychobilly band. Their albums In Heaven (1981) and Wreckin' Crew (1983) are recognized as landmarks of the early years of the genre.13 The Meteors blended elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and horror film themes in their music. They also articulated psychobilly's apolitical stance, a reaction to the right- and left-wing political attitudes which divided British youth cultures.1 Fans of The Meteors, known as "the Crazies", are often attributed with inventing the style of slam dancing known as "wrecking", which became synonymous with the psychobilly movement.
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Get the psycho bitch from hell mug.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.
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Psychobilly is all around. Come with us. People walk afriad. Maybe we'll kill someone. And eat his brain.
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Such hot arguments include birth control, civil rights, abortion, sex before marriage, flag-burning, our jackass president, Harry Potter, porn, and in the cases of many innocent guys, dating their adult daughter if you aren't part of their "perfect" religion. Similar in ethics to nazis.
Ironic that such god-fearing citizens are usually the ones who use blasphemous language (ie, "Jesus Christ!") more than anyone else, and advocate killing Planned Parenthood employees and prisoners.
Such hot arguments include birth control, civil rights, abortion, sex before marriage, flag-burning, our jackass president, Harry Potter, porn, and in the cases of many innocent guys, dating their adult daughter if you aren't part of their "perfect" religion. Similar in ethics to nazis.
Ironic that such god-fearing citizens are usually the ones who use blasphemous language (ie, "Jesus Christ!") more than anyone else, and advocate killing Planned Parenthood employees and prisoners.
1. Man: "I won't have you trotting around my house and taking my daughter out because you don't love Jesus as much as I do!"
Boyfriend (to girl): "Damn, your father is such a psycho-christian!"
Man: "I heard that, goddammit! You're a heathen and a sinner because you look different than me! Die like that satanic JK Rowling!"
2. The psycho-christians went to a cemetery to piss on graves of gay men, blacks, Jews and a guy who taught evolution in school. Of course they didn't get punished because the pigs are afraid of being cursed to hell.
Boyfriend (to girl): "Damn, your father is such a psycho-christian!"
Man: "I heard that, goddammit! You're a heathen and a sinner because you look different than me! Die like that satanic JK Rowling!"
2. The psycho-christians went to a cemetery to piss on graves of gay men, blacks, Jews and a guy who taught evolution in school. Of course they didn't get punished because the pigs are afraid of being cursed to hell.
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