Fun Stuff > BAND
Up the punks
KharBevNor:
Why aren't Tiger Army Psychobilly then? Pray tell. I'd say they were more so than some Batmobile stuff, but I'm ignorant.
For Psychobilly and things which I call psycobilly but will be corrected on, I mainly like Tiget Army, The Meteors, The Ghastly Ones, Mad Sin, The Coffinshakers and Batmobile. I listen to a few more than that though. The one psychobilly band I've never really got into, though not through lack of trying, is The Nekromantix, though I admit they have some decent songs.
Combinethresher:
--- Quote from: Brian Majestic --- Are you the same 'combinethresher' on PORK?
--- End quote ---
Sure am. Sup PORK buddy? :)
Really, most people don't call Tiger Army psychobilly because they had the audacity to make money. There it is. I honestly can't think of another reason that other bands who toy with the genre are still considered psycho, but TA are somehow pariahs for adding melodic touches to their sound.
Nekromantix are a great live act and are worth going out of your way to see. Better than Tiger Army live, actually. Give them time to grow on you.
And honestly, I never really dug the Meteors all that much. They didn't age as well as the Sharks or Batmobile, in my opinion.
Brian Majestic:
Well it starts in that a bunch of people see Tiger Army as a cross between psychobilly and emo...some of this is just the whiny sound of Nick 13's voice, but the rest is his lyrics, which just don't "feel" psycho, for want of better explaination - if you stick with the music for a while and scope out a bunch of bands, you'll see what I mean, but definitely one of those things you can't put into words too well. Some other stuff deals with the 'attitude' being different from pretty much every other psycho band.
Then, while it doesn't have to do with them not being psycho, most people in the scene just hate them for kickstarting an American psychobilly movement that resulted in countless crappy bands, but let's not get into that.
I do not like the Nekromantix much, although much of that comes from a hate-hate relationship between myself and Kim Nekroman, so I won't go further.
As for your list, Ghastly Ones are best pegged as being "horror surf"; try Gein and the Graverobbers, Satan's Pilgrims, the occasional song by Bomboras, Frankie Stein and the Ghouls, the Deadly Ones...honestly, while I like it, I only know a bit about the genre.
If you want, I can make a short list of good and/or essential psycho releases...thanks to Soulseek you can listen before shelling out twenty bucks an album to get 'em via mailorder and then ending up disappointed.
EDIT: Unfortunately, I can't completely disagree with what 'Thrashy says about the 'selling out' thing...psychobilly as a scene loves being a small ass scene that nobody even knows exists...in some ways I'm thinking it has to do with preventing the scene becoming the latest 'fad'.
KharBevNor:
Heh, shit, I can't afford to BUY albums. I'm starting that lark again when I finish school and get a job, which is only admittedly in a few months.
Navetta:
I am taken aback by the fact that only one person mentioned The Descendents. Crazy. I personally think that they are one of the greatest punk bands ever. But this may just be because I theyre very surf infuenced, and i love surf, but still, come on. Several people mentioned Black Flag, i personally cant stand them, mainly because of Rollins, and the fact that they are the reason the Descendents broke up. Im also amazed that not one person said anything about the Melvins. King Buzzo rocks, and now with one Jello Biafra touring with them, they are the new greatest quattro ever.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version