Psychobilly facts for kids
Psychobilly is a style of rock music that mixes elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and other genres. Some psychobilly songs include thrash metal or country music styles. Psychobilly is commonly played with a simple guitar/bass/drum/vocal arrangement, with many bands consisting of only three members. Often the guitarist or bassist will be the lead vocalist.
The first psychobilly band was the Meteors, a band from London, UK.
Psychobilly band members and fans often shave part of their heads.
Images for kids
-
The Cramps are considered progenitors of psychobilly.
-
The influential German band Mad Sin in 2008. From a psychobilly fashion perspective, note the bassist's red-dyed pompadour and the guitarist on the right's crop cut sides.
-
Reverend Horton Heat playing in 2010
-
Canadian psychobilly band The Creepshow playing in Manchester in 2012
-
The Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space show the use of horror-film stage costumes and the decoration of the upright bass.
-
HorrorPops frontwoman Patricia Day plays an elaborately decorated double bass, a common instrument in psychobilly.
-
The Living End demonstrate psychobilly stage antics; in this photo, the guitarist is standing on top of the upright bass.
-
Psychobilly guitarists often play 1950s-style hollowbody guitars.
See also
In Spanish: Psychobilly para niños
