yea because people think they need to stay in Just Rockibilly and no other in fluences that bugs me to thats why i try to have all sorts of influnce it sound like a mix between Rev Horton heat ,Brian Setzers Jazz stuff and Blink 182
sounds chill though
I basically agree Gusto, no flaming from me. (I really don't think Brian Setzer is the greatest thing since sliced bread either..) I kinda like those first couple of Rev. records, at least he's got a sense of humor, and is a pretty smokin' guitar player. Especially if you were there already when psychobilly happened in Europe in the 80's, the current revival of it seems extra "not worth it".
One of the basic things I don't like about it is that it turned a very dynamic, deeply-swinging type of music and turned it into almost the opposite.
DOWN WITH PSYCHOBILLY
Just kidding
All of the best psycho bands have started to take more serious looks to the past and are getting away from punk metal with a slap bass.
I also mostly agree with Gusto and Walter there is a lot of mediocre rockabilly/psychobilly i also feel that way about the blues even more so but there are definitely exceptions. I however don't think the rev is anything less than remarkable. He does have some bland songs mostly the more punkish stuff but he is wizardly with that clean or cleanish echo/verb tone.
Pappy said: All of the best psycho bands have started to take more serious looks to the past and are getting away from punk metal with a slap bass.You know, it's funny you say that. Take Tiger Army for example; when they slow down and do stuff that's not so stereotypical Psychobilly, is SO much better than the contrived crap that most of the other band are playing. It's true, as has been echoed in this thread a few times that it's just the same stuff, over and over and over. I could care less about zombies, unless it's THE Zombies and it just happens to be the the time of the season.
I was in Streetlight Records the other day, browsing through some vinyl, and there were a few Psychobilly bands with records in there. It was so contrived. Just hand the the cast of the Night Of The Living Dead instruments and you've got enough Psychobillies to last a lifetime (of eternal unrest, cuz there aren't enough brains to go around, apparently) 
Even Tiger Army Four which was a radical departure from their previous stuff wasn't stereotypical stuff. I'm a big fan of that band.
Not that there's anything wrong with traditional rockabilly but it would have become extinct if it wasn't for the innovators. Early rockabilly took influences from blues, country, jazz, bluegrass, boogie woogie. There's nothing wrong with mixing in punk and hard rock or anything else. It keeps the music fresh and alive.
Rockabilly wasn't conservative in the fifties and it shouldn't be conservative today.
I thought the rev did great there, but I'm a big RHH fan anyways so I guess I'm bias. hahah.
now as for the Ness / Setzer thing.... man I love Mike Ness. Seen prolly 100 Social D shows. Going to see him do his solo thing in December. but man he has no business on stage with Setzer. that just made him look bad.
my 2 cents is Rockabilly needs all those different flavors to survive as long as it has. it's all good from Big Sandy and the flyrite boys to the Nekromantix in my book.
I never liked Psycho Billy.
His brother Mental Bobby's alright though.
There's neo-rockabilly There's psycho-rockabilly There's Starbucks-Orange-County rockabilly There's euro - ja-ja-wir machen-rockin' rockabilly There's Western-swing-traditional-blues- influenced rockabilly There's Australian shrimp-on-the-barbie- carry-your-surfboard-to-Sears- to-buy-your-rolled-up-Levi's rockabilly There's rock-a-Johnny, rock-a-Sally, rock-a-hillbilly It's all too stupid, and it's just plain silly
Ratrod said:I don't think anyone's disagreeing with that on this thread, people are just saying what they like and don't like to listen to. And I think another point some people are making is that there's precious little innovation going on - speeding it up, and adding that punk rock element has been a fairly stale formula for twenty years now, nothing new or fresh about that any more whatsoever.Not that there's anything wrong with traditional rockabilly but it would have become extinct if it wasn't for the innovators. Early rockabilly took influences from blues, country, jazz, bluegrass, boogie woogie. There's nothing wrong with mixing in punk and hard rock or anything else. It keeps the music fresh and alive.
Rockabilly wasn't conservative in the fifties and it shouldn't be conservative today.
AND it's all just semantics. Presumably Walter would have had no problem with the Texas show if it hadn't been called "Texas" or "Rockabilly" ... or "Revival," for that matter.
Labels, man. It makes me nuts. At some point everyone (except the worst-"band"-I-ever-heard Koffin Kats) plays Johnny B Goode.
Thanks for posting the links, bonedaddy & TaylorHill535.
The Rev sounds great, but camera operators in both films need to switch to decaf. One could hurt himself watching those clips. Luckily, I'm wearing my hockey helmet, today.
Proteus said: Presumably Walter would have had no problem with the Texas show if it hadn't been called "Texas" or "Rockabilly" ... or "Revival," for that matter.No, that's not the point I was making, but I'm pretty much done trying to make a point in this thread.
The only thing I know about Pyschobilly is...everyday its Halloween! hahahaha.
Proteus said: ...(except the worst-"band"-I-ever-heard Koffin Kats)...
Man, when those pictures of you wearing your "I (heart) Koffin Kats" T-shirt show up on the 'net, you'll rue this day! 
Long ago, (about the same time that I learned people will say "I love you" when they don't mean it and that 'people can hide things up their sleeve even when naked'[1]), I decided that as a musician it made no sense to say: "I'm a this, I don't listen to that" or "I'm a that, I don't listen to this". There's something to be learned from any type of music, even if it's something you wouldn't normally listen to for pleasure.[2]
For three decades now, I've caught occasional flack at Rockabilly shows because I don't dress or act the part. I've never really understood that, because, unless I'm missing something, the music isn't in your clothes. I think it's just important for a lot of folks, (and-no-I-am-not-talking-about-anyone-here), to be able to categorize and pigeon-hole things and people, and why should music be exempt?
I gave up letting other people define music for me a long time ago. It either Rocks or it Don't. It either moves you or it don't. You either like it or you don't. It really is that simple.
The real crime to me is that outside of the various permutations of Brian Setzer, I can't name one "Rockabilly" act that has gotten anything like national airplay in the US - and him just barely at that.
[1] Marshall Crenshaw, "Tell Me All About It". (I wish I could take credit for that line.)
[2] Except, apparently, the Koffin Kats. I can't say for sure, I didn't make it through the first fifteen seconds of the sound sample I heard.
Thanks for posting that clip, Bonedaddy. Fun stuff; really neat seeing Rocker playing with the Rev. Maybe I'm not really well-versed in all this stuff, but I liked it.
TimThom62 said: ...unless I'm missing something, the music isn't in your clothes.
Amen, brother. 
Proteus said he didn't like the Western Motif Gretsch guitars either, but I have pictures that claim otherwise.
I'd like to elaborate about Tiger Army if I can: Their newest album, Music From The Regions Beyond has a classic kind of feel to it, but you can tell it borrows heavily from 80s synth style pop too and that change is really refreshing. I had previously throught III: Ghost Tigers Rise was their best but honestly wasn't looking forward to another iteration of it. Music From the Regions Beyond was an excellent follow up.
Walter and Tim are basically echoing my point. The formula is dead, done and stale. Nothing new has been done in 20 years and yes i agree dressing the part is half of it nowadays. Im convinced that 1/2 of the people at these shows (or more) cant tell you anything about roots music and they're their because its hip and different from the percieved social post secondary norm, and like to dress the part. As im writting this i've come to the conclusion im actually bitter at the scene and think its time i called it quits. I listen o so many different styles of music and pride myself on progression. Im never going to be a guy who listens to a classic rock station because i havent evolved with the music. Psycobilly is a classic rock station for me at the moment, hearing the same songs on replay.
Pappy,ive got TAs "From regions beyond" and dont even no how it figures in this thread. no offence but its not even psycobilly, although i would agree there lumped into that genre because of their looks. "Regions" is modern punk through and through. I dont have any of their other albums and my grouping of them as punk applies to this album.
MR TROUBLE said: The only thing I know about Pyschobilly is...everyday its Halloween! hahahaha.If i wanted it to be halloween everyday(and i do) id listen to this
Gusto, TA came out of the gate claiming psychobilly and punk and their first three albums really embraced the genre (the third slowed down quite a bit though but still had very dark lysics) but their new one is a great labum and a goo dindication of what is possible for psychbilly bands to do if they just stopped looking around at everyone else for permission to embark on something new.
Whatever you want to call Tiger Army, I've always been a fan. I love the new album, I can't get enough of those guys.
gusto said: Psycobilly is a classic rock station for me at the moment, hearing the same songs on replay.
On the other hand, someone out there is just discovering Psychobilly for the first time today and it all seems new and exciting to them. Music is as much about where we are as it is about where the music is.
What seems dead, done and stale to us can seem new and exciting to someone else. Watching my kids discover bands (and genres) that were old hat to me was an education.
