Psychobilly

joenailface

anyone know a good way to learn psychobilly guitar style, im learning as much as i can from the bands i listen to (nekromantix, asmodeus, mad sin. ect.) but what i come up with myself isnt up to scratch as far as im concerned, anyone overcome a simular problem?

melekalikimaka

maybe pic up a live dvd or a few music videos, nashville pussy are quite good to, to a lesser extent horrorpops(not musically...genrely)

ferdi

concentrate on old school rocknroll, rockability and blues style guitar licks - chuck berry, muddy waters etc also some stuff by the meteors

weemate

meteors stuff is pretty basic.I agree with the learning some Rockabilly and them vamping it up a bit.Check out the Guana batz or skitzo for some basics.I used to play double bass in a psycho band a while ago [ which is now gathering dust in my living room]!

fish-head

Listen to the Stray Cats. Brian Setzer is the king of rockabilly guitar.

weemate

Setzer is indeed the king of rockabilly guitar but have you ever tried to copy him?Mark Harmon from restless is quite good and in a psycho style Simon Brand from Torment can play a bit.
On a different note......what is teh psycho scene like in the south now?It has pretty much died out up here bar a few die-hards.I hear that King Kurt is playing Dublin soon,any truth in that?We have Restless playing Belfast in june/july I cant recall the exact date.

deaddonkey

learn to play rockabilly, blues and country styles, then rock up a bit basically...

charlie daniels, eddie cochran, johnny cash, chuck berry, buddy holly, keef, john lee hooker, son house, big joe williams...

melekalikimaka

weemate wrote:

Setzer is indeed the king of rockabilly guitar but have you ever tried to copy him?Mark Harmon from restless is quite good and in a psycho style Simon Brand from Torment can play a bit.
On a different note......what is teh psycho scene like in the south now?It has pretty much died out up here bar a few die-hards.I hear that King Kurt is playing Dublin soon,any truth in that?We have Restless playing Belfast in june/july I cant recall the exact date.

nashville pussy are still goin strong, the just be finished their european tour...skipped ireland grrr. have a listen to the horrorpops, they're quite good, danish or something but sing english

weemate

I have some horrorpops stuff,the girl singer is the girlfriend of the bass player in the nekromantix apparently.I think he plays guitar in the band as well.She has this custom made double bass which is weird looking mind you the guy from the nekromantix plays a coffin shaped one.The reverend Horton Heat is putting out some good stuff,worth a listen.

melekalikimaka

yeah her double bass is pretty cool, have you seen the price of a double bass!!! and then look at the price for an electric one...your hitting 18 grand... I looked into learning it...put me off pretty quick. i'll check them out cheers.

weemate

I ve had mine for about 18 years now I think.A west german make which was slightly more expensive than the spanish model most guys had up here,mind you I worked in a music shop so I got a good deal.Still expensive though.Im amazed there are still some guys listening to the music now.I used to lean more toward the easier side of the scene with the like of the Deltas,guana bats,frenzy etc.although I recall a great lot of bands from Dublin like,spellbound,the klingonz,sharkbait/scared stiff.any of them still around?

melekalikimaka

....penny drops... i thought when you said south, ya meant american south lol. sorry