butchdelux
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
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Port Fierce, Florida
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Posted on Apr 23 2007 09:48 AM
I may have the opportunity to play guitar for a psychobilly outfit in South Florida. Now my first love is reverb, no question, but I've been a big fan of the band for a few years now (they've also hooked my old band up with a few shows in Miami), and they're definitely the kind of band that'd be open for throwing in some spooky surf-a-billy. It'd be a considerable commute, but a great opportunity for some cool gigs... that and "Butch Van Orsdel" has a nice ring to it. 
Any other psychobilly fans in the group?
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Apr 23 2007 10:08 AM
You should start a real Rockabilly band. You'd be my hero.
To me it just seems the psychobilly and "surf-a-billy" bands are rather out of touch with the roots of rockabilly. Its just loud and rude.
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JoshHeartless
Joined: Jun 17, 2006
Posts: 1010
Bay City, Michigan
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Posted on Apr 23 2007 10:26 AM
that's also waht i think. i love punk and i love rockabilly, but when you mix 'em together, i hate it. tiger army is the one exception, and the rev. is kind of mixed and very in touch with his roots, so i guess he's another one.
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Apr 23 2007 10:37 AM
Butch it sounds like you have a good opportunity. I don't know very much about psycho-billy, but I did see the Iowa band "The One Night Standards" open for Dick Dale. Those guys put on a great show and really looked like they were having a lot of fun. The crowd really dug them, I know I did.
From the demos you posted you seem like a tremendously talented guy Butch. I hope you can find a cool outlet for whatever music you try to pursue. Good luck and keep us posted.
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butchdelux
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 250
Port Fierce, Florida
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Posted on Apr 23 2007 12:03 PM
Thanks for the replies, guys, and especially for the kind words Brian.
I know alot of psycho bands that push the boundaries of the "billy" suffix to the nth degree, and they're definitely not the bands I get into as much (ie - being a death metal band with an upright bassist is not my idea of rockabilly, psycho or otherwise). That said, I tend to like alot of aggressive music - even in surf, my favorites tend to lean towards higher octane stuff like The Infrareds, Surf Coasters, Huevos Rancheros, or even "heavier," Estr'u'mental, the Mofos and Agent Orange. I guess it's the punk part of me looking for some reverb, or vice versa.
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Joelman
Joined: Sep 07, 2006
Posts: 1506
Redlands, CA
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Posted on Apr 23 2007 12:50 PM
butchdelux...
Follow your heart. If it feels right, go for it!
Joel
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Redd_Tyde
Joined: Apr 23, 2006
Posts: 260
Oceanside, CA
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Posted on Apr 23 2007 01:28 PM
You can still the Pyscho thing and use the Reverb. Hell, I encourage it.
We play with a ton of Rock-a-billy and Pyshco-billy bands and none of them really turn up the reverb to get that really honky tonk hall vibe.
The only thing that loses my interest in the billy bands aside from Deabdbolt (probably cuz they are using all electric bass guitars, plus they are Voodoo) is that they have no real stage presence. They just play there songs, don't move around much until the Bass Players stands on his bass guitar and the crowd goes "Woooo". So I am not saying that the bands are bad or anything. But I much rather just listen than watch.
Plus Butch, you are a phenomanal guitar player. Any band to have you would be lucky.
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WR
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 3832
netherlands
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Posted on Apr 23 2007 02:00 PM
sounds great butch, go for it if you like the band.
some people I know dont like psychobilly cause there are so many bad psychobilly bands around. you'll go watch a 'psychobilly band' and all they know is three chords and how to scream loud.  So just play well and rock hard and be spooky and it'll be blast!!!!!
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tonybologna
Joined: Mar 06, 2006
Posts: 796
Oakland
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Posted on Apr 23 2007 02:48 PM
I dig good psychobilly. But I agree, there is a lot of shit out there. Play some crappy 3 chord punk song with an upright.... tada..psychobilly.
There are some kick ass bands out there though. Reverend Horton Heat, Resurex, Calavera, Mad Sin...
Butch, I think I very similar surf tastes as you as I prefer the fast punk energy, so I think playing in a psychobilly would awesome. If I had the opportunity, I'd definitely take it.
Oh yeah, one of my good friends is in a Seattle psychobilly band called Season of Nightmares. Check them out: www.myspace.com/seasonofnightmares
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WR
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
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netherlands
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Posted on Apr 23 2007 03:32 PM
OT, or not? great comps:
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CaptainSpringfield
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 4387
Under the Sun
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Posted on Apr 23 2007 04:44 PM
Look at it this way, Butch--if you don't take the gig, they may get someone else, someone who might just push them closer to sounding like death metal with an upright.
Good luck,
-Warren
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ehutch
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 44
Seattle, WA
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Posted on Apr 23 2007 05:24 PM
I see quite a few psychobilly shows here in seattle. Season of nightmares is definately a lot of peoples favorite local talent. Even Marshall Scott Warner (a younger rockabilly purist) who is involved basically everything rockabilly likes em alot. The members even showed up for the Portland SP/GO show. I have to agree I don't really care for the punkabilly. I like the bands with a little more connection to rockabilly, like the Hillbilly Hellcats, The Quakes, and some of the old school psychobilly. Guanna Batz (great cover of Elvis Costello's - Radio Sweetheart BTW).
Anyone catch the Head Cat (Lemmy from Motorhead and Slim Jim from Stray cats) on tour? I saw them not too long ago, I can't say i was very impressed, actually it was kind of disappointing.
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Wraydar
Joined: Apr 21, 2006
Posts: 265
San Antonio, TX
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Posted on Apr 23 2007 07:06 PM
Same as JoshHeartless, love punk and rockbilly, but psychobilly always seems too psychotic and not enough roll. Until recently when I found out about Hasil Adkins! Fucking psychobilly in the 50's!
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butchdelux
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 250
Port Fierce, Florida
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Posted on Apr 24 2007 01:50 PM
ehutch:
I picked up the Lemmy/Stray Cats cd and was kinda disappointed myself, for some reason it just wasn't what I expected. Didn't see the tour at all, but that's Florida for ya. Oh, and I love the Quakes - any psychobilly band that has the balls to play a Depeche Mode cover to their target audience is ok by me.
tonybologna:
I'm with ya on the bands that you mentioned. I'm definitely going to give it a shot. BTW - Season of Nightmares is pretty damn cool.
Wraydar:
The Haze rules, er, ruled.
Capn Springfield and WR:
I've heard more sh!tty psycho bands than I'd care to recall, if there's anything I can do to keep from being lumped in that category, count me in.
Redd_Tyde:
You're waaaay too kind.
BTW - here's the link for the band if anyone is interested...
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surfneptune
Joined: Mar 16, 2006
Posts: 923
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Posted on May 06 2007 01:44 AM
The rev pretty much says it all for me. "Liquer in the front..." is killer LOUD!
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gusto
Joined: Sep 22, 2006
Posts: 234
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Posted on May 07 2007 05:53 PM
whats psychobilly and surfabilly? Anyway im more of a fan of MOAM and especailly Brian Connelly's stuff (Gowns by edith head is killer) and this site is the only site thats close enough to the style of music i prefer. I dont think either band is surf or rockabilly but somewhere in between. Im going to see the reverend tomorrow night if i can get off this oil rig tonight.
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gusto
Joined: Sep 22, 2006
Posts: 234
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Posted on May 07 2007 05:55 PM
Oh ya, The Sadies, i think there the best band out there now. But there another group thats stuck between surf, rockabilly, spagetti western, country etc.
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Tuck
Joined: Sep 02, 2006
Posts: 3166
Denver, CO
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Posted on May 08 2007 12:20 AM
On the whole I've had a rather blase reaction to psychobilly as rockabilly. My idea of rockabilly is more like Sonny Burgess or any of the old Sun acts, though I'm pretty tolerant of the extremes and generally enjoy the Reverend.
Seems to me that reverb firts nicely with sort of second wave rockabilly. Saturday Night at the Duck Pond, anyone?
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Richard
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 1683
Georgia
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Posted on May 14 2007 06:48 PM
Hey Wannes, is that comp you posted the cover of still available? Got a track/band listing?
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mocoto
Joined: Nov 09, 2006
Posts: 231
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Posted on May 23 2007 09:08 AM
I'm really into psychobilly and here in Brazil Surf and Psychobilly are really close. Os Maremotos guitar player even toured USA and Europe with his psychobilly bands (os Catalepticos and Sick Sick Sinners).
There was even a topic about the relation between surf and psychobilly in a brazilian psycho forum a while ago.
You should listen to some Meteors, try to get their instrumental album (i believe it is called "Mental Instrumentals" or something like that).
In psychobilly I like the old school bands better. Guana Batz, Batmobile, Frantic Flintstones, The MEteors, Demented are Go and so it goes...
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