Gothabilly

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Gothabilly is a music - and fashion style that has its roots in the Gothic - and Rockabilly - subculture lie. Thematically - in mostly ironic form - horror - kitsch , horror novels , 1950s retro aesthetics, splatter, but occasionally also romanticism and occultism are dealt with.

history

The term gothabilly was supposedly first used in the 1970s by the US band The Cramps to describe their own musical style. The screaming Lord Sutch , who is also revered in the psychobilly scene, can also be considered a forerunner , who already combined rock 'n' roll with psychedelic and black humor in the 1960s . Within the early British Gothic Punk movement there were already a number of groups, including The Batfish Boys , The Birthday Party , Bone Orchard , The Damned , Turkey Bones & The Wild Dogs and in part Danielle Dax , Fields of the Nephilim , Fur Bible and Alien Sex Fiend which processed rockabilly and country elements. In the United States , among others, Gun Club , EJ Wells , Elvis Hitler and Radio Werewolf followed a similar path; in Germany, which was heavily inspired by the Cramps, Der Fluch . "Gothabilly" was only able to establish itself as a genre term with the publication of a sampler series of the same name, which also included artists from the fields Psychobilly , Punkabilly , Hellbilly , Alternative Country or Goth Country .

Relationships

The music style mixes Gothic Punk and Gothic Rock elements with the driving bass of rockabilly or elements of hillbilly or country . A strict demarcation to Gothic Punk, Psychobilly , Deathrock and Horror Punk is hardly possible in many cases, as there are always overlaps between the genres or bands serve different styles.

distribution

Gothabilly is mainly found in the western United States , primarily in California . At the turn of the millennium, there was also a noticeable wave of gothabilly in the southern United States. However, it was also found in Western Europe and Scandinavia . Since the scene is (almost) identical to the psychobilly scene, the music can actually be found wherever there are psychobillies, and the style is often popular with gothic punks and horror punks.

Sample bands

literature

  • Raven Digitalis: Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture . Llewellyn Worldwide, Woodbury, Minnesota, USA 2007, p. 27 ( online )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Meagan Breen: an introspective into gothabilly. In: Auxiliary Magazine. March 5, 2009, accessed February 12, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Valarie Thorpe: Interview with Ghoultown's Count Lyle. In: reallyscary.com. Archived from the original on December 15, 2004 ; accessed on April 14, 2009 .
  3. ↑ Sean Kirst: A Halloween Greatest Hit ... The Tale of Skully Records. In: The Post-Standard ( Syracuse , New York ). October 31, 2007, accessed February 7, 2015 .