THE GRUFFS: Cosmic Kafoodle Release year: 2022Label: Western Star Records My first contact with British neo/psychobilly act The Gruffs was their 2020 10″ release In Limbo Land. Quite honestly, my jaw dropped to the floor when I first heard it. … Continue reading Gruff kafoodles
BOGOS: Empty Bottles Release year: 2022Label: Voodoo Rhythm Records Do you like The Goddamn Gallows? I betcha these guys from Switzerland do. The biggest hype around the US gutterpunks, whose style of music could perhaps be characterised as some kind … Continue reading Goddamn Bogos
THE SURFIN’ WOMBATZ: Night Bus To Skaro Release year: 2022Label: Western Star Records UK act The Surfin’ Wombats are one of the numerous psychobilly acts who emerged during the second wave in the late 80’s, released an album (Lager Loutz, … Continue reading Wombatz on the night bus
THE DIGGERZ: Mad In The Head Release year: 2022Label: Sick Taste Records/Sunny Bastards A little while back, we took a look at German The Diggerz’ recent EP release The Diggerz Are Mad (click here). That one was basically just a … Continue reading The madness of The Diggerz
THE DIGGERZ: Are Mad Release year: 2022Label: Sick Taste Records/Sunny Bastards German The Diggerz released their debut album A Psycho’s Tales in 2015. After that: nothing. At the same time, it seems like the psychobilly scene has gone through a … Continue reading The mad German diggers are back
THE METEORS: Dreamin’ Up A Nightmare Release year: 2021Label: Mutant Rock Records If you’re into psychobilly, the abbreviation OTMAPP will be familiar to you. If it isn’t, you’re not into psychobilly – simple as that. It stands for, of course, … Continue reading Wreckin’ up a nightmare
HORRORPOPS: Live At The Wiltern Release year: 2021Label: Cleopatra Records Back in the 00’s, some fifteen-odd years ago, there were a few bands who dragged psychobilly from the deep recesses of the rockin’ underground to something approximating mainstream exposure. For … Continue reading Where HorrorPops wander
GRAVEYARD BASHERS: Wreck ‘Em Dead Release year: 2021Label: Lycans Den Records Psychobilly is a funny genre. Or, actually, it’s the public, outsider perception of the genre that’s funny. Often people outside the scene tend to generalize and reduce the whole … Continue reading Death by wrecking
THE SHARKS: Phantom Rockers parts 1 & 2 Release year: 1983/2021Label: Nervous Records/Western Star Records In the world of psychobilly, there are few names more legendary, iconic and influential than The Sharks. Not only is virtually all of their recorded … Continue reading Take a razor to your head with The Sharks
Only Death Is Real 