Year: 2026Label: Western Star Records When I recently interviewed Western Star owner Alan Wilson for Finnish rockin’ magazine Big Beat about his new psychobilly project The Coal Dust Cowboys (review here), we talked about songwriting and influences. He mentioned that … Continue reading THE KINGS OF OUTER SPACE: The Things That Make Us Strange
Year: 2026Label: Western Star Records There’s some very familiar faces behind this unfamiliar name. The Coal Dust Cowboys is a joint venture between Alan Wilson of psychobilly pioneers The Sharks (and owner of Western Star Records) and members of veteran … Continue reading THE COAL DUST COWBOYS: Beneath The Old Slag Heap
Year: 2025Label: Voodoo Canapé I quote UK act The Zipheads’ website for a description of their style: “The Zipheads play Rock’n’Roll infused with punk, taking influence from the founding fathers of the 1950s like Little Richard and Chuck Berry, via … Continue reading THE ZIPHEADS: Rock ‘n’ Roll Renaissance
VOODOO DOLLS: Poison In Your Drink 1983-1986 Release year: 2023Label: Crazy Love Records 1983. That’s some early, early history as far as psychobilly goes. The Meteors released their second album Wreckin’ Crew, Guana Batz their first 7″, The Sharks their … Continue reading Voodoo poisoned drinks
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
