That Cat Called Johnny Trash: psychobilly

Friday, 16 April 2010

No School Like The Old School

I`m getting a bit sick and bored of the emo and American influence on the modern day psychobilly look. I`d like it if the style went back to the old days of DMs, Creepers, Bleachers, Cut Off Vests/Wifebeaters, proper vintage hand me down Levi`s, painted leather biker jackets, ripped up to fuck band tees and the like! I mean, even dungarees have had a comeback in womens fashion recently so why the hell shouldn`t the new (de)generation of psycho kids embrace their musics fashion history??

There`s nothing wrong with a band tee, jeans and creepers/boots etc but brands such as Lucky 13, Liquor Brand, Kreepsville etc are just too high priced and too be honest are not a true reflection of the style. Old school psychos wore hand me downs or made do with the clothes they already had from their past styles like scooter boys, punks, skins etc and evolved these looks by mixing other styles like rock and roll, teddy boy, rockabilly etc on the cheap.

Psychobilly has never been about being told what to do or what to wear so why should it be now?? Kids, I`m not telling you what to do here btw, it`s just a suggestion, go back and look at old psycho pics (like the ones below) and take some inspiration. I gauarantee you will turn heads on the street!!

Thursday, 1 April 2010

Fujiyama Mamas: Women In Psychobilly

Psychobilly and Rockabilly has always pretty much been the domain of men, face it this is a fact! Songs are generally written about women and not by women or women were hangers on in the scene and generally regarded as groupies however, over the years there have been some noteable female fronted bands rocking the scene just as good, if not better than their male counterparts.

I`m not listing these acts in any particular order of relevance or period and this is only a small selection of bands that I currently like. I`m just providing you some proof that there are women out there who can rock a double bass or wail just as good as P. Paul Fenech, Sparky, Pip, Elvis, etc and a stepping stone for you to discover and search out more female fronted rockin bands and bands that feature talented female musicians!!