horror punk
The Horrors
Formed by ace faces of the East London and Southend-on-sea, United Kingdom angular scene in 2006, The Horrors are a garage rock band that have released four singles and one album for Loog and an EP in the US. They have already been on the front cover of NME, despite their singles being so limited that they are already considered collectors items.
Bloodsucking Zombies From Outer Space
The Bloodsucking Zombies From Outer Space are an austrian horrorpunk band that formed in 2002. The music is full of reminiscences of psychobilly and influenced by persons like Tobe Hooper, Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento as much as from bands like Nekromantix, Mad Sin and Use to Abuse.
BZFOS usually deal humorously with themes and stereotypes from popular horror-b-movies (such as zombies-, mummies- and mass murderertokens, cemetery-fete-phantasies or draculas preferred car)
Lagwagon
Lagwagon is a punk band based in the small town of Goleta, California. Forming in 1990, they have released seven albums, all through San Francisco label Fat Wreck Chords. They are widely viewed as catalysts for the pop-punk movement of the 1990's, opening the door for some of the subgenre's more mainstream bands. The most recent members of Lagwagon include Vocalist Joey Cape, guitarists Chris Flippin and Chris Rest, bassist Joe Raposo, and drummer Dave Raun.
The Creepshow
The Creepshow is a psychobilly band from Burlington, Ontario; Canada. The band formed in 2005 when the four members (Hellcat, Sickboy, McGinty, and Pomade) got together with the purpose of starting a hellbilly band. The Creepshow writes the majority of their songs about Horror Films, with the music fitting the horror punk genre. The band has its roots in the 905 music scene with most members having been in various garage bands before The Creepshow.
Pink Hearse
PINK HEARSE are a 5 piece Punk/Horrorpunk band from Fleetwood/Blackpool North UK.
Since Pink Hearse formed in late 2005 they have built up a solid live reputation with high energy stage performances. They have created and moulded their own sound which relates to the Oldschool Punk of Siouxie and the Banshees and X-Ray Spex and to an extent The Dead Kennedys. The band is also reminiscent of more modern outfits such as the Horrorpops ,Distillers and The Merry Widows.
The Meteors
The Meteors are a psychobilly band from the United Kingdom, who are often credited with giving the genre its distinctive sound. Although the origins of psychobilly are debatable, the Meteors consider themselves the first and only psychobilly band. Fans of the band are known to use the slogan "Only the Meteors are pure psychobilly" (often shortened to just "OTMAPP") as a rallying cry. The Meteors were started in 1980 by P.
Mad Sin
Mad Sin is a psychobilly band that has been around since 1987. It is based in Berlin, Germany. The band was founded by Köfte DeVille, who has stayed with the band the entire time while the band itself has gone through several lineup changes. Elements of punk metal with unique growls and screams are heard throughout the band's music. DeVille joined guitarist Stein and bassist Holly, they struggled around with the help of some friends, who organized gigs in several shady bars of Berlin.
Wednesday 13
Wednesday 13 is a horror punk band, fronted by Wednesday 13 of Maniac Spider Trash, Murderdolls, Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13, Bourbon Crow fame. The group formed in 2004 and continue to play. The genre of music is a mix of goth and punk with lyrics heavily inspried by horror movies. All music and lyrics are written by the vocalist Wednesday 13. All guitars, bass, keyboards and vocals on the recordings are by Wednesday 13. Coner drummed on their debut album, whilst Kid Kid and Piggy D provided some back up vocals.
