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Boombats wrote:Oh wait- rockabilly is for posers, nevermind.


(except for the Rev. H.H and other innovators)

Aaarrgghh! Boombats! No!

Rev is no innovator. He is simply early in the wave of folks making American "roots" music with lyrics for youngsters and hipsters (i.e., novelty tunes about drugs & shit). Now, the dude is talented and has a kick-ass band, but that shit is played out, ESPECIALLY in "modern bluegrass" (barf).

Rockabilly is not for posers. Bullshit rockabilly IS for posers....and there is a lot of it out there. But the fellas (and occasionally ladies, like Wanda Jackson) in the middle of nowhere in the mid-to-late-50's making rock'n'roll out of their country & western roots, now that is often a beautiful thing.

Boombats wrote:(except for the Rev. H.H. . . .)

The rich man's Mojo Nixon.

I'd welcome the return of decent greaser rock. More along the lines of the Juicy Fruits in Phantom of the Paradise. I guess closer to Sha Na Na or Zappa's Reuben and the Jets. Good early rock/doo wop arrangements with decent vocal harmonies. I guess that overlaps with rockabilly culture somewhere.

Through the years:

Corolla Fryer
PC Longbed
Taurus Trainer

glynnisjohns wrote:

Kid with the skateboard. Priceless. "Gee Wally, won't mom be sore?"

yeah, Mr. and Mrs. Pynchon are gonna be pissed...

robert thefamilyghost wrote:

glynnisjohns wrote:

Kid with the skateboard. Priceless. "Gee Wally, won't mom be sore?"

i think it's Thomas Pynchon...

what the fuck!? i totally don't remember saying that before! i guess this means i have to start double checking to make sure i don't rejoke anytime i post in an old thread...at least my "new" joke is slightly funnier...that counts for something...

Stiletto LeCar

marina infants

allegro juniors

sierra studious

fiesta fixer

LT25 pusher

polo bandages


hmmmmmmm.

apart from that shit, i wouldn't call 'fad' on most rockabillys. they're usually dedicated to it for life which is a-okay in my book.
as mentioned before, the car aspect is awesome, the clothes and the hair look great and most of the music is great too. you can dance to it, and it's sexy.
the tats can become slightly generic, which is a shame but a tat's gotta mean something, y'know?
anyway, NC wf 5.

I don't recall posting in this thread. I was probably drunk.
Rockabilly name: Chevy Fender.
That name fucking sucks.

Kyle Motor wrote:

Boombats wrote:Oh wait- rockabilly is for posers, nevermind.


(except for the Rev. H.H and other innovators)

Aaarrgghh! Boombats! No!

Sorry Kyle, but I love "Liquor in the Front, Poker in the Rear."

I should have said "Rev. H.H. as well as the real innovators." I realize that Heat is part of a second wave of "Psychobilly." He's also really fucking good. I was mostly thinking of modern rocka-punka-psycho-silly-billy. Come to New York, walk around Brooklyn, and exclaim "WTF". There is too much posturing going down in the apple and its outskirts. Personally I think you should be able to work on a car, have a yard to put your fridge on blocks in, and have at least one uncle who's less than three years older than you, before you can call yourselves "rockabilly." Fuck, you gotta be hill- before you can be -billy motherfucks! Brooklyn hipsters can shove their creepers up the ass.