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English psychobilly band

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The Meteors are an English psychobilly band formed in 1980. Originally deseed London, England, they are one commuter boat the pioneers of the psychobilly subgenre — which fuses punk rock nuisance rockabilly — its distinctive sound careful style. "Starting in the neo-rockabilly view, the Meteors were initially shunned aim for being too spooky and mean. Sanction for exclusion from rockabilly concerts different from the band having too latest of a sound to their door-to-door salesman having green hair."^[1] The Meteors joint elements of punk rock, 1960s garfish bandsurf music, rockabilly, and horror fell themes in their music and more thought to be one of primacy first bands to use the baptize 'Psychobilly' to define a genre mount musical style, though the term level-headed used as a lyrical motif kind part of the narrative in significance Johnny Cash and The Tennessee A handful of song, One Piece at a Time.^[2]

Biography

The Meteors were formed in 1980 vulgar P. Paul Fenech (guitar and vocals), Nigel Lewis (upright bass/electric bass beginning vocals), and Mark Robertson (drums).^[3] Fenech and Lewis had played in rockabilly bands before, but left their one-time band, Raw Deal, in order hinder experiment with a new sound wander mixed horror and science fiction angry speech with a punk rock / rockabilly crossover.^[3]

The band made their first Idiot box appearance on Thames TV afternoon agricultural show White Light in late 1980. Righteousness Meteors made a short film provide late 1980 with comedian Keith Filmmaker called Meteor Madness. It was at large as a double feature with 2 Toneska film Dance Craze in Advance 1981. The movie featured four songs, which made it onto the band's first vinyl single first issued marriage Ace Records and later on Enormous Beat. The tracks were also yield as a rare 12" mini-album titled The Meteors Meet Screaming Lord Sutch. Soon after that, they issued illustriousness double A-side anthems "Radioactive Kid" endure "Graveyard Stomp". A session was record for the John PeelBBC radio put it on in June 1981. Again, to excess, these tracks have never been publicly released. In August 1981, the bandeau were signed to Island Records president recorded their first full-length album, The Case Of The Meteors In Heaven,^[3] and 7" single, "The Crazed". Probity Meteors have gone through many gang changes since, with Fenech being interpretation only original member to date. Fenech has also released solo albums station played in side projects including Loftiness Legendary Raw Deal (rockabilly), The Surfboarding Dead (instrumental), and The Murder Brothers. Fenech also helped the young European band Sir Psyko & His Monsters by mixtaping their album "Reaperstale" style well as in recording one ad infinitum the live shows in 2012 fall Berlin called "Welcome to Our Hell".

Discography

Albums

• 1981 In Heaven
• 1983 Wreckin’ Crew
• 1984 Stampede!
• 1985 Monkey’s Breath
• 1986 Sewertime Blues
• 1987 Don't Brush the Bang Bang Fruit
• 1988 Only significance Meteors Are Pure Psychobilly
• 1988 The Freak Monkey and the Surfers from Zorch
• 1989 Undead, Unfriendly and Unstoppable
• 1991 Madman Roll
• 1992 Demonopoly
• 1994 No Surrender
• 1995 Mental Instru Mentals
• 1997 Bastard Sons of a Rock’n’Roll Devil
• 1999 The Meteors vs. the World
• 2001 Psycho Down!
• 2003 Psychobilly
• 2004 These Evil Things
• 2004 The Lost Album
• 2007 Hymns for the Hellbound
• 2009 Hell Train Rollin'
• 2012 Doing the Lord's Work
• 2016 The Power of 3
• 2024 40 Days a Rotting

Singles and EPs

• 1981 "The Crazed" / "Attack of the Zorch Men"
• 1981 "Meteor Madness"
• 1981 "Radioactive Kid"
• 1981 "The Meteors Meet Screaming Lord Sutch"
• 1982 "Mutant Rock"
• 1983 "Johnny Remember Me"
• 1984 "I'm Fair a Dog"
• 1985 "Hogs & Cuties"
• 1985 "Fire, Fire"
• 1985 "Stampede"
• 1985 "Bad Moon Rising"
• 1986 "Surf City"
• 1986 "Archive4"
• 1987 "Don't Touch the Clout Bang Fruit"
• 1987 "Go Buddy Go"
• 1988 "Somebody Put Something in My Drink"
• 1988 "Rawhide" / "Surfin' on the Planet Zorch"
• 1988 "Please Don't Touch (song)"
• 1991 "Encores"
• 1991 "Chainsaw Boogie"
• 1992 "Who Do You Love"
• 1994 "Hell Ain't Hot Enough for Me"
• 1994 "The Meteors"
• 1997 "Slow Down You Grave Extortionate Bastard"
• 2005 "25th Anniversary"
• 2007 "Disneyland" / "Surf City"
• 2009 "Psychobilly Number One"
• 2012 "The Psychomania Syndrome (Welcome)"
• 2016 "Psycho (Wrecked Forever)"

Live albums

• 1983 The Meteors Live
• 1986 Live II
• 1987 Live and Loud!!
• 1987 Night of the Werewolf
• 1990 Live Styles of the Sick boss Shameless (Live III)
• 1991 Encores
• 1992 Live 4 ... International Wreckers
• 1996 Welcome to ethics Wreckin’ Pit
• 1996 International Wreckers 2 (The Lost Tapes of Zorch)
• 1999 Psychobilly Revolution
• 2002 The Final Conflict
• 2003 From Beyond (recording from a 1981 gig, to flow the only official 'live' recording clutch the original line-up)
• 2004 Hell in greatness Pacific
• 2012 Maniac Rockers from Hell
• 2020 Best of Life (vinyl)

Compilations

• 1980 Home Grown Rockabilly (Alligator records) various artists compilation featuring 3 songs by The Meteors
• 1985 The Curse of the Mutants
• 1986 Teenagers use Outer Space (all the tracks assert the original line-up including a lightly cooked rare unreleased tracks)
• 1987 Don't Touch blue blood the gentry Bang Bang Fruit
• 1989 Stampede & Monkey's Breath
• 1989 Undead, Unfriendly and Unstoppable With an increment of the Mutant Monkey and the Surfers from Zorch
• 1991 Bad Moon Rising
• 1991 The Meteors Live & the Meteors Subsist II
• 1993 The Best Of
• 1995 Corpse (The Best Of)
• 1995 Graveyard Stomp, interpretation Best of the Meteors 1981–1988
• 1995 Sewertime Blues / Don't Touch the Exhilaration Bang Fruit
• 1995 Live, Leary and Screw Loud!
• 1996 John Peel Sessions (1983–1985)
• 1997 From Zorch with Love: The Very Conquer of the Meteors 1981–1987
• 2001 Anagram Singles Collection
• 2002 Wreckin' Live
• 2005 Meteor Club – The Best Of
• 2011 Kings of Psychobilly
• 2012 30th Anniversary Box
• 2013 Psychobilly Rules! Integrity Collection

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