Psychobilly

Psychobilly is basically a fusion of two genres of rock music, mixing elements of punk rock and rockabilly from the late 1970s to the early 1980s; in addition to other genres such as Country and Surf. This is one of several rockabilly subgenres, which sometimes also include an amalgam of names like: trashabilly, punkabilly, surfabilly, and gothabilly. The psychobilly is characterized by lyrics that tend to deal with science fiction, horror and movies, especially horror, violence, sex, especially the most spooky, and other topics considered taboo, although usually with a casual tone, like in a comedy. Often the psychobilly is based on three essential instruments: the double bass (it takes the place of the electric bass, more common in modern rock), the electric guitar and the drums. The psychobilly gained some popularity in Europe from the eighties, but in the United States this did not happen until the late 1990s. Since then, the success of several notable psychobilly bands has reached its peak popularity, and attracted international attention for the gender.