Friday 28 June 2013

New PGP out! #127, Summer Special 1.

PGP #127 Nate is off on his vacation.


The new PGP #127 is out: http://bit.ly/18k0IxY. It has been a tradition that, when I am on vacation, either a guest DJ covers for me or I produce a "special" series. As I'm only away for three weeks, this year it's a series of summer special shows. I've plumbed the deep, dark depths of previous episodes of PGP from over the last three years and selected some good bits to keep you going until I get back. There are some new bits to keep everything fresh, so these specials are not straight re-runs. Keep on rockin'. Music this week is from Gorilla, CWBillys, Gutter Demons, Mad Heads, Frantic Flintstones and many more.

Show notes below:

Psychobilly Garden Party #127

Summer Special annual 1

New episode here on RadiobillyFM.com! Or get it on ITunes Nate is off on his vacation but has pre-recorded three summer
special annuals, just like Whizzer & Chips and The Beano do.
Bits and pieces from previous episodes from among the last
three years worth. This week there is music from Gorilla, Koffin Kats,
The Guitar Slingers, Motorzombis and more.
(The songs and skit is from #68 for you collectors out there ;) )

PGP - because without it life would be dead.

Songs on PGP #127

0. Camel Toe - Midget in a thong 1. Gorilla - Planet of the Apes 2. Vladmir - Blind Love 3. Lou & The Natics -Greed for Speed 4. Graveyard Manner - Brains 5. Guitar Slingers - Psycho Mad n Proud 6. Mad Heads - Invasion aliens in town 7. Gutter demons - run away loco 8. Motorzombis - Horror Express 9. Frantic Flintstones - Diablo 10. Gorilla - Forest of The Outcasts 11. Koffin Kats - Chainsaw Massacre 12. CwBillys - Boogie Do Carango 13. Guitar Slingers - Little sister 14. Vladmirs - zombie eyed youth 15. Motorzombis - La Llorona 16. Gutter Demons - Hell bent on rocking 17. Guitar Slingers - Boppin Shakin 18. Gorilla - Psychotic Paradise 19. Graveside Manner - Kings hill 20. Lou & The Natics - Rock n roll Demon 21. Mad Heads - Ukranian Horror Show 22. Frantic Flintstones - Retarded 23. CW Billys - Quero Te Beber 24. Vladmirs - City of the living dead.
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Thursday 27 June 2013

THE ROCKET DOGZ - Back in Traumaville ( OFFICIAL VIDEO )



Really digging this. Unfortunately the link on their Facebook page didn't work. I've dropped them a line on Twitter to try to find out where to get a CD. www.twitter.com/therocketdogz

Wednesday 26 June 2013

New Rockabilly band from Budapest - "The Cathouse"

I just received a very cool e-mail from The Cathouse. This is a band from Budapest who are poised to  promote their 1980s, old-school sound psychobilly to the rest of Europe and the world.

I always find it exciting when a band gets in touch and is obviously a hard-working, ambitious band who recognize that PGP is a great way to get the word out. I mean, apart from feeding my infernal desire for sharing music, having fun, getting to know the audience and draining adrenaline, that is what the show is here for. As I mentioned to Judit, the summer specials will be reviews of previous episodes. That includes upcoming show numbers 127, 128 and 129. After that it will be business as usual, with new music and more psychotic fun.

Here are some links to The Cathouse for you:


Tuesday 25 June 2013

I'm off on my f***ng holidays.

On Wednesday 3rd of July I shall be flying to Barcelona for the annual Psychobilly Meeting in Pineda Del Mar. This is my first visit to this festival and I can't really explain why I have never been before. It seems like I and my friends have always prioritized the other festivals going on in Europe. Maybe it is because we've literally run out of holiday vacation days by July, everything being allocated by July.

Pineda Del Mar
I'm really, really looking forward to this. The line-up is a great mix of old-school and bands with newer twists on the psychobilly sound. A bonus was the addition of Banane Metallik quite late in the planning of the festival. They are a real favourite ever since I saw them in Speyer at the Satanic Stomp in 2010.
I'm hoping to have the time to write a diary of the event here with pictures. We'll see how it goes. I'm going to be leaving Teabag in charge of the Garden of Delights. I'm sure it's going to be fine. At least that's what I keep telling myself.





Friday 7 June 2013

The Meteors, a brief history.

This is not my article. It was written by Matteo Pogan, but it's relatively well written, researched and does what it sets out to do: a brief history of The Meteors.



(Published October 11, 2009)

The band The Meteors are one of the founder of psychobilly and still thrive today. The Meteors motto is that they are the only true pure psychobilly bands. So how did this band that's still around after almost four decades first come to be? It was around 1975 when P Paul Fenech and Nigel Lewis started playing rockabilly music together. Their original band was named Raw Deal. Then in August 1980, as a reaction against the soft rockabilly, The Meteors formed. Joining the two founding members was Mark Robertson. Roberston began playing drums at the age of 14 after he saw Santana's drummer Mike Shrieve playing "Soul Sacrifice". Early on his favorite drummer was John Bonham of Zeppelin which he saw play live in 1974. He then says that he had a "punk coversion", and ended up throwing out his entire hippy record collection. His new heros after this conversion were, Marky Ramone and Rat Scabies. Some of his favorite bands included punk pioneers, New York Dolls and The Stooges. He was a drummer for a punk band called "The Models", which he quit to join Meteors.

When deciding on the name for the band, Fenech stated that he wanted, "something short, a simple name that people could remember." The band name, The Meteors, was already used by an old rockabilly group in the 50s. Frenech has been quoted saying, "They all died in an airplane crash so we thought we would use their name."

Early on they covered songs by Roy Orbison and Johnny Burnette, but
Fenech has described their music as a cross between rockabilly and early punk. It has been written that The Meteors played their first show during Rockabilly Night at The Sparrow Hawk in Edgware North London. But in an old interview drummer Roberston says their first gig was at a rock n roll gig called the Cavern, in Willesden located in North West London. The Cavern is where Brian Epstien first saw The Beatles play in 1961. Roberston went on to say, "The first time we played we got through 16 songs in 29 minutes, Ramones style." Right from the beginning the band decided they wouldn't just cater to one specific group of people. If you liked the Meteors then come enjoy the Meteors play live music, no matter what else you may be into. "We don't play for rockablies, we don't play for punks we play for anyone who wants to hear us."

In June 1981 the band recorded the "Peel Sessions" with John Peel Day, one of Brtain's most loved broadcasters. During that session were the first recordings of; Voodoo Rhythm, Love You To Death, Rockabilly Psychosis, My Daddy Is A Vampire, and Rockhouse. They were developing a loyal following that by this time were known as "the Crazies, or Zorchmen." As with any style music, dancing is an important part of the development of the culture of that style. The Meteors fans invented their own dance style called "going mental." This dance would later be renamed "wrecking," which is a staple in the psychobilly music culture today.

March of 1981 they released the movie Meteor Madness. The story line is meant to be "light relief", and involves the devil trying to create the perfect athlete, but instead creates The Meteors. It only took them two days to film the movie, and it contained the tracks, "Voodoo Rhythm", "Maniac Rockers From Hell", "My Daddy Is A Vampire" and "You Can't Keep A Good Man Down". None of the tracks made their first full-length album, In Heaven, which was released on August 1981 on Island Records. It would be the only album in which Fenech and Lewis worked together on. It has been said that after Lux and Ivy, of the Cramps, heard the song "The Room" the Meteors were picked for the slot for the Cramps '81 UK tour.

In December on 1981 the band would began it's first of many line up changes when Mark left to join a band called, "Theater of Hate." In 1982 Niguel Lewis would leave the Meteors, and Mark would re-joined Nigel but this time as a member in the Escalators. The Meteors kept moving and continued it's constant touring but would not release their next full-length album until 1983. With Mick White playing bass, added guitarists Russell Jones, and Steve "Ginger' Meadham on drums The Meteors released their break through album "Wreckin Crew".

Ironically, Fenech has been quoted as saying that he felt "Wreckin Crew" recordings were, "a mess and made too soft." 1983 there would be another member change and Mick White would leave to form his own psychobilly act, the Guana Batz. Rick Ross would take his spot but only for a national tour. Ian "Spider" Cubitt then joined the band to record their next album "Stampede", which was released in 1984. In 1985 the band got a new bass player Neville Hunt.
In 1986 the band released, "Teenagers From Outer Space' which contained many of the songs recording in their original Peel Sessions from 1981. The last half of the 80's The Meteors would go on to release an album every year;1986 Sewertime Blues,1987 Don't Touch The Bang Bang Fruit,1988 Only The Meteors Are Pure Psychobilly,1988 The Mutant Monkey And The Surfers From Zorch, and 1989 Undead, Unfriendly And Unstoppable.

In 1991 it was time for Fenech to put to use what he learned while studying sound engineering and studio production first at Leicester University. The University is located in Leicestershire, a town located in east midland England. It is sourrounded by a many notable music venues where bands such as The Yardbirds and The Animals once played. He also attended, The Kingston Technical Institute which has a long history and opened in 1899. Their 1991 album "Madman Roll" was recorded by Fenech completely by himself. Today they have their own recording studio which they call "In Heaven". In Heaven is a fully working pro studio used by other bands. Fenech feels he,"can truly put down my own ideas rather than working to a budget" I'm not watching the clock, seeing what it's costing me." As a result he feels this gives him more chances to express himself. In 2000 Wolfgang Hordemann joined on drums. In 2009, he still remains in the current line-up which includes Mark Burnett on bass. In 2009 they also released their 26 full lenght album Hell Train Rollin'. With the popularity of psychobilly still growing today the Meteors show no sign of slowing down anytime soon.

Matteo Pogan, October 11 2009.

Wednesday 5 June 2013

From the crypt: Koefte DeVille interview (december 2011)

From the crypt- December 2011, PGP #53. Koefte interview.


You're into Mad Sin Official you say?

Well, back in December 2011 I did an interview with Koefte DeVille and the whole show became a Mad Sin special. Like all the Psychobilly Garden Party shows it's in the archives over at RadiobillyFM. 

If you're waiting for this weeks show it's a great one to give another listen to.
http://radiobillyfm.com/2011/12/08/psychobilly-garden-party/