Hellbillys
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- For the NorwegianNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
country rockCountry rockCountry rock is sub-genre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock with country. The term is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beginning with Bob Dylan and The Byrds; reaching its greatest...
group, see HellbilliesHellbilliesThe Hellbillies are a Norwegian country rock group formed in 1990. As of 2010, they have released twelve albums—including a compilation and two live albums—as well as one live concert DVD...
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Hellbillys is a psychobilly
Psychobilly
Psychobilly is a fusion genre of rock music that mixes elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and other genres. It is one of several subgenres of rockabilly which also include thrashabilly, trashabilly, punkabilly, surfabilly and gothabilly...
band from Oakland, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. The band formed in 1989 and on their MySpace
MySpace
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page they claim to be "the longest running Psychobilly band in the states
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Lead singer Scary also plays in a Misfits tribute band
Tribute band
A tribute act is a music group, singer, or musician who specifically plays the music of a well-known music act - sometimes one which has disbanded, ceased touring or is deceased. Probably the largest class of tributes acts are Elvis impersonators, individual performers who mimic the songs and style...
called Plan 9. Drummer Gary "Gut-X" Gutfeld played in the High Fives and Redemption 87
Redemption 87
Redemption 87 was a short-lived East Bay hardcore punk band containing ex-members of Unit Pride, Skankin' Pickle, and Token Entry, and contained future members of AFI and the Nerve Agents....
. Johnny Tabaltix from The Tabaltix is the current bassist.
Their cover of "Blast Off" appears on the 2006 psychobilly compilation Go Cat Go! A Tribute to Stray Cats.
Albums
- Land of Demons (Planet Records)
- Torture Garden (1995)
- Cavalcade Of Perversions
- Blood Trilogy Vol. 1 (FOAD, 2001)
- Blood Trilogy Vol. 2 (Split Seven, 2004)
45's
- and Ooze (Dionysus Records)
- Knocked Up and Gun Crazy (Ragin Records)
- It's Alive (Bottle Cap Records)
- Evil (Dionysus Records)
Compilations
- Songs the Cramps Taught Us (Jungle Noise Records)
- Rumble Party Vol 3 (Fury)
- Rumble Party Vol 5 (Fury)
- Freeways To Skinner Kat
- I've Got My Friends
- Hotter Than Hell (Hairball 8)
- Go Cat Go! A Tribute to Stray Cats (Hairball 8, 2006)