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I don't have much of a story about how I got into the psychobilly scene
but I remember sitting in the garage with my dad about 2 years back
and he felt like poppin' in a CD with a whole mix of oldies and rockabilly
songs. I fell in love with the whole collection and stole it away from my
dad. It was a total of about 8 CDs, dating from 1954-1962. I listened to
it day and night and eventually got myself more into rockabilly. Although,
I didn't get too deep into rockabilly since I was preoccupied with punk and
metal. One of my friends had a shirt, Horrorpops, a really cool looking
shirt, and I asked her what type of genre that band was. Psychobilly, she
said so I became interested. I looked it up then got into the "gateway"
psychobilly bands like Nekromantix, Tiger Army, and Horrorpops. Not much
afterwards, I got into an older, much better set of bands like The Meteors,
Demented Are Go, and Koffin Kats. With time, I'd say I got deep into the
psychobilly music, now I just can't escape it, nor do I want to. Psychobilly
is now my favorite genre, and I seem to love it more and more everyday.
I wouldn't say that anything from the public media influenced me at all,
nor did anybody. The only person who in a way introduced me was my
dad, but otherwise I found it all on my own. Aside from the billy scene,
I guess you could say I partake in the punk scene. The thing is, if you
were to see me walking around on the streets, you wouldn't be able to tell
that I have anything to do with the billy scene. I dont dress the same way
most of you gals do here. I'd say I have my own style. I still think it's a
nice way to dress though, just not for me. You wouldn't be able to tell if I
like punk or not either. Maybe just my band shirts would give you a hint. :/

My Turn :]

I got into Psychobilly through Afi..and their connections with Tiger Army..
Through Tiger Army I got into other,better bands :]

Also,my Step Dad influenced my music choices..
Because he has a good selection of oldies & rockabilly stuff :

If you saw me,you would think I was a kandi raver kid
Because I rave on the weekends..and wear kandi duribng the school week+rave tags

But My favorite band of all time Is Leftover Crack..
sO i guess I'm into more then one"group"
But psychobilly has a huuuge place in my heart
The music,.people,movies,clothing..
it's all too amazing :]

Its cool to see where everyone gets the billy in them smile

I always liked the 50's the cars and all that. I was into the 80's metal and 90's punk scene and one day a psychobilly band opened for Rancid and .. my jaw dropped i had to get more of it. And yeh i started going to shows and its like i found a style i had always been looking for. Something with hard rock and from the 50's. heart

My grandmother was a big fan of Elvis. She loved his music and had a wicked crush on him. I never gave him a thought until she introduced him to me. After listening to him I found that I enjoyed the music he made in the 50's more then his lasted stuff. At the time I had no idea it was rockabilly. After growing up listening to punk I just happened to come across a few rockabilly bands. They were sharing a web page with a punk band and I just happened to check them out. As soon as I heard the thump thump of the stand up bass I fell in love. I not only love the music but the cars, the clothes, and the movies.

Very True:]

That is very cool. I suggested to my fiance that maybe we could get married by an Elvis Impersonator and he just looked at me funny. lol He's into metal. So, that didn't fly with him. I would have loved that though. I still plan on renting a 1955 Cadillac for the wedding. If I can't own one then I have to rent one.