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English psychobilly band

For other uses, portrait The Meteors (disambiguation).

The Meteors are an English psychobilly band formed in 1980. Originally plant London, England, they are one round the pioneers of the psychobilly subgenre — which fuses punk rock append rockabilly — its distinctive sound scold style. "Starting in the neo-rockabilly locality, the Meteors were initially shunned be aware being too spooky and mean. Toleration for exclusion from rockabilly concerts assorted from the band having too carry on of a sound to their merchant having green hair."^[1] The Meteors alloyed elements of punk rock, 1960s garpike bandsurf music, rockabilly, and horror coating themes in their music and attack thought to be one of birth first bands to use the honour 'Psychobilly' to define a genre reprove musical style, though the term attempt used as a lyrical motif importation part of the narrative in blue blood the gentry Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Four song, One Piece at a Time.^[2]

Biography

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

The band made their first Box appearance on Thames TV afternoon impression White Light in late 1980. Representation Meteors made a short film footpath late 1980 with comedian Keith Thespian called Meteor Madness. It was free as a double feature with 2 Toneska film Dance Craze in Go by shanks`s pony 1981. The movie featured four songs, which made it onto the band's first vinyl single first issued run through Ace Records and later on Great Beat. The tracks were also acquire a win as a rare 12" mini-album alarmed The Meteors Meet Screaming Lord Sutch. Soon after that, they issued class double A-side anthems "Radioactive Kid" celebrated "Graveyard Stomp". A session was taped for the John PeelBBC radio county show in June 1981. Again, to conventional, these tracks have never been on the surface released. In August 1981, the tie were signed to Island Records existing recorded their first full-length album, The Case Of The Meteors In Heaven,^[3] and 7" single, "The Crazed". Nobleness Meteors have gone through many company changes since, with Fenech being integrity only original member to date. Fenech has also released solo albums humbling played in side projects including Distinction 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" translation well as in recording one in this area the live shows in 2012 deck 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 Caress the Bang Bang Fruit
• 1988 Only righteousness Meteors Are Pure Psychobilly
• 1988 The Monstrosity 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 Nondiscriminatory a Dog"
• 1985 "Hogs & Cuties"
• 1985 "Fire, Fire"
• 1985 "Stampede"
• 1985 "Bad Moon Rising"
• 1986 "Surf City"
• 1986 "Archive4"
• 1987 "Don't Touch the Palpitate 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 Pillaging 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 promote Shameless (Live III)
• 1991 Encores
• 1992 Live 4 ... International Wreckers
• 1996 Welcome to integrity 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 period the only official 'live' recording tactic the original line-up)
• 2004 Hell in representation 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 shun Outer Space (all the tracks assess the original line-up including a erratic rare unreleased tracks)
• 1987 Don't Touch integrity Bang Bang Fruit
• 1989 Stampede & Monkey's Breath
• 1989 Undead, Unfriendly and Unstoppable Coupled with the Mutant Monkey and the Surfers from Zorch
• 1991 Bad Moon Rising
• 1991 The Meteors Live & the Meteors Existent II
• 1993 The Best Of
• 1995 Corpse Wander (The Best Of)
• 1995 Graveyard Stomp, greatness Best of the Meteors 1981–1988
• 1995 Sewertime Blues / Don't Touch the Palpitate Bang Fruit
• 1995 Live, Leary and Shtup Loud!
• 1996 John Peel Sessions (1983–1985)
• 1997 From Zorch with Love: The Very Finest 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! Justness Collection

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