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Kyrei
Joined: 22 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject: Phantom Rockers in Seoul: Tonight Skunk Hell |
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This is a heads-up for a great set of shows coming up in mid-June. Get your planners out and write this down... you don't want to miss it! ((If you don't know about psychobilly, check out this page in the thread or this other page in the thread.
From the US, The Phantom Rockers: "20 years and still kickin'" Tour on the last leg of their tour; they're savin' the best for last!
(on the bands below, click their names for musical links)
Thursday June 14th @ Bar Nana in Itaewon: starting at 9pm for 10,000 won.
Featuring:
Friday June 15th @ Skunk Hell in Hongdae: starting at 9pm for 20,000 won.
Featuring:
Saturday June 16th @ Drug/DGBD in Hongdae: starting at 8pm for 20,000 won.
Featuring::
**edited with updated title and links **
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:06 am Post subject: |
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| Well those posters are a little better. Just don't show Vollrath. |
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rockstarsmooth
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Location: anyang, baybee!
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:42 am Post subject: |
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yeah, these are much better than the blue & white ones. if i can get some, i'll poster my neighbourhood. it seems to be a pretty happenin' place. it must be, after all, both grant and i live here!
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 right now i'm listening to: wolf parade - fancy claps |
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cwemory
Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Location: Gunpo, Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:02 am Post subject: |
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| The Phantom Rockers are still around? Cool! I think they might have been the first band I saw live, at an all ages show with the Meteors (are they still around?) in 1993 in Atlanta. |
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darkhorse_NZ
Joined: 20 Feb 2007
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:47 am Post subject: |
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| hey guys, maybe i been living under a rock (or in NZ), but what exactly is psychobilly and what's a good band to start with? |
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cwemory
Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Location: Gunpo, Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:01 am Post subject: |
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| darkhorse_NZ wrote: |
| hey guys, maybe i been living under a rock (or in NZ), but what exactly is psychobilly and what's a good band to start with? |
the wikipedia page for it is an ok place to start. Check the links too.
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Psychobilly is a genre of music generally described as a mix between the punk rock of the 1970s and the American rockabilly of the 1950s.
The genre is characterized by lyrical references to horror films, violence, exploitation films, lurid sexuality and other topics generally considered taboo � sometimes presented in a comedic, tongue-in-cheek fashion. Psychobilly music is often played with an upright bass instead of an electric bass. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychobilly
I'm pretty sure The Meteors are considered the first psychobilly band, might as well start with them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meteors
The M3T3ORS - Chainsaw Boogie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G65AnQrR5MY |
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Kyrei
Joined: 22 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:00 am Post subject: |
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I agree with everything cwemory posted... I have only recently gotten into psychobilly after a show at DGBD two years ago featuring the "Battle of Ninjamanz" from Japan. It was a great show! This promises to be a good time too. Write it down and make it out to at least one of the shows!
RSS, PM me and I'll get some flyers out to you to plaster around. Grant might already have some but just in case... |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| I was at that show too. The band that really impressed me that night was the Rizlaz. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm planning to make it to the Thursday show so I can take pictures in time for people to see before they go to the other shows. |
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rockstarsmooth
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Location: anyang, baybee!
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Kyrei wrote: |
| RSS, PM me and I'll get some flyers out to you to plaster around. Grant might already have some but just in case... |
argh! i ended up heading out of town early and wasn't able to get to dgbd at all this weekend. i'll see what grant's got...
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right now i'm listening to: boredoms - spiral |
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Kyrei
Joined: 22 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:55 am Post subject: |
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No worries, we'll see what we can get done poster-wise this week.
As for shameless bumping of threads, I will justify it with this information passed on to me by the organiser of said show. Here is information for those who do no know about psychobilly:
| Anthony wrote: |
Notable exceptions to the whole psychobilly equals shlock-horror lyrics idea from Wikipedia are:
The Quakes
The Krewmen
Phantom Rockers
The Meteors
The Guana Bats
Big John Bates
Tiger Army
Mad Sin
Battle of Ninjamanz
People might be interested in knowing that the Phantom Rockers do interesting covers of Tainted Love, and Spin Me Round, and that a lot of psychobilly bands cover tunes from 80's goth and pop bands like the Cure, Depeche Mode, Adam Ant, Bauhaus, etc.
The Japanese punk scene is chock full of psychobilly and rockabilly bands and we will be bringing more of them over in the future.
Canada is currently having something of an explosion in the genre country-wide, with bands ranging across the specturm of the genre such as The Gutter Demons, The Brains, Big John Bates, The Matadors, The Creepshow, The Aftershocks, The Igniters, The Deadcats, Bloodshot Bill, The Farrell Brothers, The B-Movies, The Black Coffee Cowboys, the Rock'n Rebels, and more...
The genre ranges from very thrashy and rhythmic (The Cracks, Battle of Ninjamanz, Banane Metalik, early Quakes and early Tiger Army) to very melodic (Spike, Mad Sin, Nekromantix, The Matadors, current Tiger Army, etc)
Phantom Rockers fall somewhere in the middle in terms of music and lyrical content.
Racetraitor mentioned the Rizlaz, they are a rockabilly band who played mostly covers when they were here. I haven''t thought about them much, but the leader of that band is fairly active in LA and Tokyo. I have a DVD he produced featuring Saturn7, the 5,6,7,8s and Rizlaz. |
Hope that helps! See you at the shows kids!
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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First show is tomorrow.
Are they in the country yet? |
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Vollrath
Joined: 29 May 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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| hah! i never really hated those posters.. it was just funny to me to bump the last post about phantom rockers by rousing rabble and trying to start a faux-flame war. race traitor is very mature and restrained, as he has demonstrated by not hooking in (>_<) |
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Kyrei
Joined: 22 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Yep, they are in town and relaxing. The shows start on Thursday... Bar Nana -- Be there or don't!! |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Vollrath wrote: |
| hah! i never really hated those posters.. it was just funny to me to bump the last post about phantom rockers by rousing rabble and trying to start a faux-flame war. race traitor is very mature and restrained, as he has demonstrated by not hooking in (>_<) |
Mature and restrained, am I? Obviously you haven't gotten the pictures I sent in the mail yet. 2 million won in unmarked bills, you know the drill.
Or else everyone will know what deviant things your wife did. Oh wait, I mean your cat.
Oh, and that's not catnip in there.
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