Skip to content

The Meteors - Hell Train Rollin (LP, Album, Reissue)

SKU: 6430077095045
Regular price $ 32.95

Shipping calculated at checkout

Sold out - New inventory is on its way.

Description

The Meteors are an English psychobilly band formed in 1980. Originally from London, England, they are often credited with giving the psychobilly subgenre — which fuses punk rock with rockabilly — its distinctive sound and style. About.com calls the Meteors "the first true psychobilly band," noting their blend of the "themes of horror, punk and rockabilly". They were the second band to use the term 'Psychobilly' as a description of their music. Formed in South London in 1980, they are considered the first verifiable psychobilly band. Their albums In Heaven (1981) and Wreckin' Crew (1983) are considered landmarks of the early years of the genre. "Starting in the neo-rockabilly scene, the Meteors were initially shunned for being too different. Excuses for exclusion from rockabilly concerts varied from the band having too extreme of a sound to their drummer having green hair." The Meteors blended elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and horror film themes in their music. The Meteors articulated psychobilly's apolitical stance, a reaction to the right- and left-wing political attitudes which divided other British youth cultures. Fans of the Meteors, known as "the Crazies", are often attributed with inventing the style of slam dancing known as "wrecking", which became synonymous with the psychobilly.

Release Info

Artist: The Meteors
Label: Svart Records
Format: LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Germany
Label: Svart Records
Released: 2022-01-07
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychobilly

Tracklist

A1 Never Stop The Hate Train
A2 Down And Dirty
A3 Another Day On Fire
A4 Devilbone
A5 This Town
A6 4LB Hammer
A7 (They Call Me) Creepy
B1 If Thats The Way You Want It
B2 The Old Man Down The Road
B3 Slice By Slice
B4 Pure Evil
B5 Surfin Home On A Dead Girl
B6 Psychobilly Number 1

Added to cart

x