Psychobilly

Psychobilly is a fusion genre of rock music that mixes elements of punk rock, rock and roll, rockabilly, and rhythm and blues. It is one of several subgenres of rockabilly which also include thrashabilly, punkabilly, surfabilly and gothabilly. Merriam-Webster defines it as "music that blends punk rock and rockabilly"; another dictionary defines it as "loud frantic rockabilly music." About.com defines psychobilly as "tak[ing] the traditional countrified rock style known as rockabilly, ramp[ing] up its speed to a sweaty pace, and combin[ing] it with punk rock and imagery lifted from horror films and late-night sci-fi schlock,...[creating a] gritty honky tonk punk rock." Psychobilly, "while rooted in the twang of rockabilly, owes just as much to the sound of straight up three-chord punk, often with a dose of thrash metal."

Psychobilly is often characterized by lyrical references to science fiction, horror and exploitation films, violence, lurid sexuality, and other topics generally considered taboo, though often presented in a comedic or tongue-in-cheek fashion. Psychobilly bands and lyrics usually take an apolitical stance, a reaction to the right- and left-wing political attitudes which divided other British youth cultures. It is often played with an upright double bass, instead of the electric bass which is more common in modern rock music, and the hollowbody electric guitar, rather than the solid-bodied electric guitars that predominate in rock. Many psychobilly bands are trios of electric guitar, upright bass and drums, with one of the instrumentalists doubling as vocalist.

Flesh Roxon

Flesh Roxon is a Finnish horror punk band, formed in 2012 in Tampere, Finland.

History

The origins of the band lay in the meeting of double bass player Ville Mäkinen (future "Mr. Willy"), native of Tampere, and two punk rock musicians, Nicky Rothen and Petri Torkell (future "Peter Cordell"), from the Northern Finnish town of Kemi in 2010 in Tampere. The decision to form a psychobilly band had been taken by the next year, and therefore Flesh Roxon had been formed by January 2012. During the first year of their existence, Flesh Roxon has been refining their act at live shows as well as in the studio. The band also performed at the 2012 Cosmic Puffin Festival on Mersea Island.

The band's name had been chosen by vocalist and guitar player Nicky Rothen.

Style

Flesh Roxon's style combines psychobilly, metal and the tradition of horror punk, using morbid or violent imagery and lyrics influenced by horror films or science fiction B-movies. They had described their style as "zombie rock" and have professed their admiration for B-movies and George A. Romero's work. The video "Back From Your Grave" from their album Flesh to the Bone is inspired by the black and white horror films of the 1920-1940 period.