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The Meteors are a psychobilly band from the United Kingdom, who are often credited with giving the genre its distinctive sound. Although the origins of psychobilly are debatable, the Meteors consider themselves the first and only psychobilly band. Fans of the band are known to use the slogan “Only the Meteors are pure psychobilly” (often shortened to just “OTMAPP”) as a rallying cry.
The Meteors were started in 1980 by P. Paul Fenech (guitar and vocals), Nigel Lewis (upright bass), and Mark Robertson (drums). Fenech and Lewis had played in rockabilly bands before, but left their former band, Raw Deal, in order to experiment with a new sound that mixed horror and science fiction lyrics with a punk rock-rockabilly crossover. This sound would later be called psychobilly.
The Meteors played their first show during Rockabilly Night at The Sparrow Hawk in north London, but after being heckled due to their punk fashion, decided to begin playing shows beyond just rockabilly clubs. They developed a loyal following known as “the Crazies,” who invented their own dance style called “going mental,” a cross between dancing and moshing. This would later be renamed “wrecking,” and is still a staple of the psychobilly scene to this day. Coupled with Fenech’s ritual of spitting blood during performances, many clubs believed they were dangerous and refused to book them. The band began playing at punk rock clubs alongside other UK punk bands such as the Anti-Nowhere League and the UK Subs.
The Meteors were started in 1980 by P. Paul Fenech (guitar and vocals), Nigel Lewis (upright bass), and Mark Robertson (drums). Fenech and Lewis had played in rockabilly bands before, but left their former band, Raw Deal, in order to experiment with a new sound that mixed horror and science fiction lyrics with a punk rock-rockabilly crossover. This sound would later be called psychobilly.
The Meteors played their first show during Rockabilly Night at The Sparrow Hawk in north London, but after being heckled due to their punk fashion, decided to begin playing shows beyond just rockabilly clubs. They developed a loyal following known as “the Crazies,” who invented their own dance style called “going mental,” a cross between dancing and moshing. This would later be renamed “wrecking,” and is still a staple of the psychobilly scene to this day. Coupled with Fenech’s ritual of spitting blood during performances, many clubs believed they were dangerous and refused to book them. The band began playing at punk rock clubs alongside other UK punk bands such as the Anti-Nowhere League and the UK Subs.
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Teenagers From Outer Space
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Corpse Grinder
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In Heaven
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Bad Moon Rising
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Johnny Remember Me
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Voodoo Rhythm
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Rawhide
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Little Red Riding Hood
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Mutant Rock
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Go Buddy Go
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Blue Sunshine
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When A Stranger Calls
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I Don't Worry About It
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Somebody Put Something in My Drink
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Surf City
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Rhythm of the Bell
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Shoutbox
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Jake_Regan wrote:
In Heaven and Teenagers from Outerspace are great, and I like allso the Mutant Monkey and the Surfers from Zorch
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Feejee wrote:
...just begin from the first! You'll enjoy it;)
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maaarianne wrote:
hey! can somebody tell me with which album should i start to become a meteors' addict?
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pee-why wrote:
OTMAP-MUTHAFUCKIN-P [2]
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ilovenewave wrote:
<3
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DumbHippie wrote:
Groovy
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Jake_Regan wrote:
Psycho for your love, keep on wreckin' OTMAPP
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VoGRoN1990 wrote:
sick
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EggRaid wrote:
reyes!
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Worschthaus wrote:
fetzt
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outstarwalker wrote:
rollin rollin rollin'! meteors FTW!
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ripplemusic wrote:
If you dig music like these guys, come check us out at the From the Garage Group, a new group dedicated to rocking music from the world's garages. We're new and growing. http://www.last.fm/group/From+The+Garage
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Nickandroff wrote:
<3 True.
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runnerdie wrote:
CAREFUL WITH THE METEORS
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c_villa wrote:
Wish they come back to do a gig in Brazil. Fuckin' missed the first time. OTMAPP.
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invisiblefrien2 wrote:
OTMAPP
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vini77 wrote:
her kiss will drag you straight to hell...she is the queen of the wild wild wind
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NerotheBloody wrote:
www.peta2.de www.peta2.com Don´t support violence!
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Muzikology wrote:
go buddygobuddy go buddygobuddyGOgogo
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sm0th3rl0v3 wrote:
YOU DON'T KNOW ME AND YA DON'T KNOW MA STYLE
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VORTEX Musik Club, Siegen, Germany
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Rockin Maniac 3
Pumpe, Kiel, Germany
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Hell Train Rollin
Kleiner Club, Garage, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Arimiridorinki tagged The Meteors with punk, psychobilly, neo rockabilly and one other tag. 2 hours ago
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Zooooty, hammurapi and Skeletron5 added The Meteors to their libraries. 5 hours ago
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