American avant-rock band
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Shockabilly was an American avant-rock band from New York City . Shockabilly released four studio albums between 1982 and 1985, displaying an experimental approach to music that encompassed influence from numerous genres. The band's line-up included Eugene Chadbourne on guitar and vocals, Mark Kramer on bass guitar and organ, and David Licht on drums.[1]
Style and influences
Although the name of the group suggested that Shockabilly were a rockabilly band, only one release by the group, The Dawn of Shockabilly , contained any rockabilly influence.[2] Shockabilly was actually an avant-rock band,[3] although the band's experimental approach to music saw their works encompassing many genres, including blues ,[2] country ,[4] folk ,[4] folk-rock ,[5] lo-fi ,[4] noise rock ,[2] psychedelic ,[4] rockabilly,[2] [6] rock and roll [3] [6] and surf ,[2] all of which would be explored in avant-garde arrangements, as the band performed covers of songs by other artists that were nearly unrecognizable from the original compositions.[2] [6] The band's music has been seen as a possible influence on the later works of future experimental rock bands such as Sonic Youth , and Primus , where the vocals of Les Claypool have been compared to the vocal style used by Eugene Chadbourne in Shockabilly.[3]
Discography
References
^ Gehr, Richard; Green, Jim; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Shockabilly" . Trouser Press . Retrieved August 4, 2015 .
^ a b c d e f York, William. "Shockabilly: The Dawn of Shockabilly > Review" . Allmusic . Retrieved August 4, 2015 .
^ a b c Mason, Stewart. "Shockabilly: Vietnam/Heaven > Review" . Allmusic . Retrieved August 4, 2015 .
^ a b c d York, William. "Shockabilly: Vietnam > Review" . Allmusic . Retrieved August 4, 2015 .
^ York, William. "Shockabilly: Colosseum > Review" . Allmusic. Retrieved August 4, 2015 .
^ a b c Colin Larkin , ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing . p. 251. ISBN 0-85112-579-4 .
^ "Shockabilly | Album Discography" . AllMusic . Retrieved 21 June 2021 .
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