The Meteors emerged from South London
in 1980. They injected 1950's Rockabilly with Punk Rock, and their
Mutant Psychobilly Rock was born. In their early days they supported
The Clash, The Damned, later they gigged with the Anti Nowhere League, UK Subs, and The Defects amongst others. Their only peers were The Cramps. Meteors
singer/guitarist P. Paul Fenech once said “If The Cramp were the
heroine then The Meteors are the amphetamine.”
I saw them live several times during
the eighties and their gigs were always an intense psychotic affair,
with the bands followers; the wreckin' crew and their chicken
dancing, which involved lots of elbows and legs flying about. The
Meteors insisted, and still do that their live gigs are a politics
and religion free zone, their inspiration came from Horror films,
Science fiction and serial killers. Dark and evil, The Meteors
spawned a whole stomping scene, centred on London’s Clarendon
Ballroom and its Klub Foot nites, with bands like the Guana Batz,
Frantic Flintstones, Demented Are Go all emerging in the mid
eighties. By 1990 The
Meteors line may have changed, but they were still turning in a fine
live performance as this recording from Lyon, France in March 1990
testifies. 21 tracks of Pure Psychobilly, including a couple from
their debut album In Heaven and a few more from their 1983 genre
defining classic Wreckin' Crew, plus a wealth of Rock'n'Roll
tunes given The Meteors treatment. Their latest album Doing The Lords Work
is rather good, slightly less Psycho, more Rock'n'Roll and Surf
sounding, but after 30 years only The Meteors are still pure
psychobilly.
Thanx to the original uploader of this @ Guitar 101 Forum
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