NEWS

THE TIME'S THEY ARE A'CHANGING.
It seems that he Sydney Ska scene is undergoing a lot of construction at the moment. Riot City are currently experimenting with a new lineup and new songs. Our own radio show, Rude Side, is also getting a facelift, with Mark H., Marvin the Paranoid Android and myself taking the reins. I am also in the throes of writing songs for a new psychobilly garage band, which will be hitting the podium toward the end of the year.

THIS WEEK
1. Paint it Black - The Krewmen
2. Equality - Last Hemeroids
3. Draw your Brakes - Harder they come Soundtrack
4. Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen
5. Stranded in the Streets - The Quakes

THIS WEEK
1.Wreckin' Crew - Meteors
2. Harder they Come - Various
3. Old Skool Ska Anthology - Various (This'll always be on here!)
4. Forest Dwellers - Howlin' MoonDoggies
5. Ska Skank Down Under - Various

The Klingonz.

PSYCHOBILLY - A PRIMER.

The easiest way to describe Psychobilly is to say it's a mixture of Rockabilly and Punk. Psychobilly started as a reaction on the punkrock scene in the 80's which was getting too political. Psychobilly is about monsters, UFO's, and Hot rods. Here's a simple recipe: Give Gene Vincent a gram of goey, a tab of acid, force him to watch B-grade science fiction and horror for 12 hours straight, and then tell him he has to play with the debauched ferocity of the the Dead Kennedies. Psychobillies first came together at West London's "Klub Foot", where there fusion of 1950's Americana and 1970's British Punk were melded together to form a new, energetic subculture. Although the swampy garage style of bands such as the Cramps, the Trashmen, Stray Cats and Screamin' Jay Hawkins were an inspiration, the first real Psychobilly band was The Meteors, which formed in South London in 1980.