Country: Holland Genre: Psychobilly Martijn Spanteren: guitar, vocals Arjan de Witt: electric bass, vocals Jottum: drums Remko Visser: drums The Rockats, not to be confused with the famous American neo-rockabilly band, were a psychobilly trio from Amsterdam. They formed in November 1987 and in May of the following year they recorded their first album “The… Keep Reading
Though Raw Deal lasted less than a year a performed something like 15 or 20 gigs together they remain a very important band in the burgeoning rockabilly scene of the late 70’s. Raw Deal (named after the Junior Thompson’s song whose band was named… the Meteors) formed after Rock Therapy disbanded in mid 1979. Rock… Keep Reading
Jess and Jill and the Sinners formed around 1993 after the Bugaloos went their separate ways. The first line-up was Esther van der Meer (aka Lil’ Esther) and Marja both from the Bugaloos on vocals with Jan van Leewen (ex Chessnuts) on drums, Peter Crowfield on double bass and Tjarko Jeen on guitar, both from… Keep Reading
Country: Holland Genre: Neo-rockabilly / Psychobilly Wim Van Der Heiden – guitar, lead vocals Marcel Verbaas – upright bass Robert Van Driesten – drums In 1988 Marcel Verbaas and Wim Van Der Heiden met on the streets after not having seen each other for about 3 years. They both knew each other from Jailhouse, a… Keep Reading
Scam Country: Holland – Genre: Psychobilly / Neo-rockabilly Marcel van den Berg: vocals,guitar Arie Versteeg: double bass Raymond Fitsch: drums Scam, formed around 1986. They recorded their first demo in the winter of that same year which caught the attention of Eddie and Johnny of Count Orlock. In October 1988, they recorded « Gamblin’ Fever »… Keep Reading
The Poker Dots formed in Spring 2002 by John O’Malley – Nitro’s, Rabbit Action – (guitar and vocals), Zac Zdravkovic (doublebass) and Spencer Lingwod(drums) whilst they were playing for Good Rockin’ Tonight. They were influenced by The Platters,The Crew Cuts,The Chestnuts and The Keytones to name but a few. Other influences stretch as far back… Keep Reading