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"Psychobilly Freakout" is a 7" single by The Reverend Horton Heat. It was released in December of 1990 on Sub Pop as part of their "single of the month" club. One thousand copies were pressed; 250 were on blue vinyl while the remaining 750 were on black vinyl. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... The Reverend Horton Heat is both three-piece psychobilly / rockabilly band from Dallas, Texas and the stage name of its singer/songwriter, Jim Heath (born in 1959 in Corpus Christi, Texas). ... Smoke em if You Got em is the first album by The Reverend Horton Heat. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Sub Pop is a record label in Seattle, Washington that achieved fame in the 1990s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the local Seattle music scene. ... The Reverend Horton Heat is both three-piece psychobilly / rockabilly band from Dallas, Texas and the stage name of its singer/songwriter, Jim Heath (born in 1959 in Corpus Christi, Texas). ... Big Little Baby is the first 7 single by The Reverend Horton Heat. ... 400 Bucks / CaliÃ©nte is a split-7/CD single by The Reverend Horton Heat and The Supersuckers. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... The Reverend Horton Heat is both three-piece psychobilly / rockabilly band from Dallas, Texas and the stage name of its singer/songwriter, Jim Heath (born in 1959 in Corpus Christi, Texas). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Sub Pop is a record label in Seattle, Washington that achieved fame in the 1990s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the local Seattle music scene. ...

The song is featured on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 game Guitar Hero II and is considered one of the hardest songs in the game to master due to its speed. <-- PLEASE cite a source here. PLEASE!!! The PlayStation 2 , abbreviated PS2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... The Xbox 360 is the successor to Microsofts Xbox video game console, developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, Samsung and SiS. Information on the console first came through viral marketing campaigns and it was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information divulged... Guitar Hero II is a music video game and a sequel to Guitar Hero. ...

Track listing

"Psychobilly Freakout" - 2:39
"Baby, You Know Who " - 2:39

back cover

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Personnel

Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath - lead vocals, guitar
Jimbo Wallace - upright bass, vocals
Patrick "Taz" Bentley - drums, vocals

Categories: 1990 singles | Reverend Horton Heat songs In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ... Taz Bentley (left) with fellow Burden Brother Vaden Lewis Patrick Bentley, better known as Taz or The Taz, is an American rock and roll drummer, best known for his work with the Reverend Horton Heat (of which he was a member from 1989 to 1994). ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ...

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psychobilly: Information from Answers.com (805 words)
	Psychobilly is a genre of music generally described as a mix between the British punk rock of the 1970s and the American rockabilly of the 1950s.
	Although the song is not musically categorized as psychobilly, the lyrics refer to a "psychobilly Cadillac." The term came into use as a music genre a few years later, when the Cramps described their music as "psychobilly" and "rockabilly voodoo" on flyers advertising their concerts.
	The psychobilly music of the early 1980s (The Meteors, The Sharks, Batmobile) was similar to punk rock or 1960s garage rock (with obvious rockabilly influences), but the psychobilly of the late 1980s and the 1990s (Nekromantix, Demented Are Go, Mad Sin) had a different sound which was a bit harder.

Psychobilly, Creeping Into The Culture (869 words)
	A rare breed of rockers, psychos listen to music they call psychobilly, a distorted version of '50s rockabilly that is a little more evil--and a lot funnier.
	The most popular band that played at the event was the Klingonz, a psychobilly quartet whose members seemed to have forgotten their pants.
	But some psycho purist deny the Reverend membership in their club, ignoring his song "Psychobilly Freakout" and the word "psycho" that's written across his band's string bass.

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