Shockabilly

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. 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. Shockabilly was actually an avant-rock band, although the band's experimental approach to music saw their works encompassing many genres, including blues, country, folk, folk-rock, lo-fi, noise rock, psychedelic, rockabilly, rock and roll and surf, all of which would be explored in avant-garde arrangements, as the band performed covers of songs by other artists that were nearly unrecognisable from the original compositions. 
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.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played many of the band's material in the early 80's, including some tracks from all their album releases. After the group split, Peel kept interest in the solo music careers of Eugene Chadbourne and Mark Kramer's collaboration with Jad Fair. He also was keen on David Licht's Klezmatics group in the 90's.
==Shows Played==
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*14 November 1982 (BFBS): Train Kept A Rollin' (12" EP - The Dawn Of Shockabilly) Rough Trade
*14 November 1982 (BFBS): A Hard Day's Night (12" EP - The Dawn Of Shockabilly) Rough Trade
*14 November 1982 (BFBS): Psychotic Reaction (12" EP - The Dawn Of Shockabilly) Rough Trade
*14 November 1982 (BFBS): Heart Full Of Soul (12" EP - The Dawn Of Shockabilly) Rough Trade
*18 November 1982: Train Kept A Rollin' (EP - The Dawn Of Shockabilly) Rough Trade
*25 November 1982: Good Girl Is Gonna Go Bad (12" EP - The Dawn Of Shockabilly) Rough Trade
*05 December 1982 (BFBS): Good Girl Is Gonna Go Bad (12" EP - The Dawn Of Shockabilly) Rough Trade
;1983
*09 March 1983: 19th Nervous Breakdown (7") Rough Trade
*20 March 1983 (BFBS): 19th Nervous Breakdown (19th Nervous Breakdown) Rough Trade 
*22 March 1983: 19th Nervous Breakdown (7") Rough Trade
*18 May 1983: Are You Experienced (album - Earth vs. Shockabilly) Rough Trade 
*05 June 1983 (BFBS): Day Tripper (album - Earth vs Shockabilly) Rough Trade
*23 November 1983: City Of Corruption (album - Earth-vs-Shockabilly) Rough Trade 
*19 December 1983: People Are Strange (12" - Greatest Hits) Red Music
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*14 January 1984 (BFBS): Wrestling Woman (12" EP - Greatest Hits) Rred Music
*20 February 1984: unknown (trailed only)
*06 March 1984: Homeward Bound (LP - Colosseum) Rough Trade
*14 March 1984 (BFBS): Homeward Bound (album - Colosseum) Rough Trade
*21 March 1984: Dang Me (album - Colosseum) Rough Trade
*24 March 1984 (BFBS): BYOB Club (album - Colosseum) Rough Trade
;1985
*27 January 1985 (BFBS): Born On The Bayou (album - Vietman) Fundamental SAVE-1
*04 February 1985: Born On The Bayou (album - Vietman) Fundamental SAVE-1
*27 November 1985: When You Dream About Bleeding (LP - Heaven) Torso
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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