duga

I remember I had bad insomnia one night back in 02 so I stayed up late watching MTV. Back then, they still showed some decent music videos really late at night. I was half asleep and Psychosis Safari came on...it was such a badass song that I went and bought the album the next day. Been a fan ever since.

Honestly, I'm not surprised they broke up and they wait so long between releases that 3 solid albums sounds about right. I actually didn't like the change from Horse of the Dog to Royal Society at first, but now I have a hard time deciding between those two albums when I want some 80's Matchbox action.

Hands down the quintessential psychobilly band.

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Sneer

I disagree somewhat with the pyschobilly tag. Horse of the Dog, granted, was heavily influenced by it, but from RS onwards they moved away from that sound to the extent that, with exception to the odd song, you cannot really see any psycobilly in their music. I heard them once described as Psychosis Rock, and I always liked that description - regardless of the pointless nature of it.

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Mojo

I'm much the same actually. I can't remember which video I saw first, Psychosis Safari or Celebrate Your Mother, but it was late-night on MTV2 and that the first time I heard the band.

Also, didn't they label themselves as psychosis-rock? It fits though, either way. And I only use the psychobilly tag because I really don't know what to classify them as.

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Sneer

Possibly, as you say, either way it sums the music up quite succinctly.

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