whats the rockabilly/psychobilly scene like in usa? or where you are from?

As New Zealand is small and poor Auckland seems to get smaller every day. The only interesting thing round New Zealand as far as pin up stuff old cars and awesome music goes is our very own "Beach hop"
once a year everyone who loves classic cars/hot rods, pin up culture and good old fashioned rockabilly goes for the four day event ....wish it was once a month!! sad thing is ...I'm not going this year!! :(
http://www.beachhop.co.nz/

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Permalink Reply by socially diStorted on March 17, 2009 at 9:56pm: Hey. I'm from the U.S. and the hick, hillbilly, redneck state of West Virginia. Yee haw.... :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nekromantic Baby on March 17, 2009 at 10:06pm: ive heard that thats where its all happening

One day me and my man want to go round the U.S and check out L.A and Los Vagas . We may end up getting married and one of the Elvis chapels in vagas hahaha

whats it like in West Virginia?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by socially diStorted on March 17, 2009 at 10:37pm: I've been to LA and Las Vegas, loved Las Vegas, but I'm all the way towards the east coast. It's very moutainous around here, the economy sucks shit and we do have our fair share of some real backwards people, especially in the more rural areas. I actually live in a suburban area and can be in Ohio or Kentucky in 10 minutes. I'm close to the downtown area and there are some good local clubs that bring in some good bands. Mainly hardrock/metal bands, but that's cool too.

Those Elvis Chapels are pretty cool. I started to put up as one of my songs today, "Suspicious Minds", still love that!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nekromantic Baby on March 17, 2009 at 10:55pm: im more a fan of old Elvis (1950's- 1960's) 70's were bad years for the lovely elvis

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Permalink Reply by Matt Mayhem on March 18, 2009 at 2:28am: Nekromantic Baby said:
ive heard that thats where its all happening

One day me and my man want to go round the U.S and check out L.A and Los Vagas . We may end up getting married and one of the Elvis chapels in vagas hahaha

whats it like in West Virginia?

Well if you wanna check out loose Vag's LA is the place! The US has the best scene, its where rock and roll was born! Your missing out on so many great bands!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dave on March 18, 2009 at 2:50am: I moved from London, England to California expecting to see bands etc every night....sadly, its not so....

Once a MONTH if we are lucky, sometimes promoters will have 2 or 3 'big name' shows on the same night, in a small area, WTF? Theres barely enough of 'us' to go round as it is, let alone making us decide who to support!

Still, sounds like its a little better here than there~!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Matt Mayhem on March 18, 2009 at 2:56am: Well if your looking to hear rockabilly bands 7 nights a week, that isnt gonna happen anywhere... but to tell me there isnt live music 7 days a week in california, thats just retarded... there is numerious venues in baltimore that have live rock, punk, billy, etc... 7 nights a week.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Paul Talley on March 18, 2009 at 4:40am: I am also from a big Hick rural town of Bonham, Texas. Population 10,000, but if you dont count the prison then only 5,000. Dallas has a regular music scene. I mean you can hear live music every night. Now Billy music (rockabilly, Psychobilly, hellbilly, etc.) is a little bit harder to find. Normally once a week. Austin ( capital of Texas) is the Live Music Capital of The World, and pretty much any night you can see a show for sure, but in my experience I have not found a town that has Billy shows every night. Salt Lake City is very very dead. Only once a month can you see a billy show. I have been to Las Vegas several times and love the city, but not to big on Gambling. It seems like that is like the main thing you do there.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nekromantic Baby on March 18, 2009 at 2:42pm: wow you guy are sooo lucky! those places are so close to you.
we have one rockabilly band hahaha and they are kinda boring to go see if you have seen them heaps before, and they same people go every time gets a bit much some times.

AND me and my boyfriend missed STRAY CATS.......; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Killingjoe on March 19, 2009 at 6:03pm: The sceen in Baltimore is like pulling teeth to get people out but we have a lot of shows.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Grot 6 on March 19, 2009 at 6:17pm: I love the kiwi's! :)

As far as my scene, It's me, myself and I so far. I'm planning on going up to Winston Salem for the Sasquach show in July, Hopefully we see whats what up there.

So far, Im here in a pretty lame area with alot of gangbangers and Posures. Time will tell if theres a scene up in the middle of the state.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by ♥ Rock n' Roll Sweetheart ♥ on June 21, 2009 at 4:45am: I'm just new here so forgive me for draggin up an old topic haha, but YES I'm from Auckland too, I know exactly how you feel.... I assume you're talking about Bad Bride as the only band? Dick Dynamite plays in Auckland too sometimes, and I've heard of the Voodoo Kreepers (not sure if they gig anymore though..?).
It's way depressing. I wanna pack it in and go to LA for a bit too... I was planning on studying there for one or two semesters of uni but I don't think I can afford it now :(; ▶ Reply to This