Editing Psychobilly (section)

===First wave in Britain===
[[File:The Meteors live in Pordenone, Italy, 2006.jpg|thumb|right|[[The Meteors]] are the first definitive psychobilly band.]] Although the Cramps have been recognized as an "early" or "pioneering" psychobilly band,<ref name ="wapost" /> About.com calls [[The Meteors]] "the first true psychobilly band", noting their blend of the "themes of horror, punk and rockabilly". They were the first band to use the term 'Psychobilly' as a description of their music.<ref name="AboutCom"/> Formed in [[South London]] in 1980,<ref name="marcus">{{Cite magazine |last=Marcus |first=Andrew |date=March 2009 |title=No, Seriously, Ask That Guy: The Meteors |magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |location=[[Cleveland, Ohio]] |issue=248 |page=118}}</ref> their albums ''In Heaven'' (1981) and ''Wreckin' Crew'' (1983) are recognized as landmarks of the early years of the genre.<ref name="Downey, 77"/><ref name="Downey, 80"/> "Starting in the neo-rockabilly scene, the Meteors were quickly shunned for being too different. Excuses for exclusion from rockabilly concerts varied from the band having too extreme of a sound to their drummer having green hair."<ref name="furious.com">{{cite web |last=Katz |first=Nate |title=The Dawn of Psychobilly |url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/psychobilly.html |website=Perfect Sound Forever |access-date=October 20, 2013 |date=February 2012}}</ref> The Meteors blended elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and [[horror film]] themes in their music. Another commentator argues that [[Misfits (band)|The Misfits]]' "American Nightmare" may have been the first psychobilly song.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keeptahoeemo.tripod.com/tiffanihenning/id14.html |title=History of Psychobilly |website=Keep Tahoe Emo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104223729/http://keeptahoeemo.tripod.com/tiffanihenning/id14.html |archive-date=January 4, 2016 |access-date=September 7, 2013}}</ref><!-- intriguing to give The Misfits that credit...same obsession with B movie horror and gore :) -->

The Meteors also articulated psychobilly's [[politics|apolitical]] stance, a reaction to the right- and left-wing political attitudes which divided other British youth cultures.<ref name="Downey, 77"/> Fans of The Meteors, known as "the Wrecking crew", are often attributed with inventing the style of [[moshing|slam dancing]] known as "wrecking", which became synonymous with the psychobilly movement.<ref name="Downey, 78"/> The short-lived Sharks, formed in [[Bristol]] in 1980, followed closely behind The Meteors with their influential album ''Phantom Rockers''.<ref name="Downey, 77"/><ref name="Downey, 81">Downey, p.81. "Another London band The Ricochets were the first band after The Meteors to call their music psychobilly. Their debut album ''Made In The Shade'' from 1982 is another influential psychobilly album."</ref> Demented Are Go are a Welsh psychobilly band that was formed around 1982 in Cardiff. They were one of the earliest in the initial wave of bands to mix punk rock with rockabilly, and as a result, are highly influential to the psychobilly scene. Another significant British band were the [[Guana Batz]], formed in [[Feltham]], [[Middlesex]] in 1983.<ref name="Downey, 81"/> Their first album, 1985's ''Held Down to Vinyl at Last'', has been described by [[Tiger Army]] frontman [[Nick 13]] as "the most important release since the Meteors' first two albums."<ref name="Downey, 77"/>

The [[Klub Foot]] [[nightclub]], opened in 1982 at the Clarendon Hotel in [[Hammersmith]], served as a center for Britain's emerging psychobilly movement and hosted many bands associated with the style. Johnny Bowler of the Guana Batz describes the club as "the focal point for the whole psychobilly scene. You'd get people from all over at those gigs. It built the scene." Representatives from record labels such as [[Nervous Records|Nervous]] used the Klub Foot as a recruiting ground to sign up new bands.<ref name="Downey, 77"/> A live [[compilation album]] entitled ''Stomping at the Klub Foot'' was released in 1984, documenting the club's scene and the bands who played there.<ref name="Downey, 77"/><ref name="Downey, 80"/> At the same time psychobilly bands were forming elsewhere in Europe, such as [[Batmobile (band)|Batmobile]] who emerged in the [[Netherlands]] in 1983, released their debut album in 1985, and soon began headlining at psychobilly festivals and at the Klub Foot.<ref name="batmobile myspace">{{cite web |title=Batmobile |website=[[Myspace]] |url=http://www.myspace.com/batmobillly |access-date=July 23, 2008}}</ref>