Tiger Army on Punk Outlaw TV

Exclusive interview with Psychobilly pioneers Nick 13 and Tiger Army.

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[PunkOutlawTV]

Thanks! I don't think most fans would agree that Tiger Army doesn't play Psychobilly music. they just don't play exclusively Psychbilly..

I do agree that bands like the Blasters, Meteors and many more were the original pioneers. However Psychobilly is still a relatively young and growing music genre and Tiger Army opened up the genre to a wider audience and whether you think that is good or bad that doesn't mean it isn't significant. That is why we refer to them as pioneers.

[sardz85]

Tiger army is not psychobilly, they say it themselvs. They DO follow a mainstream trend. And to say they are pioneers of a genre that was around a 10-15 years before them is sacrilage.America heard the term psychobilliy, and ripped it off with whiney melodies and depressing lyrics. The same thing happened to punk.

[PunkOutlawTV]

Agreed indeed. There is even a BIG difference in the U.S. between East Coast and West coast psychobilly. I like the variety and the different styles and can't wait to get to Europe to sample some hardcore psychobilly first hand.

[sardz85]

Im still to meet someone who has said they dislike psychobilly. Im sure youl dig it.

What you said about the east and west coast, could you give an example?

I dont mind a bit of resurex, i presume they would be west coast, right?

[PunkOutlawTV]

My favorite psychobilly band from the east coast is a band called "The Memphis Morticians" (from Brooklyn not Memphis) and there should be a video of them performing somewhere on this channel.. The scene on the east coast is smaller than the west coast. West coast you have more bands. "Nekromantix" and "Horrorpops", (Dutch origins I think) are good. One of my faves is "Calavera" (also on the channel). Latinos are a bigger influence on west coast psychobilly. I'll have to check Resurex out more

[Ynnadodgers]

Not sure why you think I'm not keeping my cool. Pretty sure I was having an adult debate about a music genre, that was all.

Anyway, can't see where you got these "rules" from. The only one I know of is to keep Politics out of the scene, coined by the M3T3ORS. But of course, the Meteors do indeed have songs about love! As do Guana Batz and so many more british Psychobilly bands.

[Itsdoom95]

Fuck tiger army! WWWC

[s14atdi]

@Ynnadodgers Hey man, I know what you are saying. Maybe what I said came off as pretentious, but I just meant to say that Nick13 had a record deal before he knew how to play guitar and sing at the same time. True story. A hard road would be selling your stuff to buy plane tickets to risk it all, starving. Do I consider the Stray Cats mainstream? Absolutely! I could hear Stray Cats and Social Distortion songs at the local Applebee's my good man. That's not a bad thing, good for them!!

[Ynnadodgers]

@s14atdi They toured with Social Distortion 5 years after they got their first record came out. I'm not sure why you consider that "immediately". Also if you're calling SD "mainstream", then Stray Cats would be "mainstream" as well..

[MorningStar153]

Everyone keeps arguing over what is Psychobilly and what isn't! Why can't people just either listen to it and enjoy it, or turn it off if you don't like it. All I know is that I love Psychobilly and Tiger Army is my favorite Psychobilly band :)

[bully13MC]

fuck yeah tiger army hell yeah



[viuhahhahhtaja]

only the tiger army are pure shit!!!

[altairPWK]

Also they should have put the ending into the beginning of the video.

[altairPWK]

Forever Fades Away sounds slower and more mainstream. Don't like it. Yeah they're new stuff is inching closer to places I don't want it too. And woah that was Masuimi Max huh.

[65noodles]

Tiger army stopped making good music a few years ago so who cares anyway!

[scarecrowFTW666]

tigay army must die