Mad Sin
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Mad Sin is a German psychobilly
group that began in 1987.
, Nekromantix
, Klingonz
& Milwaukee Wildmen
. Holly, his brother, and Tex followed their Rockabilly roots and Dusty Gray and His Rough Riding Ramblers. Stein joined the United Swindlers with members of Frantic Flintstones and Ripmen. Peter Sandorff is a member of the psychobilly band Hola Ghost.
Valle, Tex Morton and Andy Laaf are the "Berlin Three" of U.S. Bombs
and One Man Army
Drummer Chip Hanna in his Country/Americana project Chip Hanna & The Berlin Three which Chip started in 2006.
Psychobilly
Psychobilly is a fusion genre of rock music that mixes elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and other genres. It is one of several subgenres of rockabilly which also include thrashabilly, trashabilly, punkabilly, surfabilly and gothabilly...
group that began in 1987.
Style
Mad Sin, formed in 1987, have been inspired by horror punk and B-movie, with a theatrical style. Without abandoning the psycho-horror lyrical content, their musical arrangements have widened to incorporate other variables. That attitude blasts through Mad Sin's sped-up combination of rockabilly, punk, white-trash blues and tongue-in-cheek sarcasm.1980s
Founded 1987 by Koefte De Ville, who had just dropped out of school, punk and rockabilly guitarist Stein and four-week-bass-playing Holly, they struggled around with the help of some friends, who organized gigs in several shady bars of Berlin. They played as street musicians in shopping malls, where they played rockabilly, country, and blues songs to get the tourist's money.2010
On April 23, 2010, Mad Sin released their eleventh album Burn and Rise on People Like You records.Side Projects
Köfte formed a side project called Dead Kings with members of BatmobileBatmobile
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, Nekromantix
Nekromantix
The Nekromantix are a Danish-American psychobilly band formed in 1989 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Their music is generally structured around monster and horror themes. A central icon of the band's image is founder and frontman Kim Nekroman's "coffinbass", a custom-built double bass with a body in the...
, Klingonz
Klingonz
Klingonz are a psychobilly band formed in 1988. Their original line-up had Titch doing lead vocals, Doyley on guitar, Strangy playing double bass and Mocker on drums. Strangy was replaced by Eddie after their second album, Blurb. Strangy joined Karloff, known then as Numbskulls, a band fronted by...
& Milwaukee Wildmen
Milwaukee wildmen
Milwaukee wildmen is a Netherlands-based band playing psychobilly, in the second generation of psycho. Milwaukee wildmen, consisting Robert "spineless" , Ralph 69 and Hitman - , is influenced by bands like Primus, Sick of it All, Life of Agony, Nine Inch Nails, On One Hand and rockabilly/rock and...
. Holly, his brother, and Tex followed their Rockabilly roots and Dusty Gray and His Rough Riding Ramblers. Stein joined the United Swindlers with members of Frantic Flintstones and Ripmen. Peter Sandorff is a member of the psychobilly band Hola Ghost.
Valle, Tex Morton and Andy Laaf are the "Berlin Three" of U.S. Bombs
U.S. Bombs
U.S. Bombs are an American punk rock band, formed in 1993 in Orange County, CA. U.S. Bombs consist of vocalist Duane Peters, guitarists Kerry Martinez and Jonny "Two Bags" Wickersham, bass guitarist Wade Walston and drummer Chip Hanna. Vocalist Duane Peters is a legendary professional...
and One Man Army
One Man Army
One Man Army is an american punk rock band that was formed in San Francisco, California, in 1996 and separated in 2005 and reunited in 2011. The band was discovered by Billie Joe Armstrong while playing in an East Bay club, and their debut album Dead End Stories was the first release on Adeline...
Drummer Chip Hanna in his Country/Americana project Chip Hanna & The Berlin Three which Chip started in 2006.
Core
- Koefte Deville (Birthname: Mourad Calvies) - Vocals
- Valle - Bass and Backing Vocals
- Matt Vüdü - Guitar
- Stein aka "Dr. Solido" (Birthname: Thorsten Hunaeus) - Guitar
- Andy Laaf- Drums
Guest Members
- Tommy Gun - Drums
- Micha - Drums
- Nick 13Nick 13Nick 13 is the guitarist, vocalist, and main songwriter of psychobilly band Tiger Army as well as a solo artist in the Americana/Country genre....
- Vocals - Patricia Day - Vocals
- Lars FrederiksenLars FrederiksenLars Erik Frederiksen is an American guitarist and vocalist, most notably for the punk rock band Rancid, and as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and The Old Firm Casuals. He was also briefly a member of the UK Subs in 1991...
- Vocals
Albums
- Chills and Thrills in a Drama of Mad Sin and Mystery (1988)
- Distorted Dimensions (1990)
- Amphigory (1991)
- Break the Rules (1992)
- A Ticket into Underworld (1993)
- God save the Sin (1996)
- Sweet & Innocent?... Loud & Dirty! (1998)
- Survival Of The SickestSurvival of the Sickest-Chart positions:AlbumSingles-Credits:*Josey Scott - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion*Wayne Swinny - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, background vocals*Chris D'ABaldo - rhythm guitar, background vocals*Paul Crosby - drums...
(2002) - Dead Moon's Calling (2005)
- 20 Years in Sin Sin (2007)
- Burn and Rise (2010)