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psychobilly

British  
/ ˈsaɪkəˌbɪlɪ /

noun

    1. loud frantic rockabilly music

    2. ( as modifier )

      a psychobilly track

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The musician played with the band on its first four classic albums, driving the so-called psychobilly outfit across songs including “Human Fly,” “Sunglasses After Dark” and “Call of the Wighat.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2018

Tiger Army The Los Angeles psychobilly band performs songs from its latest album.

From Washington Post Sep. 20, 2016

It sounds a little like the kind of experiment Brian Eno would initiate to get a band’s ideas flowing: now you’re psychobilly hellraisers; now you’re a punk-disco outfit from 80s New York.

From The Guardian Mar. 31, 2016

We finally ended up at a place called Mighty Mighty, where the band was playing psychobilly rock.

From New York Times Sep. 2, 2011

After a fiery opening set by psychobilly stalwart the Reverend Horton Heat, during which Heat called the headliner his biggest influence, Lewis and band cranked the meter on the wayback machine.

From Reuters Sep. 30, 2010

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