The Meteors

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The Meteors
The Meteors performing in Pordenone, Italy in 2006
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Psychobilly
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Mutant Rock Records
Members	P. Paul Fenech Wolfgang Hordemann Hennes

The Meteors are an English psychobilly band formed in 1980. Originally from London, England, they are often credited with giving the psychobilly subgenre — which fuses punk rock with rockabilly — its distinctive sound and style. "Starting in the neo-rockabilly scene, the Meteors were initially 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."^[1] The Meteors blended elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and horror film themes in their music and are thought to be one of the first bands to use the label 'Psychobilly' after bands The Misfits and The Cramps distanced themselves from the genre label due to the genre's rising popularity.^[2]