The Nekromantix is a Danish-American psychobilly band founded in Copenhagen in 1989. Their lyrics are 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 shape of a coffin and a headstock the shape of a cross. Nekroman has been the sole constant member of the band. The current lineup consists of guitarist Francisco Mesa and drummer Rene "Delamuerte" Garcia, known as a guitarist and singer of the Canadian band "The Brains".
Nekromantix performing in 2011. L-R: Nekroman, Lux, Mesa
Guitarist Francisco Mesa (right) joined the band in 2009, while drummer Lux (center) joined in 2010.
Nekromantix at the Satanic Stomp in 2008
Kim Nekroman
Psychobilly is a rock music fusion genre that fuses elements of rockabilly and punk rock. It's been defined as "loud frantic rockabilly music", it has also been said that it "takes the traditional countrified rock style known as rockabilly, ramp[ing] up its speed to a sweaty pace, and combin[ing] it with punk rock and imagery lifted from horror films and late-night sci-fi schlock,... [creating a] gritty honky tonk punk rock."
The Cramps are considered progenitors of psychobilly.
The Meteors are considered the first definitive psychobilly band.
Demented Are Go's singer's stage blood make-up is an example of the horror-film schtick some psychobilly bands adopted.
The influential German band Mad Sin in 2008. From a psychobilly fashion perspective, note the bassist's red-dyed pompadour and the guitarist on the right's crop cut sides.
