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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: The Cramps, The Reverend Horton Heat, Tav Falco's Panther Burns, Nekromantix, The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, The Gun Club, HorrorPops, The Van Orsdels, Devilish Presley, Demented Are Go, The Quakes, The Young Werewolves, 7 Shot Screamers, The Creepshow, The Meteors, Legendary Stardust Cowboy, Ruby Joe, Tiger Army, Mad Sin, Shillelagh Sisters, Nashville Pussy, The P.O.X., Devils Brigade, The Termites, The Phenomenauts, Deadbolt, Tupelo Chain Sex, Southern Culture on the Skids, The Matadors, King Kurt, The Silver Shine, Legendary Shack Shakers, Gas Huffer, Nitkie, Elvis Hitler, The Vaudevillains, Bodeco, The Highliners, Gallon Drunk, Guana Batz, Amazing Crowns, Calamitiez, Pitmen, Ripmen, The Batfish Boys, The Go-Katz, Fireballs, Zombie Ghost Train, Fletch Cadillac, Batmobile, List of psychobilly bands, The Hangmen, Klingonz, Black Cat Rebellion, The Farrell Bros., Bad Reputation. Excerpt: Tav Falco's Panther Burns, sometimes shortened to (The) Panther Burns, is a rock band originally from Memphis, Tennessee, United States, led by Tav Falco. They are best known for having been part of a set of bands emerging in the late 1970s and early 1980s who helped nationally popularize the blending of blues, country, and other American traditional music styles with rock music among groups playing in alternative music and punk music venues of the time. The earliest and most renowned of these groups to imbue these styles with expressionist theatricality and primitive spontaneity were The Cramps, largely influenced by rockabilly music. Forming just after them in 1979, Panther Burns drew on obscure country blues music, Antonin Artaud's works like The Theater and Its Double, beat poetry, and Marshall McLuhan's media theories for their early inspiration. Alongside groups like The Cramps and The Gun Club, Panther Burns ranked...
