WHERE IT CAME FROM

The lineage — Memphis by way of Long Island by way of Melbourne. What each generation kept, what it threw away, and the local conditions that let this version happen.

• Rockabilly Into PsychobillyThe lineage from 1950s rockabilly through the psychobilly of the 1980s: what each generation kept, what it discarded, and where this band sits on that line.7 MIN READ
• The Stray Cats LineThe revival act that made an upright bass legible to a rock audience again, and the specific inheritance visible in later bands.3 MIN READ
• The Pub Rock InheritanceAustralian pub rock as a training system: volume, endurance, crowd management, and the sound that comes from playing rooms built for drinking.7 MIN READ
• Punk in MelbourneThe Melbourne scene's venues, labels and audiences, and the conditions that let a band develop over years rather than singles.3 MIN READ
• Why the Upright Came BackThe practical and cultural reasons an obsolete instrument returned to loud music, from amplification improvements to the visual argument it makes on a stage.4 MIN READ