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{{short description|Music genre}}
{{Infobox music genre
| name              = Gothabilly
| image             = File:Cramps1982-07.jpg
| caption           = The Cramps in 1982
| other_names       = Hellbilly
| stylistic_origins = {{flatlist|
* [[Rockabilly]]
* [[gothic rock]]
}}
| cultural_origins  = Late 1970s, United States
| regional_scenes   = Mainly the United States and England but growing in popularity in many Scandinavian countries.
| other_topics      = {{Flatlist|*[[Gothic country]]
*[[psychobilly]]}}
}}

'''Gothabilly''' (sometimes '''hellbilly'''<ref name="Hendrickson"/>) is music genre influenced by [[rockabilly]] and the [[goth subculture]]. The name is a [[portmanteau]] word that combines ''gothic'' and ''rockabilly'', first used by [[the Cramps]] in the late 1970s to describe their somber blend of rockabilly and [[punk rock]].<ref name=Hendrickson/><ref name="Uutela">{{cite news|last = Uutela|first = Deanna|title = Case of the Zombies|place = [[Eugene, Oregon]]|newspaper = [[Eugene Weekly]]|date = October 4, 2007|url = http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2007/10/04/music4.html|access-date = April 16, 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090430170259/http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2007/10/04/music4.html|archive-date = April 30, 2009|url-status = dead}}</ref> Since then, the term has come to describe a fashion style influenced by [[gothic fashion]], as seen in its use of black [[silk]]s, [[satin]]s, [[lace]] and [[velvet]], [[corset]]s, [[top hat]]s, antique [[jewellery]], [[PVC]] and [[leather]].<ref name="Hendrickson"/>

==Characteristics==
Gothabilly is distinctly different in sound from [[psychobilly]]. While psychobilly fuses 1950s [[rockabilly]] with 1970s [[punk rock]] in a faster, more aggressive sound, gothabilly fuses [[blues]]y rockabilly with gothic piano and guitar, and is defined by having slower tempos and emphasizing mood over aggression.<ref name=Hendrickson>{{cite web |url=https://auxiliarymagazine.com/2009/03/05/an-introspective-into-gothabilly/ |title=An introspective into gothabilly |last=Hendrickson |first=Meagan |date=March 5, 2009 |website= |publisher=Auxiliary Magazine |access-date=2022-11-29 |archive-date=November 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129134607/https://auxiliarymagazine.com/2009/03/05/an-introspective-into-gothabilly/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
[[The Cramps]] have been credited with coining the term "gothabilly".<ref name=Hendrickson/> The term was not popularized until the release of a series of international gothabilly compilation albums released by Skully Records in the mid-1990s.<ref>Valarie Thorpe: Interview with [https://web.archive.org/web/20041215103634/http://www.reallyscary.com/interviewghoultown.asp  Ghoultown's Count Lyle], reallyscary.com. Retrieved on April 14, 2009</ref><ref name="Kirst">{{cite news |last = Kirst|first = Sean|title = A Halloween Greatest Hit...The Tale of Skully Records|newspaper = [[The Post-Standard]]|place = [[Syracuse, New York]]|date = October 31, 2007|url = http://www.syracuse.com/kirst/index.ssf/2007/10/a_halloween_greatest_hit_the_t.html|access-date = April 16, 2009}}</ref>

Gothabilly is particularly active in the western portion of the United States, with many of today's bands originating in California.<ref name="Johnson">Johnson, Daniel (April 9), "The Growth of Gothabilly", RSEE, Riverside County, CA.</ref>

==References==
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{{Country music}}
{{Goth subculture}}
{{punk}}

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