Psycho Charger
Psycho Charger

Jimmy Psycho: Vox, Guitar
The Diabolical "Dr. K": Bass
"Big Mac" Macintosh: Drums

The only band of it's kind in the known the world, the PSYCHO CHARGER combine '50's-era rockabilly, surf-twang, and punk energy with today's industrial technology resulting in what the band (and press) have labeled as "industrial-strength trashabilly".

The history of PSYCHO CHARGER begins a few years back in Miami Beach, FL... Originally known as THE PSYCHONAUTS, the "band" was originally a studio project founded by Jimmy Psycho. After releasing a debut cassette, the demand for The Psychonauts to play live increased, and eventually, The band made their public debut at a birthday party in honor of our dear sweet Lord and King, Elvis Presley. At that moment, the band began to define a new type of music that is best described as "Psycho-Industrial-Rawk-a-Billy"".

Due to pending legal action from a group using the same name, The Psychonauts changed their name, to PSYCHO CHARGER, formerly announcing the name change on the 65th birthday of Elvis...

In February of 1999, the band relocated to New York City to explore opportunities outside of the state of Florida, and quickly hooked up with Lo-Fi Entertainment, Ltd. which has helped the band obtain a firm foothold in the NYC music scene by playing a string of live shows and showcase gigs throughout the NYC and NJ area, including 1999 Digital Club Festival (formerly known as The Intel Music Festival), the 1999 CMJ Showcase, and regular appearances on the "Grave Rockers" series of shows based in NYC and touring the U.S. in spring/summer of 2000.

PSYCHO CHARGER has finished recording their debut CD which will be released on Skully Records in December 2000. Most recently, two songs (under the old name The Psychonauts) appear on the Oct '99 released "Gothabilly: Wakin' the Dead" compilation CD on the Skully Records (NYC) label. In Spring of 2000 two tunes were included on the "Grave Rockers" compilation (Lo-Fi Records). This fall Psycho Charger will have one song on the Gothabilly Rockin’ Necropolis compilation, the follow-up to the previous Gothabilly compilation on Skully Records.

Most recently, two songs (under the old name The Psychonauts) appear on the Oct '99 released "Gothabilly: Wakin' the Dead" compilation CD on the Skully Records (NYC) label. In Spring of 2000 two tunes were included on the "Grave Rockers" compilation (Lo-Fi Records). This fall Psycho Charger will have one song on the Gothabilly Rockin Necropolis compilation, the follow-up to the previous Gothabilly compilation on Skully Records.

Dead On The Web - Ass whoop’n, beer chugg’n, fire start’n, tobacoo chew’n music to beat your dog to! Man I love this shit! So what is it? It’s the hellfire known as Psycho Charger! This unique band is part rockabilly, part horror rock, part rock and at times sound part industrial. Kinda like Nashville Pussy meets Lard (the band, not the yummy food). I guess you could classify them as “industrial strength trash-a-billy”. They start this 16 song trip with a 2 minute instrumental to get you in the mood. Then they bitch slap you with a full charged 15 more songs that will kill small children if played loud enough. I haven’t seen them live yet but I heard their performance is a spectacle. Form Elvis suits to wrestling masks to planet of the apes these guys do it all. Check them out!

Kill! Kill! Kill! - Hey y'all! Ya know 'ol T-BONE and I can't help but notice that there's an almost unavoidable tendency to name drop when attempting to give the uninitiated masses an idea of PSYCHO CHARGER's truly unique sound - most reviews read something like "the Cramps meet (insert industrial rock band name here)". That said we'll spare y'all any further such tired comparisons and just say ain't nobody, and I mean NOBODY, doin' it like these fellas! Self-billed as a psycho-industrial rawk-a-billy act, PSYCHO CHARGER is the horrific result of a shotgun wedding marrying artificially-generated industrial beats with cacophonous trashabilly twang R'N'R. This marriage made in hell has Jimmy Psycho (vocals), The Diabolical Dr. K (bass) and Scott "Big Mac" Macintosh (drums) blazing a fiery trail deep into virtually uncharted territory. Y'all can take a listen to the happy couple on PSYCHO CHARGER's self-titled debut courtesy of SKULLY RECORDS. If we're lucky the honeymoon won't be over for a long long time! Pick up your copy today!

StarVox - This is a manly man's ghoul-rock.  For those of you who sometimes feel that this genre gets a little too silly -- check out Psycho Charger. There's enough fun-lovin' testosterone for even the butch-est of rockers <wink>.

Jam Magazine - "Incredibly cool...distorted vocals over reverb-drenched guitar with enough twang that would make Link Wray and The Cramps proud...cold, hard psycho surf."

Deathrock.com - A proto industrial psycho western. Picture Ministry, Fields of the Nephilim, and make them a lot more tongue in cheek and you have psycho charger. Primitive industrial-metal-cow-punk. If Al Jorgensen and Elvis were one and the same, it would sound like this.

Greaselake - Ain't nobody, and I mean NOBODY, doin' it like these fellas! PSYCHO CHARGER is the horrific result of a shotgun wedding marrying artificially-generated industrial beats with cacophonous trashabilly twang R'N'R. If we're lucky the honeymoon won't be over for a long long time! Pick up your copy today!

Coldcuts - High octane garage music... enough fire power to fuel up any Psychobilly tank! You should have no problem playing this disc immediately over and over.

Rock N Roll Purgatory - This is definitely the strangest incarnation of the rockabilly demon yet. You’ll want to go on a crime spree or have rough sex with a hooker covered in whiskey. Whatever its side effects, this is good stuff that you won’t hear in church or in the trendy nightclubs. Wickedly unique and for those of you who need sinister inspiration.

The Serpenteens - This shit is rockin' Daddy...

NY Rock - Say out loud, "Unbridled psychobilly mayhem." The guitar twangs, covered in reverb and distortion, the vocals rant and bellow, the bass pounds, and the drums thunder like nobody's business. If you want some rock and roll to kick you in the teeth and get you out of the doldrums, it's right here, baby, right here.

Nitro-zine - A great departure from the incredible amount of crap that is out there now...This hybrid of rockabilly and industrial actually applies well. Makes me think of what "Pretty Hate Machine" might have sounded like if Trent Reznor used the Cramps as his backing band. Highly recommnended, I hope they get huge just to show the Korn-Bizkit legions what a real ass-kicking is.

Village Voice - Hoodoo voodoo surf rockers Psycho Charger capture that Munsters/Iggy Pop/Ventures vibe of the Cramps, circa Bad Music for Bad People, with chilling enthusiasm.

Time Out New York - It's a Psychobilly Freakout! Okay, that a Rverend Horton Heat quote, but it fits right here, as this band robs the grave of rockabilly for kicks!

Annexx - Oh Lord, do these guys know how to work yer ass or what? A cold bucket of chicken and a warm six-pack is all this thing is missing...evil minds at work, so ya better hide yer daughters.

Demo Universe - It's trashabilly with an industrial twist, mixing harsh electronics and distorted vocals with the traditional twang-whammy guitar: The Cramps meets White Zombie.

All Music Guide – A ghoulishly fine collection of spooky surf and rockabilly.

The PowerGoth Girls – N.Y.C.’s Bastard Sons of the King himself., Psychocharger, deliver an ultra-violent satanic death-march thru the rotting R’n’R graveyard that’s been described as a mutant crossbreeding of Ministry and the Cramps!!! Psychocharger provide a horror-influenced, brain-bashing psycho-industrial assault that kicks and flails like a pissed-off two-headed bastard at a family reunion! So, break open that box of ammunition, put the Pabst on ice, and prepare thyself for the nitro-fueled action that is Psychocharger!!