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Grave Stompers
12+ albums
psychobillygermandark psychobillyrockabillyhorrorbilly
about
It was in autumn 1993 when Gernot grabbed his father's western guitar and drove to Holzi's house situated in the next village in the outskirts of Munich City. They both didn't know each other very well, but Gernot was searching for a bass player to start a band together with vocalist Florian. They knew that Holzi owned a double bass - and after this spontaneous Guitar & Bass session Holzi joined them. Alex, a former classmate of Gernot, took over the Drums and so the first Grave Stompers line up was complete. Inspired by classic horror and obscure Rock'n'Roll they started playing traditional oldschool psychobilly. Within only a few months the Psycho quartet from Fürstenfeldbruck (Germany) managed to become a supporting act for lots of international bands on countless Festivals in Germany. In 1997 they released their debut album "Rising from the Darkside" which featured their new drummer Martin Sledgehammer. The first photo session with this new line up caused quite a fuss: equipped with skulls, bones and axes and stuff the guys went to the photo shooting at a local cemetery. Just when the work was finished and the band was ready to leave the graveyard several armed policemen arrived at the scene. The Grave Stompers could escape but they got charged with grave violation. However, the case got dismissed after some witnesses had stated that they didn't feel threatened by the band... At that period of time the sound of the Grave Stompers became very hard and dark with metal infl
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