The LA Weekly previews the Nekromantix live in Hollywood!

They're ba-ack . . . Immigration issues may have forced Kim Nekroman (and his two marvelously macabre bands, Nekromantix and HorrorPops) to return to his home country of Denmark for a while, but this psychobilly badass belongs to L.A. now, and he's got a huge harum-scarum following to prove it. Nekromantix's latest, Dead Girls Don't Cry (Hellcat), continues to excavate the rootsy twang and riotous big-beat bombast that helped the trio first get noticed almost 15 years ago. Since then, the psychobilly scene has been simmering like a cauldron, about to bubble up at any moment, with more and more bands emulating the Nekro boys' sinister Elvis-style vox and bludgeoning double-layer bass technique --- not to mention greaser-goth atmospherics. Still, it's the humor behind the horror (with titles like "Return of the Loving Dead" and "Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend," these guys put the pun in punk) that makes this coffin-lovin' combo such a hoot.

-Lina Lecaro
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