makes "white trash fashion and Southern twang an art form." The band is known for their live shows, which often include throwing fried chicken and banana pudding into the audience, and audience members invited to dance and eat onstage. The Shepherd Express said that the band's music was classified under "genre labels a country mile long", including rockabilly, R&B and surf. WNRN described the band's style as "Dixie-fried Southern rock". The Newtown Bee described their music as "surfin' southern fried psychobilly". Elmore magazine wrote that the band's musical style encompasses "an eclectic range of Americana including rockabilly, surf rock, country and R&B, with a punk edge and heaps of humor". AllMusic described the band's sound as a "wild, careening brand of rock & roll [...] a quintessentially Southern-fried amalgam of rockabilly, boogie, country, blues, swamp pop, and vintage R&B, plus a liberal dose of California surf guitar, a hint of punk attitude, and the occasional mariachi horns". Stomp and Stammer described the band's music as a mix of country, garage rock, surf, rockabilly and soul. According to the Virginian-Pilot'', the band fuses blues, psychobilly and rock and roll. The band's influences include the Cramps, International Submarine Band, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, the Byrds, the Seeds and the Chocolate Watchband. Guitarist and vocalist Rick Miller says that the band's music "is a lot like a Southern plate lunch. Every item on the menu has been cooking for a while and has its own flavor. But they all run together when you put 'em on the plate and start to eat." Band members Current members Rick Miller (vocals, guitar) Dave Hartman (percussion) Mary Huff (vocals, bass) Former members Stan Lewis Leslie Land Chip Shelby Chris Bess Tim Barnes Michael Kelsh Discography Albums EPs/singles/demos Guest appearances References External links Official Website "69 El Camino" from the TV Show Corporate Country Sucks. Southern Culture on the Skids collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive Rick Miller Interview and music from the CD Zombiefied 1983 establishments in North Carolina American comedy musical groups American rhythm and blues musical groups American southern rock musical groups Musical groups from Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina Rock music groups from North Carolina Roots rock music groups Surf music groups Swamp rock groups Sympathy for the Record Industry artists Telstar Records (U.S. label) artists TVT Records artists Yep Roc Records artists