Rockabilly Magazine

Not Just an American Tradition

Rockabilly is a musical genre tracing its roots to 50’s music and today having stylistic similarities to the likes of Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley. Rockabilly music is a blend of blues, hillbilly, bluegrass, and country, with a rock twist. Though the origin bears a distinct southern flavor and obviously has its roots in North America, rockabilly has spread worldwide. This can be seen through rockabilly magazines.

A search on the internet will turn up followers of the rockabilly style in almost every country on the planet, but several countries actually produce their own rockabilly magazines, updating fans of news and keeping them abreast of the latest stars to rise to popularity. One such rockabilly magazine is Big Beat, produced in Finland. It seems that many northern Europeans find pleasure in the simple, heavy beat of rockabilly and the rhythms drawn from 1950’s style blues.

European rockabilly magazine

The classic rockabilly magazine

Home
1. Haircut
2. Curling
3. Front
4. Back

Short Hair
Men
Bettie Page Haircut

Fedoras
One of my favorite topics - the hats of the period lothing
Rockabilly Girl

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Art Baby Clothes Car T-shirt Date Dating Guitar Jewelry Magazine Music Pinup Punk Clothing Purse Shirt Shoes Swing Tattoo Tshirt Weekend Clothing

Bettie Page Haircut

Psychobilly

Apparel

Band

Bass

Chick

Clothes

Get the rockabilly clothes you want that reflect who you are

Clothing

Club

Dress

Fashion

Girl

Clothing

Group

Hair Dos

Tattoos

Music

Hall of Fame

Jacket

Music

Radio

Rockabilly

Rules

What are the rules of rockabilly, anyway?

Shirt

Shoes

Slap bass

That amazing rockabilly slap bass

Stuff

Style

Swing Dress

Wear

Woman

Womens Clothing

Another foreign rockabilly magazine is a German language magazine called Dynamite. Again, northern Europe shows their support for the musical genre, this time with a language widely used in the region. Of course, there are also several traditional American rockabilly magazines still produced to keep the crowd pleased and up to date. One such magazine is Grindstone, produced out of Studio City, California.

The influence of rockabilly magazines helps to keep the style of dress and music alive today, as the rockabilly movement is no longer considered mainstream. This precursor to modern rock and roll saw an early death when Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens were killed in a plane crash in 1959. However, with artists of the 1980’s like the Stray Cats and those of today such as The Meteors, rockabilly magazines have plenty of material to keep this tradition from reaching another early demise. Rockabilly magazines are sure to continue pleasing the rockabilly crowd with new and different trend followers for a long time to come.