The Reverend Horton Heat
The Reverend Horton Heat is the name of a psychobilly / rockabilly band from Dallas, Texas, and their frontman, James C. and Jim Heath ( born 1959 in Corpus Christi, Texas).
Band History
Jim Heath was first appointed in small clubs before in 1989 founded the band in their first formation. From the beginning, The Reverend Horton Heat toured regularly and made by their convincing performances attracted attention. The typical Gretsch sound of the guitar in combination with elements of style of Dick Dale and The Cramps interested in some record labels. Sub Pop, a product from Seattle independent record label that was mainly known for grunge, signed a contract with The Reverend Horton Heat from and published in 1991, the debut album Smoke ' Em If You Got' Em The musical mix of traditional rockabilly themes with distorted guitars and alternative - rock elements found outside the rockabilly scene trailer.
In 1994 a contract with the major label Interscope Records are completed. After the merger of several record companies to a large corporation and a musical re-orientation of the label The Reverend Horton Heat switched back to an independent label and released on Artemis Records in 2002 Lucky 7 before 2003, a contract with Yep Roc Records has been completed.
Pieces of The Reverend Horton Heat have been added to the soundtracks of the video games Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and Redneck Rampage and used in cartoons The Flintstones in Viva rock Vegas and Johnny Bravo. Several pieces found their way into television and radio commercials. In 1994 she had a cameo appearance in the road movie Love and a .45 ( Renée Zellweger ).