It's appropriate because as tame as the rockabilly acts of the 50's may look to us in the new millennium, in their time they were a new brand of hard-drinking hedonists born into an era of paranoia, anxiety, and repression.
Songs of drinking and rebellion fill the albums. Many of Michael's lyrics tend to focus on the idea of the outlaw, the outcast, or the anti-hero. And they're not a squeaky clean group either. Rather, they're more of a fusion band like the Cherry Poppin' Daddies (at times). It's worth noting that Volbeat aren't a true revival band like Brian Setzer. This carries across into their third album Guitar Gangsters and Cadillac Blood. Volbeat's first album was titled The Strength/The Sound/The Songs, which appropriately sums up their attitude. He serves both guitar and vocal duties, contributing thrashing, syncopated riffs with an unabashed Elvis impersonation. Michael is without a doubt the real star of the show in the band with genuine charisma and a dynamic voice that sounds like it could fill a theater without a microphone no problem. In 2001 a Dane by the name of Michael Poulsen had the revelation that he could redefine awesome by combining the catchy, old school swing of rockabilly with the energy and balls-out-itude of groove metal. And so he took a chunk of chocolate, hollowed it out, filled it with peanut butter, and changed junk food history forever. In the 20th century, an enterprising American named Reese got stoned out of his mind (I'm assuming) and had the revelation that not only were chocolate and peanut butter goddamn delicious, but when combined had the power to give your taste buds orgasms. If you had a man who could turn into a wolf, a sort of. Many centuries ago, a man whose name has been lost to the sands of time said to himself, "We humans are pretty rad, but wolves are also really badass.
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