Tav Falco's Panther Burns

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Tav Falco's Panther Burns
Live in St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2004: Falco with drummer Pizzorno
Background information
Origin	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Rockabilly[1] blues rock[1] gothic country[2]
Years active	1979–present
Labels	Frenzi ORG Stag-O-Lee Bang New Rose In the Red, Au Go Go Last Call Triple X Upstart Sympathy for the Record Industry Rough Trade
Members	Tav Falco Mario Monterosso Giuseppe Sangirardi Walter Brunetti
Past members	See below for full list
Website	Tav Falco Official Website

Tav Falco's Panther Burns, sometimes shortened to (The) Panther Burns, is a rock band originally from Memphis, Tennessee, United States, led by Tav Falco. They are best known for having been part of a set of bands emerging in the late 1970s and early 1980s who helped nationally popularise the blending of blues, country, and other American traditional music styles with rock music among groups playing in alternative music and punk music venues of the time. The earliest and most renowned of these groups to imbue these styles with expressionist theatricality and primitive spontaneity were The Cramps, largely influenced by rockabilly music. Forming just after them in 1979, Panther Burns drew on obscure country blues music, Antonin Artaud's works like The Theatre and Its Double, beat poetry, and Marshall McLuhan's media theories for their early inspiration. Alongside groups like The Cramps and The Gun Club, Panther Burns is also considered a representative of the Southern Gothic-tinged roots music revival scene.^[2]

After forming Tav Falco's Panther Burns and making their first recordings in Memphis, the group soon evolved as a rotating crew of additional musicians hailing mostly from Memphis, New York, and New Orleans. Falco moved Paris and later to Vienna, at which time he began working more with European musicians.