Fireballs (band)

This article is about the psychobilly band. For the 1950s group, see The Fireballs.

Fireballs
Three men are seen playing. The man at left is almost completely cut off and is playing a guitar. The second man is shown in right profile, he stands behind the drum kit and has a microphone near his face; he holds a single drum stick and is shirtless with blurred tattoos on his upper right arm. The third man is also shirtless with a microphone near his face; he is playing an upright bass. A fourth man is difficult to see in the dark, he appears to wear a skull mask.
At the Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood, January 2015
Background information
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres
Years active
  • 1990 (1990)–1997 (1997)
  • 2005 (2005)–present
Labels
  • Blistered Finger/Shock
  • MDS
  • Rapido
  • Independent
Members
  • Eddie Fury (Drums, lead vocals)
    Joe Phantom (bass, vocals)
    Dylan Villain (guitar)
    Pete Speed (guitar)
Past members
  • Matt Healy

Fireballs are an Australian psychobilly band formed in May 1990 by Eddie Fury on drums and vocals, Matt Healy on guitar and Joe Phantom on bass and vocals. The trio issued three albums, Terminal Haircut (1992), Life Takes too Long (June 1994) and So Bad It's Good (1996), before disbanding in October 1997. The original line-up reformed in November 2005, after an eight-year absence, to support Mötley Crüe and Motörhead at the Blackjack festival in Perth. They subsequently played shows around Australia and Japan, and in 2007 Healy was replaced by Pete Speed and Dylan Villain, both on guitar. They released an album, Hellrider on 2010.