Panther Burns

Tav Falco's Panther Burns
Live in St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2004: Falco with drummer Pizzorno
Background information
Origin	Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Genres	Rockabilly, psychobilly, garage rock, art punk, indie rock, post-punk, roots rock, punk blues
Years active	1979-date
Labels	Stag-O-Lee (Germany), Bang Records (France), New Rose Records (France), In the Red Records, Au Go Go Records (Australia), Last Call Records (France), Triple X, Upstart, and Sympathy for the Record Industry.
Associated acts	Alex Chilton, Gun Club, The Bar-Kays, The dB's, Bellmer Dolls, Jim Sclavunos
Website	http://www.limbos.org/tavfalco/, http://www.myspace.com/pantherburns
Members	Tav Falco, Mario Monterosso, Francesco D'agnolo, Giuseppe Sangirardi, Riccardo Colasanti
Past members	See below

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 popularize 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 Theater 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 ranked among the contributing influences and progenitors of the Southern Gothic-tinged roots music revival scene that arose during the last two decades of the 20th century and continued into the early 2000s.

Artists who have referenced Panther Burns as one of their influences include the American alternative music artists Southern Culture on the Skids, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Jack Oblivian, the Royal Pendletons, and The Gories. In Europe, neo-psychedelic groups who have cited the Panther Burns as an influence include England's Spacemen 3; Scotland's Primal Scream; Germany's Cuban Rebel Girls (named after one of Falco's original songs); France's The Dum Dum Boys; and Italy's Time Machine.