About Us
The sound of Seatbelt is distilled from the purest of American music ingredients: Sun Studios, rockabilly, hillbilly boogie, and honky tonk, performed on vintage gear but ever so slightly updated with a modern edge and energy that is as contagious as the Rockin’ Pneumonia! Playing live, the band delivers an intense brand of American Rockabilly Music, pulling from their catalog of original material as well as performing vintage tracks and obscure gems from legends the likes of Elvis, Gene Vincent, Johnny Burnette, Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran and other less-known greats. They have also been known to update classic rock tunes in a rockabilly/hillbilly style. There is always a surprise or two in store for audiences!
The band consists of Scott “Seatbelt” McLean on guitar, Echoplex and vocals, Jim “The Kid” Matkovich on the upright bass and vocals, and John “Lenny” Lenkeit on drums and percussion.
Previously known as Seatbelt and the Pecking Order, the band has shortened its name mainly because that is what everyone calls them anyway!
Two CDs are currently available with a third on the way.
Modern Sounds in Pagan Love Songs was released in 2007and received positive reviews in the OC Weekly and airplay on college radio across the country.
Pour Me a Traveler, released in 2011, is jam packed with eighteen (!) of the finest original rockabilly, hillbilly, roots-rock Americana songs you’re likely to encounter. The title of the disc, Pour Me a Traveler, is reference to a hip flask filled with hi-octane fuel, just like the music of Seatbelt.
The band consists of Scott “Seatbelt” McLean on guitar, Echoplex and vocals, Jim “The Kid” Matkovich on the upright bass and vocals, and John “Lenny” Lenkeit on drums and percussion.
Previously known as Seatbelt and the Pecking Order, the band has shortened its name mainly because that is what everyone calls them anyway!
Two CDs are currently available with a third on the way.
Modern Sounds in Pagan Love Songs was released in 2007and received positive reviews in the OC Weekly and airplay on college radio across the country.
Pour Me a Traveler, released in 2011, is jam packed with eighteen (!) of the finest original rockabilly, hillbilly, roots-rock Americana songs you’re likely to encounter. The title of the disc, Pour Me a Traveler, is reference to a hip flask filled with hi-octane fuel, just like the music of Seatbelt.