{{Multiple issues| {{No footnotes|date=August 2020}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2026}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use American English|date=September 2022}} {{Short description|American psychobilly band}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Elvis Hitler |image = |caption = |alias = Splatter |origin = [[Detroit, Michigan]], U.S. |instrument = |genre = [[Psychobilly]] |years_active = 1986–1992 |label = {{Hlist|Wang Head|[[Restless Records|Restless]]}} |current_members = Jim Leedy (a.k.a. "Elvis Hitler") (vocals) <br /> John Defever (guitar) <br /> Jimmy Taylor (bass) <br /> Geno OneMore (drums) }}
'''Elvis Hitler''' was an American [[rock music|rock]] & [[psychobilly]] band from [[Detroit, Michigan]]. The band was named after the moniker of their lead singer, Jim Leedy, a combination of [[rockabilly]] singer [[Elvis Presley]]'s first name and the last name of dictator [[Adolf Hitler]].
== History == The band currently consists of singer Jim Leedy (a.k.a. "Elvis Hitler"), guitarist John Defever, and drummer Geno OneMore. Their first album, ''[[Disgraceland (Elvis Hitler album)|Disgraceland]]'', was initially released on Wang Head records in 1987 (WH004) and early copies came in a handmade sleeve formed from corrugated cardboard with a black-and-white sheet pasted to the front and back. The band put out two CDs on [[Restless Records]]: ''Hellbilly'' and ''Supersadomasochisticexpialidocious''.
Their song "Green Haze" consisted of the lyrics from the theme song of television series ''[[Green Acres]]'' sung to the tune of Jimi Hendrix's "[[Purple Haze]]", and was a college radio hit.
Due to the resistance of having a band with the name [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] in the title, regardless of its intent, the band released one album under the name "Splatter".
The band and their song "Green Haze" are mentioned in [[Thomas Pynchon]]'s 2013 novel ''[[Bleeding Edge (novel)|Bleeding Edge]]'' (pg. 177).
== Discography ==
*''[[Disgraceland (Elvis Hitler album)|Disgraceland]]'' (1988)
*''Hellbilly''' (1989)
*''Supersadomasochisticexpialidocious'' (1992)
*''...From Hell to Eternity''{{ref|a}} (as "Splatter") (1994)
== See also == * [[List of psychobilly bands]]
== Notes == :1.{{note|a}}Released with the band renamed as '''Splatter'''.
== External links == *{{Official website|http://elvishitler.com}} * [http://www.nestorindetroit.com/Elvis-hitler/elvis_hitler_story.htm Elvis Hitler band history] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061123174502/http://www.nestorindetroit.com/Show%20Reviews/elvis_hitler.htm Elvis Hitler reunion in 2003] * [http://www.motorcityrock.com/bands/elvis_hitler/elvis_hitler.html Elvis Hitler on motorcityrock.com] * [http://www.last.fm/music/Elvis+Hitler Elvis Hitler on last.fm] * [http://www.myspace.com/therealelvishitler Elvis Hitler on myspace] {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Musical groups from Detroit]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 1986]] [[Category:1986 establishments in Michigan]] [[Category:American psychobilly musical groups]] [[Category:Naming controversies|Hitler, Elvis]] [[Category:Music controversies]]