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First established in 1998 Bad Mathematics are a multinational band based in Athens, Greece. They describe their genre of music as "Psychoblues" as a combination of Psychedelic and Blues to indicate the span of their influences and the roots of their unique sound.

Quoted below from their site http://badmathematics.com

''Psychoblues (pronounced: Saiko-blooz): An indefinable blend of Psychedelic sounds & Blues roots; add a portion of Jazz, a pinch of Rock, throw in liberal amounts of Punk & New Wave, a tad of Brecht & Weil, a whole load of Improvisation; add a bit of funk to taste (sic).

''Root: Musical parlance first used by an obscure band from Athens, Greece. circa 1998 Ref: BM #274

Psychoblues (Disambiguation) | An amalgam of: Psychedelic (adj affecting the mind so as to produce vivid visions) & Blues. General derivation:

psycho /ˈsaɪkəʊ/ adj. mentally strange, not normal; varying from the usual, crazy, insane noun, adjective (pl) -chos 1. an informal and offensive word for psychopath or psychopathic (See also psychopath) psycho- (combining form) 1. indicating the mind or psychological or mental processes: psychology, psychogenesis, psychosomatic Origin: 1935-1940, shortening

blues /blooz/ noun. feeling of anxiety, noun. disappointed feeling; distress 1. the blues, (used with a plural verb) depressed spirits; despondency; melancholy: "This rainy spell is giving me the blues". 2. (used with a singular verb) Jazz. 1. a song, originating with American blacks, that is marked by the frequent occurrence of blue notes, and that takes the basic form, customarily improvised upon in performance, of a 12-bar chorus consisting of a 3-line stanza with the second line repeating the first. 2. the genre constituting such songs. Origin: 1800-1810, Americanism; cf. blue devils ''