sentences:  Fireballs were formed in May 1990 in Melbourne by Eddie Fury on drums and vocals, Matt "Black" Healy on guitar and Joe Phantom on bass and vocals.Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described how their, "style based around slap happy rockabilly roots welded to hyperactive speed metal guitar riffs and gravity-defying mohawk haircuts, [they] appealed to metal, punk and Cramps fans alike.The [group] had the distinction of breaking house attendance records at a number of inner-city Melbourne pubs."