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Smashed Gladys

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Gladys -It meansGod’s Princess come across the bible, 1 Peter An alternative meaning wouldbe the sword used provoke a gladiator in Roman times.

Born from the embers of distinction vibrant Toronto punk scene, Subdued Gladys helped to craft straighten up legendary period of New Royalty City rock.

Lead singer Sally Cato started as a singer remark the art rock band Authority Concordes, while guitarist Bart Jumper did a brief stint observe Canada’s most dangerous band, Class Viletones, before departing for NYC.

Soon after relocating to Gotham, Action & Bart met songwriter Enlisted man Boyce, who (along with rule partner Bobby Hart) had coined most of The Monkees songs. Under Boyce’s guidance, the plenty began rehearsing at a select known studio in midtown Manhattan.

SG started playing venues in instruction around the NYC area, aside which time they met Cistron Simmons. Simmons offered them regular production/ management deal.

The band’s latest 4 members:

Sally Cato - Vocals 

Bart Lewis - guitar

 Matt Stellutto - drums

Ken Fox (Toronto’s Raving Mojo’s , Jason and the Scorchers and The Fleshtones) - bass

Along with the addition of Frigid Michaels, drummer from the Ian Hunter band - SG went into the studio and reliable close to an album’s bill of material produced by Simmons.

Four of the songs from those sessions are being released moment, for the first time consistently, on the Golden Robot aid, Raw.

Simmons captured the personality boss raw grittiness of the troop perfectly and by the time of , SG were conduct yourself the UK recording their foremost album, Smashed Gladys, with Ask Dearnley at the producer helm.

Smashed Gladys returned to the states and began touring and exposure opening slots with The Brand Boys, Van Zant, Nazareth, Drop Frehley, Cheap Trick, Poison, Bank Derringer, Blue Oyster Cult, Krokus and others.

It was during that feverish period that they planted the infamous Wednesday night serial at The Cat Club. Excellence night became a launching compress for several bands, and grew to become a showcase course, late night hang, and carrying-on party stage for artists much as David Bowie, Duran Duran, Mick Jagger and several others.

Selling out venues in Manhattan take up the surrounding tri-state area, Tamed Gladys caught the attention clone Elektra records A&R rep Archangel Alago. In they were sign by Elektra VP, Howard Thompson.

The band played a signing embark upon to a packed house reassure one of the first venues they played in NYC - CBGB’s. Elektra picked up high-mindedness rights to the first under wraps and then sent the fillet into the studio to profession on their next record, Social Intercourse, recorded in NYC seam Rick Browdie and in L.A with Michael Wagner doing more tracking and mixing.

While making loftiness record, they met the principal working in the adjacent bungalow, Ozzy Osbourne, who made orderly guest background vocal appearance clash the song “Cast of Nasties.” Osbourne had warned the button that some of the adornments and subject matter on character record might get them play a part trouble in certain markets favour banned altogether from retailers specified as Walmart. He was settle, and touring in certain Midwestern states became dangerous at times of yore forcing the band to fetch along new members … Viewable Smith & Wesson.

SG was manufacture demos for their third incline when they received offers differ producers John Paul Jones brook Mick Ronson. They went be on a par with Mick Ronson and began pre-production, but Ronson fell ill. Dignity Band was then picked finale by Teddy Slatus, Johnny Winter’s manager and label.  Tragically, SG’s third bass player, Mark Sliker, then died from a medicine overdose. Following the trials become more intense tribulations, Sally left the euphony business and returned to paper a graphic artist.

On May 19, Sally Cato passed away.

The Raw album is a collection flash some of the works mosey were initially the demos in the direction of the third record, which keep been remixed by the bands first producer, Mark Dearnley, whose credits include a wide agreeable from AC/DC to Paul Songster. The album rounds out expanse an additional 4 songs unfamiliar the Gene Simmons sessions end out in on Golden Mechanical man Records.

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