Kristy Majors
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Kristy "Krash" Majors is an American rock
guitarist most famous for playing with the band Pretty Boy Floyd. He also has a solo project which he continues with currently.
act Jett Blakk in New York
. The band recorded some material and distributed it on several compilation
records, this material has become extremely rare to attain.
Majors formed his most famous band; Pretty Boy Floyd in Hollywood, California during 1987 as the original lead guitarist and main songwriter on the 1989 debut album; "Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz
" which went on to sell over 500,000 copies worldwide.
Pretty Boy Floyd broke up in 1991 and Majors began to work in the record industry, managing and scouting bands amongst other things. Pretty Boy Floyd reformed in the mid-1990s and Majors was involved with the project. They put out an EP and album together in 1998; A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock N Roll
and Porn Stars
respectively.
career, the sound of the project blended his previous hard rock
works with punk rock
music. He even released a Ramones
cover album entitled "For Those About To Sniff Some Glue... (We Salute You)". He has been featured on several movie and television soundtracks as well as producing/mastering artists in his own studio "Highway to Hell Studios." A clothing line called "Sex Drugs Rock Roll Clothing" in which several celebrities like Guns N' Roses, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Avril Lavigne, Sixx AM and many more are all wearing.
In regards of original solo work released, Majors has put out; "The Devil In Me", "Goodbye Rock-N-Roller" and most recently in 2007 "Sex, Drugs 'N' Rock N Roll". In March 2007 he completed a tour of the United Kingdom
with other Hollywood acts Love/Hate
and Bang Tango
supporting his new album Sex, Drugs & Rock N Roll.
Pretty Boy Floyd and Kristy Majors continue to tour the world and plan on releasing new albums in 2010.
American rock
American rock is rock music from the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and country music, and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music. The creation of American rock music was highly influenced by the British Invasion of the American pop...
guitarist most famous for playing with the band Pretty Boy Floyd. He also has a solo project which he continues with currently.
Biography
His musical career began on the east coast playing for heavy metalHeavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
act Jett Blakk in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. The band recorded some material and distributed it on several compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
records, this material has become extremely rare to attain.
Majors formed his most famous band; Pretty Boy Floyd in Hollywood, California during 1987 as the original lead guitarist and main songwriter on the 1989 debut album; "Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz
Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz
Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz is the debut album from the band Pretty Boy Floyd. It reached #130 on the United States Billboard chart in 1989...
" which went on to sell over 500,000 copies worldwide.
Pretty Boy Floyd broke up in 1991 and Majors began to work in the record industry, managing and scouting bands amongst other things. Pretty Boy Floyd reformed in the mid-1990s and Majors was involved with the project. They put out an EP and album together in 1998; A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock N Roll
A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock N Roll
A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock N Roll is an EP released by the American rock band Pretty Boy Floyd. It was their first recording since splitting up in 1991...
and Porn Stars
Porn Stars
Porn Stars is the second studio album by the band Pretty Boy Floyd. It features re-recordings of five tracks from their debut album Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz, a re-recording of one track from Tonight Belongs To The Young, and a re-recording of one track from their EP A Tale of Sex, Designer...
respectively.
Recent times
The early 2000s saw Majors take up a soloSolo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
career, the sound of the project blended his previous hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
works with punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
music. He even released a Ramones
Ramones
The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...
cover album entitled "For Those About To Sniff Some Glue... (We Salute You)". He has been featured on several movie and television soundtracks as well as producing/mastering artists in his own studio "Highway to Hell Studios." A clothing line called "Sex Drugs Rock Roll Clothing" in which several celebrities like Guns N' Roses, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Avril Lavigne, Sixx AM and many more are all wearing.
In regards of original solo work released, Majors has put out; "The Devil In Me", "Goodbye Rock-N-Roller" and most recently in 2007 "Sex, Drugs 'N' Rock N Roll". In March 2007 he completed a tour of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
with other Hollywood acts Love/Hate
Love/Hate
Love/Hate is a Los Angeles, California based hard rock band who achieved their greatest fame in the early 90s.-1985-1988 unsigned:Love/Hate was formed in 1985 when Jizzy Pearl joined Jon E. Love, Skid Rose, and Joey Gold, in an '80s influenced electronica band called Dataclan, after their...
and Bang Tango
Bang Tango
Bang Tango is an American funk-infused hard rock and glam metal band.-Biography:The band formed in 1987 in Los Angeles, California and were signed to MCA Records that same year. The band's line-up has fluctuated since its inception, with the one mainstay of the group being frontman Joe Lesté...
supporting his new album Sex, Drugs & Rock N Roll.
Pretty Boy Floyd and Kristy Majors continue to tour the world and plan on releasing new albums in 2010.
With Pretty Boy Floyd
- Leather Boyz with Electric ToyzLeather Boyz with Electric ToyzLeather Boyz With Electric Toyz is the debut album from the band Pretty Boy Floyd. It reached #130 on the United States Billboard chart in 1989...
- (1989) US #130 - A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock N RollA Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock N RollA Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock N Roll is an EP released by the American rock band Pretty Boy Floyd. It was their first recording since splitting up in 1991...
- (1998) - Porn StarsPorn StarsPorn Stars is the second studio album by the band Pretty Boy Floyd. It features re-recordings of five tracks from their debut album Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz, a re-recording of one track from Tonight Belongs To The Young, and a re-recording of one track from their EP A Tale of Sex, Designer...
- (1998) - Live at the Pretty Ugly ClubLive At The Pretty Ugly ClubLive At The Pretty Ugly Club is a live album by Pretty Boy Floyd, it is their only live album to date. It also featured two new studio tracks.The Pretty Ugly Club where it was recorded, is a rock club in Hollywood ran by Taime Downe of Faster Pussycat....
- (2001) - Tonight Belongs to the YoungTonight Belongs to the YoungTonight Belongs To The Young is a compilation of remastered demos from the American band Pretty Boy Floyd. The tracks were originally supposed to be released as their second album on MCA Records in the early 1990s but did not surface until 2003....
- (2003)
As Kristy Majors
- The Devil in Me - (2002)
- For Those About To Sniff Some Glue... (We Salute You) - (2003)
- Goodbye Rock-N-Roller - (2003)
- Sex, Drugs & Rock N Roll - (2007)