Pretty Boy Floyd (American)
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Pretty Boy Floyd is a glam metal
Glam metal
Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...

 band from Hollywood, California formed in 1987. They are most famous for their 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...

and the two singles from it; "Rock and Roll" and "I Wanna Be With You". The band broke up in 1991, but reformed in 1995 releasing several new records since that time, and continue to the present.

History

The origins of the band can be traced back to a group named Doll in Hollywood, California. It reportedly went through several different line-ups, all of them featuring lead vocalist Kerry Doll. At least one line-up featured then future Pretty Boy Floyd guitarist Aeriel Stiles
Aeriel Stiles
Aeriel Stiles is the first guitarist and prime songwriter from the hard rock band Pretty Boy Floyd from Hollywood, California formed in 1987. He was replaced by guitarist Kristy Majors...

.

Doll recorded a demo tape in 1986. Several songs on it were later rerecorded by Pretty Boy Floyd.

When Doll broke up, former Doll guitarist Aeriel Stiles then formed Pretty Boy Floyd with vocalist Steve Summers, bassist Vinnie Chas
Vinnie Chas
Vinnie Chas was the first bassist from Pretty Boy Floyd, a hard rock band from Hollywood, California, formed in 1987. He died on April 6, 2010.-With Pretty Boy Floyd:*Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz - *The Vault -...

, and drummer Kari Kane.
Soon Aeriel Stiles was replaced by former Jett Blakk guitarist Kristy Majors
Kristy Majors
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.-Biography:...

. The band's name was reportedly given to them by producer Kim Fowley
Kim Fowley
Kim Vincent Fowley is an American record producer, impresario, songwriter, musician, film maker, and radio actor. He is best known for his role behind a string of novelty and cult rock pop singles in the 1960s, and for managing The Runaways in the 1970s...

 with whom the band were working at the time.

Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz

For more information see; 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...

.

After vigorously rehearsing and playing lots of shows in the San Fernando Valley, Pretty Boy Floyd got their big break at MCA Records
Music Corporation of America
MCA, Inc. was an American talent agency. Initially starting in the music business, they would next become a dominant force in the film business, and later expanded into the television business...

. Their debut album named 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...

was released in 1989 and produced by producer Howard Benson
Howard Benson
Howard Benson is a two-time Grammy-nominated music producer and aerospace engineer.-Biography:Howard Benson has a degree in materials engineering from Drexel University and studied composition at the Philadelphia College for Performing Arts. Later he worked for Garrett AiResearch, where he worked...

. The recording sessions were plagued with problems from the start, technically and manually but was finally released after some regret from their record company. It managed to get into the United States Billboard charts
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...

. The majority of the material featured on the debut album was written by former guitarist Aeriel Stiles
Aeriel Stiles
Aeriel Stiles is the first guitarist and prime songwriter from the hard rock band Pretty Boy Floyd from Hollywood, California formed in 1987. He was replaced by guitarist Kristy Majors...

, Kristy Majors wrote the song "Rock and Roll (Is Gonna Set the Night on Fire)". The LP was not well received by the LA music scene or by the industry.
Two singles, and accompanying promotional videos were released from the album; "Rock and Roll (Is Gonna Set the Night on Fire)" and "I Wanna Be With You", which gained rotation on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

. They were also having success in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 at the time, by being the cover subject of 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...

 magazine Kerrang!
Kerrang!
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper...

on December 16, 1989.

Pretty Boy Floyd became embroiled in a dispute over the copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...

 of their band name, with a Canadian band also called Pretty Boy Floyd
Pretty Boy Floyd (Canadian)
Pretty Boy Floyd was a Canadian hard rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-History:This Canadian hard rock band released an EP and an LP, both named Bullets & Lipstik...

. The Canadian group released their debut Bullets and Lipstik the same year, but after a negotiated settlement agreed to surrender use of the name.

Their music featured on two movie
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

s, first the demo version of "48 Hours" was included on the 1989 The Karate Kid, Part III
The Karate Kid, Part III
The Karate Kid, Part III is a 1989 martial arts film, and the second sequel to the hit motion picture The Karate Kid . The film stars Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Thomas Ian Griffith, Robyn Lively, and Martin Kove. Like the first two films, it was directed by John G. Avildsen and written...

film. Two years later the previously unreleased "Slam Dunk" was released on the Ellen Barkin
Ellen Barkin
Ellen Barkin is an American film, television and theatre actress.-Early life:She was born Ellen Rona Barkin in Bronx, a borough of New York City, New York, the daughter of Evelyn , a hospital administrator who worked at Jamaica Hospital, and Sol Barkin, a chemical salesman...

 movie Switch
Switch (film)
Switch is a 1991 comedy film written and directed by Blake Edwards. A promiscuous man is murdered by his lovers and reincarnated as a beautiful woman .-Legacy:...

soundtrack. However, by that time MCA Records had dropped the band.

They recorded a second album, Tonight Belongs To The Young, but it was only released years later.

Post-Pretty Boy Floyd

  • Steve Summers began to manage a strip club
    Strip club
    A strip club is an adult entertainment venue in which striptease or other erotic or exotic dance is regularly performed. Strip clubs typically adopt a nightclub or bar style, but can also adopt a theatre or cabaret-style....

     with his brother.
  • Kristy Majors
    Kristy Majors
    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.-Biography:...

     formed a short lived band with future Beautiful Creatures
    Beautiful Creatures (band)
    Beautiful Creatures are a hard rock band formed in 1999 by guitarist DJ Ashba, formerly of BulletBoys, and singer Joe Lesté of Bang Tango. The group's current lineup is composed of Lesté , Delta Starr , Anthony Focx , Lance Eric and Justin Sandler...

     rhythm guitarist Anthony Focx.
  • Vinnie Chas
    Vinnie Chas
    Vinnie Chas was the first bassist from Pretty Boy Floyd, a hard rock band from Hollywood, California, formed in 1987. He died on April 6, 2010.-With Pretty Boy Floyd:*Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz - *The Vault -...

     passed away in 2010 from heart failure.
  • Kari Kane's musical ventures after Floyd are unknown.

Reunited

By late 1995 Pretty Boy Floyd had reformed. They went into the studio to record a five song E.P. titled 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...

in 1998. The band featured former Big Bang Babies
Big Bang Babies
Big Bang Babies were a Bubblegum Glam band, from Hollywood, California, playing during the 1990s.-Biography:They are often seen as part of the glam metal genre, as were similar early '90s bands who played on the Sunset Strip, such as Heart Throb Mob...

 guitarist Keri Kelli
Keri Kelli
Keri Kelli is an American hard rock guitarist, until recently playing for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend Alice Cooper. He occasionally also plays with Skid Row. He played guitar and co-wrote songs on the 2008 Alice Cooper studio album, Along Came A Spider, released worldwide July 29...

, L.A. Guns
L.A. Guns
L.A. Guns is the name of a hard rock group formed in Los Angeles, California, of which two rival incarnations currently exist due to numerous line-up changes. The first incarnation of the group was formed, by Tracii Guns, in 1983 but disbanded in 1985 following its merger with fellow Los Angeles...

 bassist Keff Ratcliffe
Keff Ratcliffe
Keff Ratcliffe is a Welsh musician and the former bassist for the American band Pretty Boy Floyd. He has also toured with such acts as L.A. Guns & Jessica Simpson in the capacity of guitarist.-With Pretty Boy Floyd:...

 as well as Steve Summers, Kristy Majors, and Kari Kane. The EP featured a cover of a song by Keri's previous band Big Bang Babies.

A full length album 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...

followed, and it featured five re-recordings of tracks from their debut album, and eight others including a cover of Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...

's "Department of Youth".

Recent times

In February 2006 they toured the States together.

In 2007 Majors and Summers fought on the internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

. Majors challenged Summers to a kickboxing
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....

 match, Summers replied demeaning Majors previous role in the band and insulted the guitarist. Majors replied refuting Summers claims and deeming him a "liar". When they did eventually have their kickboxing match as a live webcast, both of their wigs came off, revealing both to be completely bald underneath.

Kristy Majors also performing as a solo aristst, released the album Sex, Drugs 'N' Rock N Roll and toured Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 in March 2007

On March 1, 2008, Kristy Majors and Kari Kane joined Steve Summers played on stage at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood California. On December 31, 2008, they played Reno's chop shop in Dallas, Texas.

In 2009, the band celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the release of Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz with a world tour.

The band say they will perform at Stockholm Rock Out Festival 2010 and Hard Rock Hell IV in Wales at the end of the year.

Original bassist, Vinnie Chas died on April 5, 2010.

On September 9, 2010 it was announced that Troy Patrick Farrell had been fired. On September 11, 2010 the band announced that Vik Foxx (formerly of Enuff Z'Nuff
Enuff Z'nuff
Enuff Z'Nuff, pronounced "enough's enough," is an American glam rock band from Blue Island, Illinois. Founded by singer Donnie Vie and bassist Chip Z'Nuff, this Chicago area band is best known for their charting singles "Fly High Michelle" and "New Thing." Enuff Z'Nuff has continually recorded and...

, Vince Neil band, The Veronicas
The Veronicas
The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....

) had been hired as their new drummer.

As of April 2011, Pretty Boy Floyd has announced a brand new full length album of all new original material and a tour to support the album. The band has also announced that Ben Graves (Formally of Murderdolls
Murderdolls
Murderdolls is an American horror punk supergroup, founded during 2002 in Hollywood, California. The band line-up consists of core members Wednesday 13 and Joey Jordison. Former members include Ben Graves, Acey Slade, Eric Griffin & Tripp Eisen....

 and Dope
Dope (band)
Dope is an American rock band from Villa Park, Illinois, formed in 1997 in Chicago, Illinois.To date, the band has released five full-length studio albums, their most recent being No Regrets which was released on March 10, 2009.-History:...

) has been hired as the new drummer, and the band has stated that this is "the best lineup Pretty Boy Floyd has ever had."

Present

  • Steve "Sex" Summers - Vocals
  • Kristy "Krash" Majors
    Kristy Majors
    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.-Biography:...

     - Guitar
  • Criss 6
    Criss 6
    Criss 6 is an American bass player who is currently playing with Pretty Boy Floyd. He also played bass as Nikki Sixx in Mötley Crüe tribue band True 2 Crue....

     - Bass
  • Ben Graves - Drums

Former

  • JK Famous - Bass
  • Kari Kane - Drums
  • Keri Kelli
    Keri Kelli
    Keri Kelli is an American hard rock guitarist, until recently playing for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend Alice Cooper. He occasionally also plays with Skid Row. He played guitar and co-wrote songs on the 2008 Alice Cooper studio album, Along Came A Spider, released worldwide July 29...

     - Guitar
  • Keff Ratcliffe
    Keff Ratcliffe
    Keff Ratcliffe is a Welsh musician and the former bassist for the American band Pretty Boy Floyd. He has also toured with such acts as L.A. Guns & Jessica Simpson in the capacity of guitarist.-With Pretty Boy Floyd:...

     - Bass
  • Chad Stewart
    Chad Stewart
    Chad Stewart is a drummer who is currently playing for the band Faster Pussycat.He has previously played for the bands The Newlydeads, Motochrist, Tracii Guns's version of L.A. Guns, and the Guns'N'Roses tribute band Hollywood Roses....

     - Drums
  • Aeriel Stiles
    Aeriel Stiles
    Aeriel Stiles is the first guitarist and prime songwriter from the hard rock band Pretty Boy Floyd from Hollywood, California formed in 1987. He was replaced by guitarist Kristy Majors...

     - Guitar
  • Lesli Sanders - Bass
  • Eddie Electra - Bass
  • Joey Cock - Bass
  • T'Chad - Guitars
  • Pinky Triangle - Bass
  • Dish - Drums
  • Cristi Lane - Guitar
  • Michael Thomas - Guitar
  • Criss Peters - Drums
  • Vinnie Frehley - Guitar
  • Todd Michael Burr - Drums
  • Lesley Butch - Guitar
  • Chuck Flaire - Drums
  • Ciaran Culhane - Guitar
  • Davey Lister - Guitar
  • Roxy Coxy - Bass
  • Scone "Cuts" Ham - Bass
  • Mikki Twist - Bass
  • Stacy Starr - Drums
  • Scotti D. - Drums
  • Traci Michaels - Drums
  • Vinnie Chas
    Vinnie Chas
    Vinnie Chas was the first bassist from Pretty Boy Floyd, a hard rock band from Hollywood, California, formed in 1987. He died on April 6, 2010.-With Pretty Boy Floyd:*Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz - *The Vault -...

     (deceased) - Bass
  • Tommy Thayer
    Tommy Thayer
    Tommy Cunningham Thayer is an American musician and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist for the American hard rock band Kiss.- Early life :...

     - Guitar
  • Kery Doll - Lead Vocals
  • Troy Patrick Farrell
    Troy Patrick Farrell
    Troy Patrick Farrell is an American drummer who has played in bands including White Lion, Pretty Boy Floyd, John Corabi and Michael Aston's Gene Love Jezebel....

     - Drums
  • Vikk Fox - Drums

Albums

  • 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...

    - (1989)
  • 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...

    - (1998)
  • Size Really Does Matter
    Size Really Does Matter
    Size Really Does Matter is the third and most recent studio album of the American band Pretty Boy Floyd. It is their first studio record not to feature guitarist Kristy "Krash" Majors and drummer Kari Kane....

    - (2004)

EP

  • 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...

    - (1997)
  • Live Hard Live Fast - (2007)

Singles

  • Rock and Roll (Is Gonna Set the Night on Fire) - (1989)
  • I Wanna Be With You - (1989)
  • Do You Wanna Touch - (2008)

Live

  • Live At The Roxy - Wake Up Bitch - (1998)
  • Live At The Pretty Ugly Club
    Live At The Pretty Ugly Club
    Live 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)

Compilations

  • The Vault - Demos
    Demo (music)
    A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...

    - (2002)
  • The Vault 2 - Demos
    Demo (music)
    A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...

    - (2003)
  • Tonight Belongs to the Young
    Tonight Belongs to the Young
    Tonight 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....

    - Remaster
    Remaster
    Remaster is a word marketed mostly in the digital audio age, although the remastering process has existed since recording began...

    ed demos
    Demo (music)
    A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...

    - (2003)
  • Dirty Glam - (2004)
  • The Greatest Collection - The Ultimate Pretty Boy Floyd - (2004)
  • Glam As Fuck - Vinyl - (2009)

Date of Release Title Label US Billboard Peak
1989 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...

MCA
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

130
1997 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...

Perris Records Did not chart
1998 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...

Deadline Did not chart
2001 Live At The Pretty Ugly Club
Live At The Pretty Ugly Club
Live 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....

Perris Records Did not chart
2002 The Vault
The Vault
The Vault is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group. It launched in Summer 2003 and shows classic music videos from yesteryear and songs which are between one and five years old. It also plays some music from the eighties and nineties...

Perris Records Did not chart
2003 The Vault 2 Perris Records Did not chart
2003 Tonight Belongs to the Young
Tonight Belongs to the Young
Tonight 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....

Perris Records Did not chart
2004 Size Really Does Matter
Size Really Does Matter
Size Really Does Matter is the third and most recent studio album of the American band Pretty Boy Floyd. It is their first studio record not to feature guitarist Kristy "Krash" Majors and drummer Kari Kane....

Deadline Did not chart
2004 Dirty Glam Mausoleum
Mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb or the tomb may be considered to be within the...

Did not chart
2004 The Greatest Collection - The Ultimate Pretty Boy Floyd Deadline Did not chart
2007 Live Hard Live Fast Independent
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

Did not chart
2009 Glam As Fuck Cleopatra Did not chart
2010 Kiss Of Death - A Tribute To KISS DIY Records Did not chart

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