Formed 1984, Canada
Albums:
1985
Smashed Gladys
1988
Social Intercourse
History:
Smashed Gladys were a group of sleazy, rude and crude rockers with a twin guitar
attack and gritty vocals provided by the awesome female vocalist Sally Cato.
Unfortunately the band never reached anything more then cult status.
Sally Cato (vocals), Bart Lewis (guitar), Marcel La
Fleur (guitar), J.D. Malo (bass) and Matt Stellutto (drums)
formed the band in Toronto, Ontario. But it wasn't long before the group picked up
and moved to New York City. It would be there that Cato's voice (or maybe it
was her good looks) caught the attention of Kiss' Gene Simmons, who
agreed to produce their demo and helped in getting the band signed to the Heavy Metal
America label. While touring for the album La Fleur was replaced by Roger Lane.
The self-titled independent album went largely unnoticed, but the group
was able to grab the attention of Elektra records for their second and last release.
The critically acclaimed Social Intercourse was released in 1988, but by late
1989 the band was disintegrating. Lane left to join another New York sleaze
band called The Throbs and Malo quickly followed suit by joining
former Hanoi Rocks front man Michael Monroe's solo band.
From there Malo would also surface with the Cycle Sluts From
Hell before forming High Octane. The other members of Smashed Gladys
seemed to have simply disappeared.
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