Pretty Boy Floyd is a glam metal band from Hollywood, California formed in 1987. They are most famous for their 1989 debut album Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz and the two singles from it; "Rock and Roll (Is Gonna Set the Night on Fire)" and "I Wanna Be With You".
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. It was released on MCA Records, and was produced by Howard Benson, who would go on to have a production career in the 90's and beyond, working with Hoobastank among many others.
A lot of inspired hard rock came out of the 1980s, but that decade also produced a glut of faceless "clone bands" that hadn't even a trace of originality. One of the most glaring and shameless examples was Pretty Boy Floyd, a so-called "glam-metal" unit known for its androgynous look and ultra-heavy makeup. Derivative of bands like Bon Jovi, Ratt and Quiet Riot but never even a fraction as exciting, Pretty Boy Floyd earned a following in the late '80s offering commercial hard rock at its most generic. From "Rock and Roll Outlaws" to "Only the Young" and "Wild Angels," everything on the cliché-ridden Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz smacks of formula and sounds like the result of a marketing meeting rather than genuine artistic inspiration. This is definitely a CD to avoid.
01. "Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz" - 4:48
02. "Rock and Roll (Is Gonna Set The Night On Fire)" - 3:13
03. "Wild Angels" - 5:08
04. "Forty-Eight Hours" - 2:59
05. "Toast of the Town" - 3:18
This is a cover of a Mötley Crüe song which appeared as the b-side to their debut single,"Stick To Your Guns", released on their Leathür Records label in 1981.
06. "Rock and Roll Outlaws" - 2:33
07. "Only the Young" - 3:51
08. "The Last Kiss" - 2:39
09. "Your Momma Won't Know" - 3:42
10. "I Wanna Be With You" - 3:57
all songs written-by Pretty Boy Floyd.
Pretty Boy Floyd
A lot of inspired hard rock came out of the 1980s, but that decade also produced a glut of faceless "clone bands" that hadn't even a trace of originality. One of the most glaring and shameless examples was Pretty Boy Floyd, a so-called "glam-metal" unit known for its androgynous look and ultra-heavy makeup. Derivative of bands like Bon Jovi, Ratt and Quiet Riot but never even a fraction as exciting, Pretty Boy Floyd earned a following in the late '80s offering commercial hard rock at its most generic. From "Rock and Roll Outlaws" to "Only the Young" and "Wild Angels," everything on the cliché-ridden Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz smacks of formula and sounds like the result of a marketing meeting rather than genuine artistic inspiration. This is definitely a CD to avoid.
01. "Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz" - 4:48
02. "Rock and Roll (Is Gonna Set The Night On Fire)" - 3:13
03. "Wild Angels" - 5:08
04. "Forty-Eight Hours" - 2:59
05. "Toast of the Town" - 3:18
This is a cover of a Mötley Crüe song which appeared as the b-side to their debut single,"Stick To Your Guns", released on their Leathür Records label in 1981.
06. "Rock and Roll Outlaws" - 2:33
07. "Only the Young" - 3:51
08. "The Last Kiss" - 2:39
09. "Your Momma Won't Know" - 3:42
10. "I Wanna Be With You" - 3:57
all songs written-by Pretty Boy Floyd.
Pretty Boy Floyd
- Steve "Sex" Summers – lead vocals
- Kristy "Krash" Majors – guitar backing vocals
- Vinnie Chas – bass backing vocals
- Kari Kane – drums backing vocals
Additional Musicians
- Howard Benson: keyboards
- Matt Bradley – vocals
- Phil Balvano – vocals
- Jennifer "Miss Frosty" Hoopes, Paris Hampton, Maura Eagan, Candice Gartland, Elizabeth Goldner, Katharine Lundy – backing vocals
Production
- Produced By Howard Benson
- Recorded, Engineered & Mixed By Howard Benson & Bill Jackson
- Assistant Engineers: Brian Stover, Brooke Hendricks, George Schureman, Jeff Chestek, Mike Cohn
- Glen LaFerman – photography
- Paula Janecek – artwork, design, layout design
Notes
Recorded at Kajem Victory Studios, Philadelphia, PA May-June 1989
Mixed at The Enterprise, Burbank, CA
Mastered at Precision Lacquer, Hollywood, CA
Mixed at The Enterprise, Burbank, CA
Mastered at Precision Lacquer, Hollywood, CA
Genre: Glam metal
Length: 36:18
Label - MCA Records
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