Smashed Gladys was an American
glam rock
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band formed in 1982 by Bart Lewis and
Sally Cato,who met in Toronto Canada and then moved to Manhattan.
The band was initially managed by
Gene Simmons
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of
KISS
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with
Sally Cato-vocals,
Bart Lewis-lead guitar, Ken Fox - bass, and Matt Stelluto- drums. Ken Fox was replaced by JD Malo in 1984. The lineup for Smashed Gladys’s first self titled record made at Rockfield studio in Wales in 1985 was
Sally Cato- vocals,
Bart Lewis - guitar,
Matt Stelluto - drums,
JD Malo ~Bass,
Marcel Lafleur ~Guitar.
The Second Album, Social Intercourse was recorded in 1987 and released in 1988 on
Elektra
The Musicians:
Sally Cato~ Vocals,
Bart Lewis - guitar
Matt Stelluto - drums
JD Malo - bass
Roger Lane - guitar
The Bands Third record Raw was released on Golden Robot records in 2023 and is a collection of demos from 1982 to 1993 with four songs - Never Take No, Stand Tall, Give it All You Got, The Beat Goes On, produced by
Gene Simmons
The musicians were :
Sally Cato - vocals,
Bart Lewis ~ guitar
Matt Stelluto - drums
Ken Fox ~ bass
John Catto from the Canadian band
The Diodes mixed the songs: Bleed For Me , Tattooed Blue, What a Shame, Rented Dreams, B.A.D
Mark Deanley mixed the songs:
Go to Hell, Ain’t Looking For Love , Move Over ,
Weekend Whiskey/ Lost Generation,Beggars and Thieves
The musicians:
Sally Cato ~ vocals
Bart Lewis ~ guitar
JD Malo - bass
Vic D’Arsie ~keyboards,bass
Sally Cato and Bart Lewis mixed The songs Black Beauties and Blue Eyed Blondes , Bump In The Night .
Ozzy Osbourne
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provided backing vocals for their song Cast of Nasties Bart Lewis, JD Malo and Matt Stelutto made cameo appearances in the music video for the
Run-D.M.C. cover of "
Walk This Way
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", as backing musicians for
Steven Tyler
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and
Joe Perry.
Lead vocalist Sally Cato died on May 19, 2020.
Discography
Albums
*''Smashed Gladys'', 1985
*''Social Intercourse'', 1988
*’’ Raw “”, 2023.
( Which is a collection of first draft demos written by Bart Lewis and Sally Cato and recoded mainly in their rehearsal studio between 1988 and 1993 plus an additional 4 songs recorded at Right Track Studios in 1983 with Gene Simmons producing .)
Singles
*"17 Goin' on Crazy", 1988
Lyrics- Sally Cato, Bart Lewis . Composer Bart Lewis
*"Lick it Into Shape", 1988, Lyrics-Sally Cato Composer- Bart Lewis
*"Legs Up", 1988,
Lyrics - Sally Cato, Bart Lewis
Music- Bart Lewis
Some other songs from the Social intercourse record include,
Eye of The Storm, Lyrics- Bart Lewis, composer - Bart Lewis .
Sermonette, Lyrics - Sally Cato, Composer- Bart Lewis
Sources - Warner music publishing, Elektra records, SOCAN, ASCAP, Library of Congress copyright.
References
*https://www.loudersound.com/features/flash-metal-suicide-smashed-gladys
*https://ramzine.co.uk/news/smashed-gladys-2/
*https://ramzine.co.uk/news/smashed-gladys/
*https://www.therockpit.net/2023/smashed-gladys-release-new-album-raw-on-vinyl/
*https://ramzine.co.uk/news/bleeding-for-smashed-gladys/
*https://metalplanetmusic.com/2021/10/smashed-gladys-release-new-single-bleed-for-me/
External links
Metal Maidens – Smashed Gladys
Glam metal musical groups from New York (state)
Hard rock musical groups from New York (state)
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