Toilet Boys
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Toilet Böys are an American
rock and roll
band from New York City
, USA. The band's original line-up is made up of Miss Guy, Sean Pierce, Electric Eddie, Rocket, and Adam Vomit. Toilet Böys have toured world-wide supporting musical acts such as Red Hot Chili Peppers
, Nashville Pussy
, Orgy
, The Damned, Dee Dee Ramone
& Deborah Harry
. They were known for a highly energetic stage show that included spark-showers, smoke, lasers, strobes, synchronized flame-columns, cheerleaders, confetti cannons, burning guitars and fire breathing
performed by their lead guitarist, Sean, during the finale
.
An album of unreleased material, demos
, and remix
es entitled Sex Music
was released in 2007.
Toilet Böys reunited and played their first surprise concert on June 14, 2010 at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. Most of the boys are back including Miss Guy, Sean, Eddie and Adam with the addition of Shane on guitar. They played the Azkena Rock festival in Spain in June 2010.
, who performed with her own band at the rock club, Don Hill's, in NYC. They were not formed as a backing band for Deborah Harry as is erroneously published and believed.
Toilet Böys lead singer, Miss Guy (who was house-DJ at the club) was inspired to form a band and fulfill a dream of playing a show with Harry, one of his idols, if just for one night. He put together a band specifically for this occasion and it was only intended to be a one-time performance. The response was overwhelmingly positive, with the result being the booking of Toilet Böys for several additional gigs. These performances led to demand for further performances. Within a year and a half the Toilet Böys line-up had solidified into the permanent, 'classic' line-up, under which they gained worldwide notoriety.
United States
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rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
band from New York City
New York City
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, USA. The band's original line-up is made up of Miss Guy, Sean Pierce, Electric Eddie, Rocket, and Adam Vomit. Toilet Böys have toured world-wide supporting musical acts such as Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...
, Nashville Pussy
Nashville Pussy
Nashville Pussy is an American hard rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. Their musical style mixes boogie rock, Southern metal and psychobilly. Much of the band's lyrical themes mostly revolve around sex, drugs, drinking, fighting, and rock 'n' roll...
, Orgy
Orgy (band)
Orgy is an American synth rock band formed in 1996, from Los Angeles, California. Orgy described their music as "death pop".-History:Orgy was formed in 1996 by vocalist Jay Gordon and guitarist Ryan Shuck. Bassist Paige Haley, guitarist Amir Derakh, and drummer Bobby Hewitt soon completed the line-up...
, The Damned, Dee Dee Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone was an American songwriter and musician, best known as founding member, bassist and main songwriter of the punk rock band the Ramones....
& Deborah Harry
Debbie Harry
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...
. They were known for a highly energetic stage show that included spark-showers, smoke, lasers, strobes, synchronized flame-columns, cheerleaders, confetti cannons, burning guitars and fire breathing
Fire breathing
Fire breathing is the act of creating a fireball by breathing a fine mist of fuel over an open flame. Proper technique and the correct fuel create the illusion of danger to enhance the novelty of fire breathing, while reducing the risk to health and safety...
performed by their lead guitarist, Sean, during the finale
Set list
A set list, or setlist, is a document that lists the songs that a band or musical artist intends to play, or has played, during a specific concert performance...
.
An album of unreleased material, 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...
, and remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
es entitled Sex Music
Sex Music (album)
The songs found on the album were written and recorded before the Toilet Böys' final tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. This album also includes one new track recorded by the three remaining members of the band Sean, Guy and Electric Eddie and a remix by each of them.-Track listing:#Sex...
was released in 2007.
Toilet Böys reunited and played their first surprise concert on June 14, 2010 at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. Most of the boys are back including Miss Guy, Sean, Eddie and Adam with the addition of Shane on guitar. They played the Azkena Rock festival in Spain in June 2010.
History
Toilet Böys are an American rock band. The Toilet Böys formed in 1995 and their first show was as opening act for Deborah HarryDebbie Harry
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...
, who performed with her own band at the rock club, Don Hill's, in NYC. They were not formed as a backing band for Deborah Harry as is erroneously published and believed.
Toilet Böys lead singer, Miss Guy (who was house-DJ at the club) was inspired to form a band and fulfill a dream of playing a show with Harry, one of his idols, if just for one night. He put together a band specifically for this occasion and it was only intended to be a one-time performance. The response was overwhelmingly positive, with the result being the booking of Toilet Böys for several additional gigs. These performances led to demand for further performances. Within a year and a half the Toilet Böys line-up had solidified into the permanent, 'classic' line-up, under which they gained worldwide notoriety.
Discography
| Year of release | Title | Record Label | Notes |
| 1996 1996 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact... |
Toilet Böys Toilet Böys (debut) Toilet Böys is the first recorded output by notorious NYC punk/glam band, the Toilet Böys. This album was recorded without eventual lead guitarist and band staple, Sean Pierce.-Track listing:# Phly# Paul Stanley # Stalker# Squeeze Box Baby... |
Squeezebox Records | |
| 1997 1997 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.-January:*January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy... |
Mail Itch/Dream Action | Hypurrr Records | |
| 1998 1998 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia... |
Living Like a Millionaire Living Like a Millionaire Living Like a Millionaire is the second album by New York based punk/glam rock band Toilet Böys.-Track listing:# Rocket City 2:53# Turn It Up 2:45# Another Day in the Life 3:25# Go Go Boy 3:11# Electric 3:40... |
RAFR Records | |
| 1998 1998 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia... |
Go To Hell | Devil Doll Records | b/w "Hard", "Be A Man" |
| 1999 1999 in music -Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia.... |
Sinners and Saints | Coldfront Records | |
| 1999 1999 in music -Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia.... |
You Got It | Lookout! Records Lookout! Records -History:Larry Livermore and David Hayes formed the label in 1987. From the start, Lookout released punk rock records, but over time expanded its scope to include various types of pop rock, reggae fusion, acoustic rock, pop punk, and indie rock... |
Split single with the Donnas The Donnas The Donnas are an American all-female rock band from Palo Alto, California. They draw inspiration from The Ramones, The Runaways, AC/DC, Bachman–Turner Overdrive and Kiss. Rolling Stone has stated that "the Donnas offer a guileless take on adolescent alienation; they traffic in kicks, not... |
| 1999 1999 in music -Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia.... |
Broken Home | Devil Doll Records | b/w "Shine On", "Baby's Wrong" |
| 1999 1999 in music -Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia.... |
Come and Get It | Cargo Records | |
| 2000 2000 in music See also:* 2000 in music Record labels established in 2000-Events:*January – Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.*January 1**John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List.... |
Space Truckin/Slow Dancing | Coldfront records | 7" split with American Heartbreak |
| 2001 2001 in music See also:* 2001 in music Record labels established in 2001-Events:*January 1**Comeback of Guns N' Roses in House of Blues**Hum disbands.*January 17 – Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band.... |
Toilet Böys Toilet Böys (album) Toilet Böys was the final studio album by the NYC trash band, the Toilet Böys. A reviewer best described the album as the following;According to lead-guitarist Sean, due to limited studio time, this album had a much more 'poppy' sound as opposed to their older, crunchier albums... |
Masterplan Entertainment | |
| 2003 2003 in music -January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested... |
Live In London | Ozit/Morpheus Records | |
| 2004 2004 in music See also:* 2004 in music Record labels established in 2004-January:*January 1**The Vienna New Year's Concert is conducted by Riccardo Muti.**Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol.... |
The Early Years | Ozit/Morpheus Records | |
| 2007 2007 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame... |
Sex Music Sex Music (album) The songs found on the album were written and recorded before the Toilet Böys' final tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. This album also includes one new track recorded by the three remaining members of the band Sean, Guy and Electric Eddie and a remix by each of them.-Track listing:#Sex... |
Dead City Records | |
| 2009 2009 in music The following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year... |
Take Me To Another World | Guy solo album |
Trivia
- The song "Another Day in the Life" is credited in the movie American Pie 2. It can be heard during the partyPartyA party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, or recreation. A party will typically feature food and beverages, and often music and dancing as well....
scene towards the end of the movie. However, it did not appear on the movie soundtrack. - The band contributed to the RamonesRamonesThe 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...
tribute album, titled The Song Ramones the SameThe Song Ramones the SameThe Song Ramones the Same is a tribute album done by various artists as a tribute to the Ramones. The title is a reference to the multiple works of Led Zeppelin entitled The Song Remains the Same...
, with their cover of "Carbona Not Glue". - In the ashes of their break up in 2003, Sean & Rocket formed the group Afterparty. Sean, under the moniker "Chopper," performed his normal guitar duties as well as being the band's lead singer.
- Sean has worked as a doormanBouncer (doorman)A bouncer is an informal term for a type of security guard employed at venues such as bars, nightclubs or concerts to provide security, check legal age, and refuse entry to a venue based on criteria such as intoxication, aggressive behavior, or attractiveness...
in a gay nightclub despite claiming not to be gay himself.
- Bassist Adam Vomit currently works as magicianMagic (illusion)Magic is a performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks or creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats using natural means...
and ventriloquistVentriloquismVentriloquism, or ventriloquy, is an act of stagecraft in which a person manipulates his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered "dummy"...
. - Adam is also currently the bassist in the performance band The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black.