Cycle Sluts from Hell
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Cycle Sluts from Hell
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| origin = New York City, New York, U.S.
| genre = {{Flatlist|*Heavy metal{{cite web|first= Greg |last= Prato |title= Cycle Sluts from Hell – Cycle Sluts from Hell |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/cycle-sluts-from-hell-mw0000263054 |accessdate= October 9, 2016}}
- glam metal{{cite web|first= Mike |last= McPadden |title= The Hair Metal 100: Ranking the '80s Greatest Glam Bands, Part 1 |date= September 21, 2015 |publisher= VH1. Viacom |url= https://www.vh1.com/news/n6rdsv/hair-metal-100-part-one-100-to-81 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220518000121/https://www.vh1.com/news/n6rdsv/hair-metal-100-part-one-100-to-81 |url-status= live |archive-date= May 18, 2022 |accessdate= October 9, 2016}}}}
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| years_active = 1986–1992, 2006, 2007
| label = Epic
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| current_members = Queen Vixen
She-Fire of Ice
Honey 1%er
Lord Roadkill
Tony Wolfmann
Nick Marden
Ash Gray
| past_members = Venus Penis Crusher (a.k.a. Betty Kallas)
Donna She Wolf
Scott Duboys
Tom Von Doom
Chris Moffett}}
The Cycle Sluts from Hell were an American heavy metal band, active from 1986 to 1992. The band was made up of four women, singing under the stage names Queen Vixen, She-Fire of Ice, Honey One Percenter, and Venus Penis Crusher, with a group of backing musicians including Pete Lisa, Christopher Moffett, Tom Von Doom, Fernando Rosario, Brian Smith, Scott Duboys, Bobby Gustafson, and Eddie Coen. They released one self-titled album in 1991.
Career
The band's music was primarily written by Pete Lisa, with contributions from Daniel Rey, Mark Durado, Christopher Moffett, and Tom Von Doom.{{cn|date=July 2024}} They performed around the New York City area in the late 1980s, playing shows with Jane's Addiction at The Cat Club,{{cn|date=July 2024}} Danzig at The Old Studio 54,{{cn|date=July 2024}} and Joey Ramone at the Ritz and the Palladium.
The band's self-titled debut album was their only release. Their best known track is "I Wish You Were a Beer", written by Honey One Percenter and Tom Von Doom. The track featured in the MTV show Beavis and Butthead, receiving a positive response.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/beavis-and-butt-head/show/3417/episode_guide.html&printable=1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915085112/http://www.tv.com/beavis-and-butt-head/show/3417/episode_guide.html&printable=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 15, 2012|work=Beavis and Butthead episode guide|title=Way Down Mexico Way, broadcast May 26, 1993|publisher=tv.com}} The band's most high-profile performance was a European tour with Motörhead in the early nineties.
On July 24, 2006, some of the original band played a reunion show at The Delancey in New York,{{cn|date=July 2024}} where the line-up included Queen Vixen, Honey 1percenter, She Fire of Ice, Lord Roadkill, and Scott Duboys.{{cn|date=July 2024}} They reunited again on October 31, 2007, for the Motherfucker Halloween party at Club Rebel in New York, where the line-up included Queen Vixen, Honey 1percenter, She Fire of Ice, and Lord Roadkill (accompanied by Nick Marden from The Stimulators on bass and She Wolves' Tony Mann).{{Cite web |url=http://www.punkglobe.com/sluts.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 4, 2015 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104133/http://www.punkglobe.com/sluts.html |url-status=dead }}
Discography
- Cycle Sluts from Hell (self-titled, Epic Records, 1991)
References
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Other sources
- [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p12655|pure_url=yes}} Cycle Sluts from Hell page] at AllMusic
- [http://www.bnrmetal.com/v5/band/band/CSFH Cycle Sluts from Hell page] at BNR Metal
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717043908/http://user.tninet.se/~cxq849j/CycleHe.html The Day I Met the Cycle Sluts from Hell], by Daniela
- The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal, Sterling, 2003, {{ISBN|0-7607-4218-9}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061205054225/http://cycleslutsfromhell.com/ Official website] (archived)
- [http://www.myspace.com/cycleslutsfromhell MySpace page]
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Category:1986 establishments in New York City
Category:American all-female bands
Category:Glam metal musical groups from New York (state)
Category:Heavy metal musical groups from New York (state)
Category:Musical groups established in 1986
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1991
Category:Musical groups reestablished in 2006
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2006