Nashville Pussy

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Nashville Pussy
Nashville Pussy playing live at Hellfest. L to R: Karen Cuda, Blaine Cartwright, Jeremy Thompson, Ruyter Suys
Background information
Origin	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Genres	Hard rock, punk rock, Southern metal, boogie rock, psychobilly, cowpunk
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Spitfire
Associated acts	Nine Pound Hammer
Members
Blaine Cartwright Ruyter Suys Jeremy Thompson Karen Cuda
Former members
Corey Parks Tracy Almazon Katielyn Campbell

Nashville Pussy is an American hard rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. Many of their songs are about sex, drugs, drinking, fighting, and rock & roll. Their musical style mixes punk rock, Southern metal, boogie rock and psychobilly. Much of their music is not what would be considered traditionally "radio friendly", due to their frequent use of expletives and vulgar terminology. Initially called Hell's Half-Acre, the band's name comes from Ted Nugent's introduction to "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" on the Double Live Gonzo album.

The core lineup of Nashville Pussy consists of husband-and-wife duo Blaine Cartwright and Ruyter Suys (pronounced "Rider Sighs"), and drummer Jeremy Thompson. Original bassist Corey Parks (sister of former NBA basketball player Cherokee Parks) left after the album High as Hell, to be replaced by Katielyn Campbell (of the band C'mon) for the album Say Something Nasty. Campbell was subsequently replaced by Karen Cuda for the album Get Some.

Nashville Pussy's sixth studio album, released February 2009, is entitled From Hell to Texas.

Following

Blaine Cartwright formed the cowpunk band Nine Pound Hammer in 1985, which disbanded in 1997 with the formation of Nashville Pussy. Cartwright's former band, Nine Pound Hammer, has reunited and plays the introduction song for the Adult Swim cartoon 12 Oz. Mouse. Cartwright also had a cameo in the Mr. Show spinoff movie Run Ronnie Run as Duke's Bar Owner.

Nashville Pussy received a Best Metal Performance Grammy nomination for their song "Fried Chicken And Coffee" from their debut release, Let Them Eat Pussy (1998, The Enclave),^[1] and their songs "Come On, Come On" and "Hate & Whisky" were featured in the video game Jackass the Game. Additionally, "Snake Eyes" was in the video game Rogue Trip and "Shoot First and Run Like Hell" was in the movie Super Troopers.

Since then, however, the band has remained largely underground, however gaining a large rock club scene cult following, and in Europe^[2], Australia^[3], Japan and the rest of the world^[4], the band has a modest fanbase. Grassroots promotion of the band has been aided by their taper-friendly show recording policy.

Lineup

Current members

• Blaine Cartwright - Vocals/guitar
• Ruyter Suys - Lead guitar
• Jeremy Thompson - Drums
• Karen Cuda - Bass

Former members

• Corey Parks - Bass
• Tracy Almazon (aka Tracy Wives, Tracy Kickass) - Bass
• Katielyn Campbell - Bass

Selected discography

• 1998 : Let Them Eat Pussy
• 2000 : High As Hell
• 2002 : Say Something Nasty
• 2005 : Get Some
• 2005 : Dirty Best Of Nashville Pussy
• 2009 : From Hell to Texas

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Nashville Pussy

• Official site
• Video of Nashville Pussy playing at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado on Friday, January 11th, 2008 (entire set/show)
• Interview with Blaine Cartwright @ Legends
• French site
• CrashCam Films (CrashCam Films home page) - filmmaker Bob Ray's Austin, Texas based production company that created music videos for the Nashville Pussy songs "Fried Chicken and Coffee", "High as Hell" and "Say Something Nasty"
• Karen Cuda interview at BassGirls.Com

References