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The Great Kat

 
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The Great Kat

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Yngwie Malmsteen, Lillian Axe
  • Active: '80s, '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Rock
  • Instrument: Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer
  • Representative Albums: "Beethoven on Speed," "Wagner's War," "Worship Me or Die"

Biography

Guitar virtuoso the Great Kat was born Katherine Thomas in Swindon, England. After her family moved to Long Island, Thomas began studying music, taking up piano at age seven and violin two years later. Thomas won a scholarship to Juilliard and studied classical music, but upon graduating with honors, she took up heavy metal guitar in addition to violin and retooled herself as the Great Kat. Billing herself as the "High Priestess of Shred Guitar" and "the Reincarnation of Beethoven," the Great Kat issued her debut album, Worship Me or Die, in 1987. 1990's Beethoven on Speed continued her approach of blending originals with speed metal arrangements of well-known classical pieces. A spate of similar albums followed over the '90s, including Guitar Goddess and Bloody Vivaldi, and her persona and stage show became increasingly S&M-themed. In 2000, the Great Kat issued a six-and-a-half-minute CD titled Rossini's Rape, which featured a run through the William Tell Overture. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide
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The Great Kat
Birth name Katherine Thomas
Origin United States
Occupations Speed metal, heavy metal, thrash metal, neo-classical metal
Instruments Guitar, violin
Years active 1986 – present
Labels Roadrunner
Website http://www.greatkat.com

The Great Kat is the stage name of Katherine Thomas (born 1966 in Swindon), an English-born, Long Island NY raised, musician best known for her thrash metal interpretations of well-known pieces of classical music. Most feature her using the electric guitar, but some have her on violin. Thomas is in fact a classically-trained violinist, graduating from the Juilliard School and touring for a time playing conventional classical music before crossing over to metal.

According to her website, Guitar One magazine listed her as one of the "Ten Fastest Shredders of All Time",[1] and many media reviews of her work have praised the speed and clarity of her playing. Her classical background, technical skills and self-promotion are sometimes compared to Yngwie Malmsteen.

Kat's public persona, as portrayed in her publicity photos and videos, is mainly that of a dominatrix, albeit in a somewhat over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek manner.

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Band line-up

Members

Kat (Katherine Thomas) : Vocals / Guitars / Violin
Jeff Ingegno : Bass
Lionel Cordew : Drums

Past members

Tom Von Doom : Bass
Chip Marshall : Bass
Adam Killa : Drums
Kevin Dedario : Drums
Scott Borrero : Drums

Discography

References

  1. ^ http://www.greatkat.com/59/articles/guitarone.html Greatkat.com

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