Toilet Böys

Toilet Böys
Toilet Böys in 2006
Background information
Origin	New York, USA
Genres	Laser punk / Go-Go Rock [1] Punk, Hard rock
Years active	1995 – 2003
Labels	RAFR Roadrunner Records Masterplan Entertainment Hall of Records Ozit/Morpheus Records Coldfront Records Lookout! Records Devil Doll Records Cargo Records Dead City Records
Associated acts	Deborah Harry Theo and the Skyscrapers Afterparty The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black
Website	www.toiletböys.com (former site) Official MySpace page
Members
Miss Guy Sean Pierce Rocket Adam Vomit Electric Eddie
Former members
Paul Rocks Jimmy Grillo Oliver Miller

Toilet Böys are an American rock and roll band from New York City, USA. The band's classic 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^[2], Nashville Pussy^[3], Orgy^[4], 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.

On 23 May 1999, the band inadvertently set fire to the LA2 while supporting Nashville Pussy in London, when pyro from the guitars ignited cargo netting in the roof of the venue. In the wake of the Great White Rhode Island nightclub fire, the band decided to disband. The general feeling amongst band members was that their show would be greatly diminished without the pyro show.^[2] An album of unreleased material, demos, and remixes entitled Sex Music was released in 2007.^[5]

History

Miss Guy and Debbie Harry in 2009.

Toilet Böys are an American rock band. The Toilet Böys formed in 1995 and their first show was as opening act for Deborah Harry, who performed with her own band at the rock club, Don Hill's, in NYC.^[6] 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)^[4] 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,^[7] under which they gained worldwide notoriety.

Discography

Trivia

• The song "Another Day in the Life" is credited in the movie American Pie 2. It can be heard during the party scene towards the end of the movie. However, it did not appear on the movie soundtrack.
• The band contributed to the Ramones tribute album, titled The Song Ramones the Same, with their cover of "Carbona Not Glue".
• In the ashes of their break up in 2003, Sean & Rocket formed the group Afterparty.^[2] Sean, under the moniker "Chopper,"^[8] performed his normal guitar duties as well as being the band's lead singer.
• Sean has worked as a doorman in a gay nightclub despite not being gay himself.^[8]

• Bassist Adam Vomit currently works as magician and ventriloquist.^[9]
• Adam is also currently the bassist in the performance band The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black^[10].

External links

• Toilet Böys at Allmusic
• Toilet Böys official MySpace
• Miss Guy
• Sean Pierce
• Eddie
• Rocket
• Adam Vomit
• Adam Cardone website

References

1. ^ Rolling Stone
2. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.geocities.com/nowwave/rants/pierce.html
3. ^ Trigger Magazine
4. ^ ^{a b} NYRock.com
5. ^ Dead City Records
6. ^ Punk Globe
7. ^ TOILET BOYS - Interview with Guy - Music - http://maxpages.com/aeazine/TOILET_BOYS
8. ^ ^{a b} Now Toronto
9. ^ Cardone the Magician
10. ^ Karen Black | Thrasher Magazine | Find Articles at BNET.com