Toilet Böys

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Toilet Böys in 2006
Toilet Böys in 2006
Background information
Origin Flag of the United States New York, USA
Genre(s) Laser punk / Go-Go Rock [1]
Punk rock, Hard rock
Years active 1995 – 2003
Label(s) 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
Lunachicks
The Donnas
Theo and the Skyscrapers
Afterparty
The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black
Website www.toiletböys.com (former site)
Official MySpace page
Former members
Paul Rocks
Jimmy Grillo
Oliver Miller

Toilet Böys are an American rock n 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.

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.[5] An album of unreleased material, demos, and remixes entitled Sex Music was released in 2007.[6]

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[edit] History

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.[7] 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,[8] 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,[9] under which they gained worldwide notoriety.

[edit] Discography

Year of release Title Record Label Notes
1996 Toilet Böys Squeezebox Records
1997 Mail Itch/Dream Action Hypurrr Records
1998 Living Like a Millionaire RAFR Records
1998 Go To Hell Devil Doll Records b/w "Hard", "Be A Man"
1999 Sinners and Saints Coldfront Records
1999 You Got It Lookout! Records Split single with
the Donnas
1999 Broken Home Devil Doll Records b/w "Shine On", "Baby's Wrong"
1999 Come and Get It Cargo Records
2000 Space Truckin/Slow Dancing Coldfront records 7" split with American Heartbreak
2001 Toilet Böys Masterplan Entertainment
2003 Live In London Ozit/Morpheus Records
2004 The Early Years Ozit/Morpheus Records
2007 Sex Music Dead City Records
2008 Take Me To Another World Guy solo album

[edit] 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.[10] Sean, under the moniker Chopper[11], performed his normal guitar duties as well as being the bands lead singer.
  • Sean has worked as a doorman in a gay nightclub despite not being gay himself.[12]


“ It's a private club, so members can go right in, but if they're not yet members I have to make sure they're not cops. If they say they're not cops, I ask them to take their dicks out and play with them before they can go in. That's my job. It can be kind of weird, cuz I'm a straight guy. ”

[edit] External links

[edit] References

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