| Kristy Krash Majors | |
|---|---|
| Born | New York, United States |
| Genres | Rock Glam metal Punk rock |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | DIY Records MCA Records Perris Records |
| Associated acts | Jett Blakk, Pretty Boy Floyd Shameless Adler's Appetite |
| Website | www.kristymajors.com |
Kristy "Krash" Majors (born Chris Maggiore on February 3, 1968 in New York) is an American rock guitarist most famous for playing with the band Pretty Boy Floyd. He also has a solo project which he continues with currently.
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His musical career began on the east coast playing for heavy metal act Jett Blakk in New York. The band recorded some material and distributed it on several compilation records, this material has become extremely rare to attain.
Majors formed his most famous band; Pretty Boy Floyd in Hollywood, California during 1987 as the original lead guitarist and main songwriter on the 1989 debut album; "Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz" which went on to sell over 500,000 copies worldwide.
Pretty Boy Floyd broke up in 1991 and Majors began to work in the record industry, managing and scouting bands amongst other things. Pretty Boy Floyd reformed in the mid-1990s and Majors was involved with the project. They put out an EP and album together in 1998; A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock N Roll and Porn Stars respectively.
The early 2000s saw Majors take up a solo career, the sound of the project blended his previous hard rock works with punk rock music. He even released a Ramones cover album entitled "For Those About To Sniff Some Glue... (We Salute You)". He has been featured on several movie and television soundtracks as well as producing/mastering artists in his own studio "Highway to Hell Studios." A clothing line called "Sex Drugs Rock Roll Clothing" in which several celebrities like Guns N' Roses, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Avril Lavigne, Sixx AM and many more are all wearing.
In regards of original solo work released, Majors has put out; "The Devil In Me", "Goodbye Rock-N-Roller" and most recently in 2007 "Sex, Drugs 'N' Rock N Roll". In March 2007 he completed a tour of the United Kingdom with other Hollywood acts Love/Hate and Bang Tango supporting his new album Sex, Drugs & Rock N Roll.
Pretty Boy Floyd and Kristy Majors continue to tour the world and plan on releasing new albums in 2010.