Biography
Although these were lumped along with the glam metallic movement from the ’80s throughout their brief saving career, NY City’s Smashed Gladys was even more a kin to such streetwise metallic punks as Guns N’ Roses, Hanoi Rocks, as well as the Ramones. Comprising users Sally Cato (vocals), Bart Lewis (acoustic guitar), Roger Street (acoustic guitar), J.D. Malo (bass), and Matt Steluto (drums), Smashed Gladys 1st came together within the middle-’80s, gigging frequently at such regional locations as Danceteria, the Kitty Golf club, and L’Amour, before issuing a self-titled debut recording independently (which presented a spirited edition from the T. Rex nugget “Metallic Expert”). The music group then authorized with Elektra Information, and despite their make of road metallic breaking in to the mainstream (via Weapons N’ Roses, Skid Row, etc.), the quintet just stuck collectively for an individual critically favored recording, 1988’s Sociable Intercourse, before divorce.