Smashed Gladys
Smashed Gladys was an American glam rock band formed in 1982 by Bart Lewis and Sally Cato,who met in Toronto Canada and then moved to Manhattan.
The band was initially managed by Gene Simmons of Kiss with Sally Cato-vocals,
Bart Lewis-lead guitar, Ken Fox - bass, and Matt Stelluto- drums. Ken Fox was replaced by JD Malo in 1984. The lineup for Smashed Gladys's first self titled record made at Rockfield studio in Wales in 1985 was Sally Cato- vocals,
Bart Lewis - guitar,
Matt Stelluto - drums,
JD Malo ~Bass,
Marcel Lafleur ~Guitar.
The Second Album, Social Intercourse was recorded in 1987 and released in 1988 on Elektra
The Musicians:
Sally Cato~ Vocals,
Bart Lewis - guitar
Matt Stelluto - drums
JD Malo - bass
Roger Lane - guitar
The Bands Third record Raw was released on Golden Robot records in 2023 and is a collection of demos from 1982 to 1993 with four songs - Never Take No, Stand Tall, Give it All You Got, The Beat Goes On, produced by Gene Simmons
The musicians were :
Sally Cato - vocals,
Bart Lewis ~ guitar
Matt Stelluto - drums
Ken Fox ~ bass
John Catto from the Canadian band The Diodes mixed the songs: Bleed For Me, Tattooed Blue, What a Shame, Rented Dreams, B.A.D
Mark Deanley mixed the songs:
Go to Hell, Ain’t Looking For Love, Move Over,
Weekend Whiskey/ Lost Generation, Beggars and Thieves
The musicians:
Sally Cato ~ vocals
Bart Lewis ~ guitar
JD Malo - bass
Vic D’Arsie ~keyboards,bass
Sally Cato and Bart Lewis mixed The songs Black Beauties and Blue Eyed Blondes, Bump In The Night.
Ozzy Osbourne provided backing vocals for their song Cast of Nasties Bart Lewis, JD Malo and Matt Stelutto made cameo appearances in the music video for the Run-D.M.C. cover of "Walk This Way", as backing musicians for Steven Tyler and Joe Perry.
Lead vocalist Sally Cato died on May 19, 2020.
Discography
Albums
- Smashed Gladys, 1985
- Social Intercourse, 1988
- ’’ Raw “”, 2023.
Singles
- "17 Goin' on Crazy", 1988
- "Lick it Into Shape", 1988, Lyrics-Sally Cato Composer- Bart Lewis
- "Legs Up", 1988,
Music- Bart Lewis
Some other songs from the Social intercourse record include,
Eye of The Storm, Lyrics- Bart Lewis, composer - Bart Lewis.
Sermonette, Lyrics - Sally Cato, Composer- Bart Lewis
Sources - Warner music publishing, Elektra records, SOCAN, ASCAP, Library of Congress copyright.