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SWITCHBLADE KITTY BOOKING INFO

2009-11-13T08:43:00.000-08:00

Switchblade Kitty is soon to be out of the studio and ready to start booking shows, the girls have been working hard to give you the best 2010 ever! new songs new sound, new...well your just going to have to wait until our show on dec 28th to find out the rest. if you would like to book Switchblade Kitty please contact their manager Steven Harlow at steven@stevenharlow.com

SWITCHBLADE KITTY RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-10-15T16:51:00.001-07:00

THE BAND!
Some things just go together, like peanut butter and jelly, president bush and corruption, 50 cent and bullet holes and yes even kittens and switchblades. Meet rock n rolls answer to the pussycat dolls on heroin. Switchblade Kitty is one of the most explosive Hollywood all girl rock acts to hit the metropolis of mayhem since the Runaways smelled the armpit of Wendy O Williams and the plasmatics. the four violators of velocity are creating one of the most sought after and anticipated buzzes that the decadent Hollywood music scene has produced in quite some time. But not everything is sharp and cuddly when it comes to this battery of butcher knife babes. Like a train thats ready to derail at any moment, this band since its inception has been on the verge of becoming the next big thing. Unlike other female rock bands, you wouldn't want these girls next door to your house unless you were a fraternity of horny sadomasochist. These females are rude, nasty and mean and they have no problem co-existing in a business thats predominately ran by men. and although they look like supermodels they live by one motto, "don't bring a knife to a gunfight unless your willing to sever the finger that pulls the trigger" Some girls just wanna watch the world burn and with likes of tommy lee, dave navarro, perry farrell and a who`s who of rock gods that have joined these girls on stage, most these legendary not so subtle giants have helped stir the kool-aid of kaos and have even fallen victim to this hard partying gang of gash. but when black eyed billy, nikki the knife, kourtney massaqure and gotti doll strap on their weapons of mass distraction one thing is for sure. Switchblade Kitty is one precocious pussy that you could never tame like a pet.

BANG YOUR HEAD WITH MIKE AND ED!!!!!!!!!!

2009-09-07T13:59:00.000-07:00

Ep #29: Synn & Switchblade Kitty @ The Slidebar!

THIS MONDAY SEPT 7TH AT LES DUEX

2009-09-03T12:42:00.000-07:00

SWITCHBLADE KITTY WILL BE DESTROYING LES DUEX IN HOLLYWOOD, HOSTED BY STEVEN HARLOW, PENELOP TUESDAY FROM CHELSEA GIRLS AND http://www.hollywoodroxxx.com/, DONT MISS THIS STAR STUDDED EVENT, ALSO CELEBRATING TUESDAYS BIRTHDAY THIS MONDAY SO EXPECT TONS OF PEOPLE AND CRAZY ANTICS!

2009-07-27T18:44:00.000-07:00

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2009-07-17T00:56:00.001-07:00

2009-07-17T00:54:00.000-07:00

great new things have happened to switchblade kitty!

2009-07-15T20:40:00.000-07:00

ok so we spoke to steven harlow manager of switchblade kitty and said they "finaly have their line up changed and ready to go, logan on guitar yowzah on bass dallas on guitar (dallas is an original member) and now dish on drums, dish is the drummer for the yardbirds and was is candlebox, faster pussycat, pretty boy floyd and so many other great bands, he is the perfect addition to the switchblade kitty line up, dish came in like a pro, we gave him a cd on sunday and he came in on tuesday and crushed it! he blew everyone away with his amazing talent and work ethics! a great relief after going through drummer after drummer after drummer! everyone of these guys are the baddest muthafuckers out there, it feels like a family now and thats amazing" we asked Steven harlow how the girls are doing? "the new girls are out of this world insane! gotti doll is an amazing performer and so cool to hang out with as long as she remains calm, kourtney massacre is the hottest, meanest thing ive ever met, shes an amazing musician, from grand piano to blasting the mic with punk rock shes the shit!"

2009-07-06T22:58:00.000-07:00

june 27th at the dragonfly

2009-07-06T22:55:00.000-07:00

switchblade kitty plays rock monday at les duex

2009-07-02T14:04:00.000-07:00

ok so switchblade kitty played last monday(the 29th of june) at les duex rock monday hosted by chelsea girls own Penelope Tuesday, with only 1 day to promote the show word traveled fast and the switchblade kitty fans lined up! it was an amazing show and the new band sounds better than ever! cant wait for the next show. follow the girls on twitter www.twitter.com/angelcitykitty

switchblade kitty swag!

2009-06-24T01:14:00.000-07:00

coming soon and available only on hollywoodroxxx.com and at our live shows, calenders, posters and we are filming a dvd of the crazy shows before and after the shows, this is going to be nutz!
stay tuned people!

twitter

2009-06-24T01:02:00.000-07:00

hey everyone follow switchblade kitty on twitter www.twitter.com/angelcitykitty keep up with the haps!

switchblade kitty is going through some great changes!

2009-06-09T23:06:00.000-07:00

hello sbk fans, so switchblade kitty has gone through some amazing changes, although i cannot disclose all that has happened, i will say that you will be amazed and most of you will be very pleased. to see this in the flesh you must come to the show this friday the 12th at the slidebar in fullerton!

june 27th at the dragonfly

2009-06-02T12:23:00.001-07:00

june 29th at les duex

2009-06-02T12:05:00.000-07:00

june 12th at the slidebar

2009-05-18T19:50:00.000-07:00

UPCOMING SHOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-05-18T11:25:00.000-07:00

SWITCHBLADE KITTY;

fri june 12th- the slidebar fullerton ca

sat june 27th the dragonfly santa monica and wilcox- with nylon pink and the naughty things

monday june 29th les duex "rock monday" hosted by "chelsea girls" own penelopy tuesday

sat july 25th- the dragonfly santa monica and wilcox-with Emily Wilsons rock n pole show and pole artistry by the VertiGirls

2009-05-18T11:24:00.000-07:00

2009-04-30T17:29:00.000-07:00

THE BAND!

Some things just go together, like peanut butter and jelly, president bush and corruption, 50 cent and bullet holes and yes even kittens and switchblades. Meet rock n rolls answer to the pussycat dolls on heroin. Switchblade Kitty is one of the most explosive Hollywood all girl rock acts to hit the metropolis of mayhem since the Runaways smelled the armpit of Wendy O Williams and the plasmatics. the four violators of velocity are creating one of the most sought after and anticipated buzzes that the decadent Hollywood music scene has produced in quite some time. But not everything is sharp and cuddly when it comes to this battery of butcher knife babes. Like a train thats ready to derail at any moment, this band since its inception has been on the verge of becoming the next big thing. Unlike other female rock bands, you wouldn't want these girls next door to your house unless you were a fraternity of horny sadomasochist. These females are rude, nasty and mean and they have no problem co-existing in a business thats predominately ran by men. and although they look like supermodels they live by one motto, "don't bring a knife to a gunfight unless your willing to sever the finger that pulls the trigger" Some girls just wanna watch the world burn and with likes of tommy lee, dave navarro, perry farrell and a who`s who of rock gods that have joined these girls on stage, most these legendary not so subtle giants have helped stir the kool-aid of kaos and have even fallen victim to this hard partying gang of gash. but when black eyed billy, nikki the knife, kourtney massaqure and gotti doll strap on their weapons of mass distraction one thing is for sure. Switchblade Kitty is one precocious pussy that you could never tame like a pet.

2009-04-30T17:28:00.000-07:00

Switchblade kitty has some badass gangster kinda junk up their sleeves for you fans! coming soon!

sat at the dragonfly

2009-04-20T14:08:00.000-07:00

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2009-04-07T13:36:00.001-07:00

sbk

2009-03-30T21:36:00.000-07:00

2009-03-29T19:20:00.001-07:00

THE QUEEN OF IT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU

2009-03-29T19:10:00.000-07:00

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2009-03-24T19:15:00.001-07:00

hollywood roxxx and sbk have something wicked coming your way very soon! think dark rock n roll circus people!

wow amazing write up!

2009-03-07T21:16:00.000-08:00

Switchblade Kitty, The Roxy

March 9, 2009
By Paul Hart

All photos by Paul Hart
Switchblade Kitty from left to right: Heidi Shepherd, Carla Harvey, Kelly Cole, and Gabriella DeMarco.

When I was a young lad growing up in L.A. in the 1980s, I loved punk rock. The speed, the adrenalin, the energy. I didn't go so much for the darkness and nihilism, so I liked sociopolitical punk: X, the Minutemen, Husker Du, Black Flag.

Once in a while though, it was fun to check your brain at the door and jump into the mosh pit (we called it "pogo" back then) for the Circle Jerks, the Ramones or the countless forgotten but great bands that made L.A. such a great punk town back in the day.

At some point, I ended up at a show that was being filmed for a movie: Urgh! A Music War. This show at the Whiskey-a-Go-Go featured the Surf Punks, the Alleycats, Oingo Boingo and the Go-Go's, and maybe even some more. I still have the ticket stub somewhere... It was eight bucks.

I fell in love with Dianne Chai, the singer and bassist for the Alleycats, a lithe woman with spiky hair and smeared mascara. She had a sexual energy that was riveting, and could play bass better than any man I saw on stage that night.

The Go-Go's (yes, they were considered part of the punk scene at the time), were undeniably cute, but they weren't my cup of chai. Some uncool jerk in the audience felt differently: He kept screaming over and over again, "SHOW US YOUR TITS!" It was kind of funny (maybe, if you were drunk) the first couple of times, but after a couple of songs, the whole crowd was sick of it. Belinda Carlisle put him in his place with a well-deserved putdown, and that was that.

On the way home though, I thought the jerk had it all wrong: Though I never would have been as crude and stoopid as he was, it was the dark, sexy, tough-chick of the Alleycats I wanted to see naked.

Switchblade Kitty in the Roxy dressing room.

Well, flash forward 25 years: I'm at the Roxy to see Switchblade Kitty. A throwback to the best of the punk era, these four winsome lasses and their four-piece backing band.

They play a variety of classic punk and metal covers in a brash, party-anarchic style that feels like a riot on stage. The band is tight and smooth. No pointless chatter between songs, no retuning the strings, just bam-bam-bam from one song to the next. It's like the rock version of the movie "Speed" - They play as if they stop playing someone's gonna die.

Matt Fuller on bass, Ben Grave on drums and Ace von Johnson and Dallas Calscivitti on guitars play with full-on punk-metal fury, never letting up or slowing down. I wouldn't expect any power ballads out of this quartet anytime soon.

But as you'd expect, it's the women who are the focal point: Four hot, sexy, death-defying punks who command the stage from note one to the final crescendo, dancing, strutting, cavorting and whirling like dervishes; screaming, singing, and having frenzied seizures of out-of-control mania, exhorting the crowd, giving them the finger and completely being in control. In a brief, pre-show interview, the girls mentioned that one writer had called them "Pussycat Dolls on heroin." Yeah, well sure. Or the Go-Go's on acid or Bananarama on crystal meth. Pick your poison, but comparisons are unfair, because you have never seen anything like this before.

Oh, did I mention they are wearing little more than pasties, short-shorts and fishnet stockings? You want to see tits? Then step right up, if you dare.

Channeling the late, great Wendy O. Williams, but without the threat of castration by chain saw, the women of Switchblade Kitty uphold the new feminist ideology of "sex is the new power" and show exactly how powerful they are. The men in the audience lined up to be humiliated at various points in the show, whether it was being pulled up on stage to have a shirt torn off and get spanked, being subjected to a three-way beer bong, or gaping like baby birds at the stage edge for mouth-shots of Jack Daniels, the men in the audience proved they understood that giving women total control can be a good thing. The women in the audience seemed to like what they saw as well. Chick-punk is the new girl power.

The show was such a blur, it is hard to distinguish any particular moments of supreme punkness, or express affection for the superior contributions of any one individual. Let's just say Carla Harvey, Gabriella Marco, Heidi Shepard and Kelly Cole all rocked the house, and at the same time, captured my heart, my brain, and my groin with their vocal prowess, unlimited power and down-and-dirty sexuality. These are women you don't want to fuck with.

The time is right for a female vocal group that isn't some perfectly packaged, record company exec's wet dream. A girl group that won't be role models for pre-teen girls because pre-teen girls will never be allowed to see them. A band of rocking women who speak to and for hardcore adults (albeit, young ones). That group is Switchblade Kitty. You have been warned.

Switchblade Kitty can be seen at the Roxy in West Hollywood, California on Monday nights at midnight.

2009-03-07T20:01:00.000-08:00

hey check this out! amazing stuff