Ugly Kid Joe named the band to poke fun at hair metal group Pretty Boy Floyd, rising to fame in the mid-nineties with an infectious brand of hard rock that blended classic stadium rock, glam metal and heavy metal with a pinch of funk and a satirical attitude. Hit singles ‘Everything about You’ and ‘Cats in the Cradle’ paved the way and one of their finest moments in Europe came in 1995 when they released ‘Menace to Sobriety’ and opened for Bon Jovi and Van Halen on the European leg of their world tour. Singer and figurehead Whitfield Crane pulled the plug in 1997 to pursue other ambitions but in 2010, Crane and guitarist Klaus Eichstadt resurrected the band in the successful line-up of the 1994-1997 period. Late 2015 they released their first new CD in nearly two decades with ‘Uglier than They Used ta Be’ and their last contribution to date is 2022’s ‘Rad Wings of Destiny’, proving they still know how to write mean hard rock tracks but without taking themselves too seriously, of course. #GMM25
