Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz is the debut album by the American band Pretty Boy Floyd. It reached No. 130 on the United States Billboard chart in 1989. It was released on MCA Records and was produced by Howard Benson.
The band produced videos for the songs "Rock and Roll (Is Gonna Set the Night on Fire)" and "I Wanna Be with You”.
Track listing Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz - 4:48 Rock and Roll (Is Gonna Set the Night on Fire) - 3:13 Wild Angels - 5:08 48 Hours - 2:59 Toast of the Town* - 3:18 Rock and Roll Outlaws - 2:33 Only the Young - 3:51 The Last Kiss - 2:39 Your Mama Won't Know - 3:42 I Wanna Be with You - 3:57 Slam Dunk - 2:57 (Kevin DuBrow, Harry Perris) (released for the 1991 movie Switch and issued as a Japanese bonus track)
*This is a cover of a Mötley Crüe song that appeared as the b-side to their debut single, "Stick to Your Guns", released on their Leathür Records label in 1981. Original guitarist Aeriel Stiles wrote 8 of the 11 songs on Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz, with the exception of "Rock and Roll (Is Gonna Set the Night on Fire)" (Kristy Majors), the Mötley Crüe cover "Toast of the Town", and "Slam Dunk". He played guitar on "Slam Dunk", after rejoining the band in early 1991.
Bonus The 2003 bonus re-issue featured some extra tracks, a couple of which had been recorded as part of Kristy Majors solo project. Slam Dunk (Kevin DuBrow, Harry Perris) She's My Baby (Majors, Summers) Two Hearts (Majors, Summers) Over the Edge (Majors) I Just Wanna Have Something to Do (Ramones cover)
Limited Edition A very limited-release 2011 re-issue featured a cover of Department of Youth, by Alice Cooper, originally released on Welcome to my Nightmare in 1975.
Personnel Pretty Boy Floyd Steve "Sex" Summers – lead vocals Kristy "Krash" Majors – guitars, backing vocals Vinnie Chas – bass, backing vocals Kari Kane – drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians
Aeriel Stiles - guitar on track 11 Howard Benson – keyboards Matt Bradley – vocals Phil Balvano – vocals Jennifer "Miss Frosty" Hoopes, Paris Hampton, Maura Eagan, Candice Gartland, Elizabeth Goldner, Katharine Lundy – backing vocals
Production Produced By Howard Benson Recorded, Engineered & Mixed By Howard Benson & Bill Jackson Assistant Engineers: Brian Stover, Brooke Hendricks, George Schureman, Jeff Chestek, Mike Cohn Glen LaFerman – photography Paula Janecek – artwork, design, layout design
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