The Cycle Sluts from Hell were an American heavy metal band from the late 1980s to early 1990s. The band was made up of four women singing under the stage names Queen Vixen, She-Fire of Ice, Honey One Percenter, and Venus Penis Crusher, backed by various musicians, including Pete Lisa, Christopher Moffett, Tom Von Doom, Fernando Rosario, Brian Smith, Scott Duboys,

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, and Eddie Coen. The music was primarily written by Pete Lisa, along with writing contributions from Daniel Rey, Mark Durado, Christopher Moffett, and Tom Von Doom. The group had a pretty high profile in the New York City area in the late 1980s and performed shows with artists such as

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at The Cat Club, Danzig at The Old Studio 54,

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at the Ritz, and also at the Palladium on 14th St. The band's self-titled debut album was their only release. The song "I Wish You Were a Beer" is their best-known track, written by Honey 1%er and Tom Von Doom. The track featured in the MTV show ''

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'', who reacted favorably to it. The band's biggest gig was a European tour with

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in the early nineties. Several of their songs are featured in the true-crime

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and starring Helen Hunt and Chad Allen.

Reunions

July 24, 2006, brought a "one-time-only" reunion of some of the original band at The Delancey in New York. In presence were Queen Vixen, Honey 1percenter, She Fire of Ice, Lord Roadkill, and Scott Duboys. They reunited once again on October 31, 2007, for the Motherfucker Halloween party at Club Rebel in New York. Performing were Queen Vixen, Honey 1percenter, She Fire of Ice, and Lord Roadkill (accompanied by Nick Marden from The Stimulators on bass and She Wolves' Tony Mann).

Past members

* Venus Penis Crusher, a.k.a. Betty Kallas, went on to the industrial duo Hanzel und Gretyl. * Donna She Wolf is now writing and playing guitar in the New Orleans-based band Star & Dagger, a collaboration with Sean Yseult ( White Zombie) that began in 2010, along with vocalist Von Hesseling,

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) on drums. She also formed the group She Wolves with Tony Mann around 2000. Their early material was released on Poptown Records, including collaborations with punk musicians

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. * Scott Duboys, drums, had previously played for

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after CSFH. * Tom Von Doom, bass, co-wrote the single "I Wish You Were a Beer", and previously played with Bebe Buell and The Great Kat. He produced the song "Waiting" by Jamie Coon, featured in the

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show '' Ghost Whisperer''. * Chris Moffett went on to replace John Ricco of

for one CD and a European tour.

Discography

* ''Cycle Sluts from Hell'' (self-titled, Epic Records, 1991)

References

Other sources * Cycle Sluts from Hell pageat

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Cycle Sluts from Hell page
at BNR Metal

by Daniela * ''The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal'', Sterling, 2003,

External links

Official website
(archived)
MySpace page
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