The Great Kat - Guitar Goddess cd/ Live at The Expo Of The Extreme video
What's the slogan the American used for their anti-drugs campaign a few years ago - "Just Say No". When I found an email from The Great Kat's sister and PR agent, Karen Thomas, in my inbox offering me review copies of The Great Kat's work, I ticked the yes box before I'd visited her web site. When I later took the time to visit the site, I thought "What the hell have I let my poor innocent CD player in for!"
Kat started out as a Juilliand Graduate Violin Virtuoso, but clearly those long hours of practising took their toll on her mental state. She's turned into a guitar brandishing dominatrix playing (& inventing!) cyberspeed Metal/Classical music.
Guitar Goddess
Kat storms her way through 4 tunes in 8 mins. If you remember back to the good old days of vinyl & what happened when you put on an LP after playing a single, but forgot to change the speed from 45 to 33 rpm, then that's cyberspeed. The 2 classical cuts fare 'best' in this lust for speed.
Half a lifetime ago when I was 16 or 17, I might have thought this was cool, now it just think it's funny. This is so left of centre compared to the normal stuff reviewed in Mood Swings that I'm not even going to attempt to give this a rating.
Live At The Expo Of The Extreme
Metal has attracted its fair share of nutters over the years. Kat is another one to add to the list. Over a frenzy of death metal/cyberspeed noise that Kat calls music, we get to see Kat on stage in her leather outfit indulging in various antics such as whipping her 'slaves', having her toes sucked by her 'slaves' etc. I suppose this might appeal to those teenage boys that like to shock their parents by having posters of Kat on their bedroom walls.
You've probably guessed that I think The Great Kat is completely out of her tree. To be fair, this sort of stuff simply doesn't appeal to me & I should have done a bit more research before agreeing to review these. You can make up your own mind by visiting her web site http://www.greatkat.com.
