Eddie Robison - Lead vocals
Devin Lovelace - Lead guitars
Bobby "Boa" Dias - Bass
Robbi Black - Drums

When Alleycat Scratch formed in 1988 in San Francisco, CA they never really intended to take over Hollywood. "I was content with being in one of the cooler Bay Area bands," reflects bassist, Bobby "Boa" Dias. "Of course I wanted to be the NEXT BIG THING but I was hoping we could accomplish that from our homebase."

As time went by, however, it became obvious to the band members that a relocation was necessary in order for them to be noticed so in the summer of 1991, after some musical housecleaning, the core of the band, guitarist Devin Lovelace, drummer Robbi Black and Dias packed what they could fit into a car and headed south.

Upon landing in the City Of Lost Angels they set about finding a new singer. The easiest way to meet people in Hollywood is to throw a party - and the band members partied constantly. One of these parties was attended by a young singer named Michael Michelle. "We all thought Michael looked pretty cool and he sang well enough to get by so we did a few demos and a few shows with him," says Dias. "After a while though it was apparent that he just wasn't cutting it so we had to go our own way."

The ironic thing is that Michael Michelle introduced his replacement to the band members at another party. Eddie Robison was fronting Resurrection Mary at the time and had absolutely no interest in leaving one band for the other but after witnessing the band live a few times he was persuaded to come on board. The chemistry was immediate and Alleycat Scratch had started a new chapter in life.

Blasting through the LA club circuit with the sublety of an atomic bomb the newly revitalized band took on all comers and slammed their way to the top of the heap. As one of the top drawing acts of 1992 the band felt it was time to give a little more and started preparing their debut album. Recorded in North Hollywood's The Chamber II with veteran engineer Mikey Davis (KISS, WASP, Black N' Blue), 'Deadboys In Trash City' consisted of nine songs dripping with sleaze and instantly memorable hooks. The anthemic "Take A Bite (Outta Me)" emerged as "the hit" while tracks such as "Stiletto Strut", "Cats Got Your Tongue", "Plastic Dolls" and "Trash City" reflected life as the quartet knew it. As most males in their early 20's are, the members of Alleycat Scratch were quite taken by the porn industry and found a way to become a part of their lyrical influence by placing one of their songs, sarcastically entitled "Love Song" in an adult feature called "Backdoor To The City Of Sin." The crew that shot the movie also filmed a set from the band at The Troubadour (and the resulting aftershow party ......) and included the live footage at the end of the movie. "Love Song" was recorded at the same time as the tracks for 'Deadboys In Trash City' were laid down but the song was left off the album.

On a massive popularity high, Alleycat Scratch started receiving accolades from press outlets worldwide, including RIP, Kerrang, Metal Forces and more. Unfortunately for the band, just as the music industry started to take notice of Alleycat Scratch the musical tide changed and the momentum the band had built suddenly ground to a halt and the band had very few options available to them. In April of 1994 the inevitable happened and Alleycat Scratch pulled the claws out one last time for a packed show at Los Angeles' Roxy Theatre. It was their last stand and they went down fighting as a screaming, blood thirsty audience showed the quartet their appreciation by giving their heroes a drunken orgy of a send off that any of their Sunset Strip predecessors would have been envious of.