Pretty Boy Floyd

Pretty Boy Floyd

Taking their moniker from the nickname for charismatic Depression-era bank robber Charles Arthur Floyd, Hollywood’s Pretty Boy Floyd emerged in 1987 near the tail end of the glam and pop-metal scene. The band’s 1989 debut album, Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz, cracked the Billboard 200 and yielded the hits “Rock and Roll (Is Gonna Set the Night on Fire)” and “I Wanna Be with You.” Disbanding in 1994, Pretty Boy Floyd reconvened in the late ’90s and have gone on to release an EP (A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock n’ Roll) and two full-length efforts (2004’s Size Really Does Matter and 2017’s Public Enemies). Rock & Roll (Is Gonna Set the Night on Fire), a collection of demos, covers, and re-recordings, appeared in 2021.

Jetboy

Although they were often considered Mötley Crüe/Poison disciples, Los Angeles ’80s glam rockers Jetboy contained a former member of the group that may have been responsible for the whole musical movement in the first place.