Artist description Glamazon plays CYBEROCK, cutting edge guitar-based rock music with digital technology. Featuring guitar slinger Shredmistress Rynata, and glamorous transsexual lead vocalist Christine Beatty,these women are backed by R2D2, the most reliable, accurate and tireless rhythm section in the universe.

Music Style guitar-oriented/digitally enhanced Cyberock

Musical Influences Rush to Rundgren/Aerosmith to Zappa

Similar Artists Queen meets Rush meets (new) Metallica meets Zappa

Artist History Christine Beatty and Shredmistress Rynata met in Summer of '93, a year when Rynata was playing with White Trash Debutantes and Christine performed as the "Queen of Metal," playing guitar and singing to a backing tape of bass and drums. Impressed by each other's talents and taking the name from Christine's publishing company, Glamazon Press, they resolved to form their own rock band, Glamazon. Songwriting and fourtrack recording began in 1994.By February '95 they'd played their first live show at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco, backed up on bass by Rynata's former bandmate Joey Reyes and drummer David Quillin. In November Glamazon went into Hyde Street Studios in November to cut the basic tracks for their debut CD. After the rhythm tracks were in the can, Joey and new drummer Eddie Juhn (replacing David in July) left for other projects leaving Rynata and Christine to do guitar and vocal overdubs and mixdowns for the next five months.In July on '96, Eddie rejoined the new Glamazon along with bassist George Shmagranoff to play at Glamazon's first CD release party at San Francisco's Paradise Lounge.The following twelve months brought chronic instability to the rhythm section. Unreliability, unavailablity -- even canceling several prime shows because of backup musician problems -- finally prompted a serious look at going electronic. With her "Queen of Metal" background, Christine was already comfortable with the idea, and Rynata welcomed the opportunity to arrange the rhythm section exactly as she wanted it. Plus they gained the ability to add in percussion and new, high tech sounds. And after the Shredmistress spent several grueling weeks learning the new equipment and putting together a DAT tape, Glamazon made it's debut with R2D2 on June 28, 1997.

Group Members Shredmistress Rynata - lead & rhythm guitar, digital rhythm/audio programming/engineering, vocalsChristine Beatty - lead vocal, rhythm guitar, lyricist

Instruments 2 Guitars, 2 Vocals and our digital rhythm section, R2D2

Albums Glamazon

Press Reviews Rock City News, Los Angeles - February 10, 2000 "GLAMAZON descended on the COCONUT TEASER (friend of all local bands) with their unique presentation, two guitar players live RYNATA (lead) and CHRISTINE BEATTY (rhythm and vocals) and the rest on DAT. ... What made it all happen for me was the spectacular solo shredding of RYNATA. There are virtually no female lead guitar players who can take off with the kind of soaring melodic feel and riveting articulation that this lady has mastered (In fact, very few male guitar players have this either)."Rock City News, Los Angeles - January 21, 1999 GLAMAZON at Martini Lounge "This San Francisco band is an interesting musical experiment. With just Shredmistress (lead guitar) and Christine (rhythm guitar -- that's right, no bass or drums!), GLAMAZON throws heavy-metal guitar riffs in your face. (There is a digital rhythm section.) Songs like "Holy War," "Deal With It," and "Speed Kills" detail the aggressive mood of this mini-outfit. Then, there's the wearing of black leather, etc., which makes this scene complete. Is Shredmistress (Rynata) the "Hottest Female Guitar Player in the West?" Well, it is for certain she has her licks down pretty good!" Bay Scene Magazine - SF Bay Area, February 1998 "This band features some of the coolest local musicians we have yet to meet... Their sound is heavy meshed with progressive breaks (though I would never call them a prog band). Some of their vocal stylings span the gap from Alice Cooper to early Y&T on to experimental and beyond... The band is lead by the guitar wonder, Shredmistress Rynata, one of the few female axe women today who truly rises to the challenge of modern rock guitar soloing and kicks ass, and Christine Beatty the dynamic transsexual singer/guitarist who is breaking the rules and paving a new paths for experimental singing, incorporating unusual effects and a quick change artistry of vocal techniques. This is a band guaranteed to capture and keep your attention. Through the power and musical time shifts of technology, combined with ancient rites passage and primal womanhood strides Glamazon!"BAM Magazine, May 2, 1997 "[BAM Magazine's Greg Heller] witnessed the unnatural force for nature known as Glamazon filling the kinda hallowed halls of Club Boomerang with their seven-minute, nine-part mini-operas ... Those doubting the Shredmistress' claim to fastest female guitar player alive need look no further than her flying fingers upon the fretboard to realize their foolishness."

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Location North Hollywood, CA - USA

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