New York, New York, USA
Thrash Metal
Page online:
January 18, 2008
Last update/review:
February 14, 2015
The Great Kat
The Great Kat burst onto the scene in the mid-eighties, a ball of
energy, scantily clad and
mugging for the camera at every opportunity while loudly proclaiming
to one and all that she was the fastest guitarist of all time.
Truth be told -- while her image makes it hard to take her all that
seriously, the fact of the matter is that she's an incredible
guitar player, apparently a graduate of the Julliard School where
she played violin (which she still does).
Two full-length albums were released in the late eighties, basically
speed metal with her hyperactive classical guitar work front and center.
Eventually the novelty seemed to wear off, in that she more or less
faded from world-wide view, but in fact she's still at it to this day,
image and attitude fully intact.
For some reason she's foregone releasing full albums
in recent years, instead
recording EPs that are often less than 10 minutes long, still
full of hyperspeed classical metal guitar work and almost exclusively
covers or reworks of real classical works.
Current Members
Great Kat (Katherine Thomas)
vocals/guitars
Jeff Ingegno
bass
Lionel Cordew
drums
Discography
Studio
Compilation
Video
Worship Me Or Die
1987
Roadrunner
Metal Messiah
Kat Possessed
Death to You
Satan Goes to Church
Worship Me or Die
Demons
Speed Death
Kill the Mothers
Ashes to Dust
Satan Says
Metal Massacre
Great Kat
Tom Von Doom
Adam Killa
Beethoven On Speed
1990
Roadrunner
Beethoven on Speed
Flight of the Bumble-Bee
Funeral March
God
Sex and Violins
Gripping Obsession
Worshipping Bodies
Total Tyrant
Ultra-Dead
Revenge of the Mongrel
Kat Abuse
Made in Japan
Beethoven Mosh (5th Symphony)
Paganinni's 24th Caprice
Guitar Concerto in Blood Minor
Back to the Future: For Geniuses Only
Digital Beethoven On Speed
1996
Goddess
Cyberspeed
Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"
Paganini's "Caprice #9"
Bach's "Partita #3"
Guitar Goddess
EP
1997
Rossini's "The Barber of Seville"
Dominatrix
Feast of the Dead
Sarasate's "Gypsy Violin Waltz Zigeuneriveisen"
Bloody Vivaldi
EP
1998
Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" for Violin, Chamber Orchestra & Band
Torture Chamber
Blood
Sarasate's "Carmen Fantasy'" for Violin & Band
Great Kat
Jeff Ingegno
Lionel Cordew
Rossini's Rape
EP
2000
Rossini's "William Tell Overture" for Symphony Orchestra & Band
Sodomize
Castration
Bazzini's "The Road of the Goblins" for Violin, Piano & Band
Great Kat
Jeff Ingegno
Lionel Cordew
Wagner's War
EP
2002
Act 1: War - Wagners The Ride of the Valkyries (from the Opera Die Walkürie) for Symphony Orchestra, Band & Opera Singers
Act 1: War - War
Act 1: War - Terror
Act II: Revenge - Punishment
Act II: Revenge - Humiliation
Act III: Victory - Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2" for Symphony Orchestra & Band
Act III: Victory - Sarasate's "Zapateado" for Violin, Piano & Band
Great Kat
Jeff Ingegno
Lionel Cordew
Extreme Guitar Shred
VIDEO
2005
Total Insanity
COMPILATION
2008
Beethoven on Speed
Goddess
Metal Messiah
Cyberspeed
Kat Possessed
Dead-Dead
Death to You
Flight of the Bumblebee
Ride of the Valkyries
Paganini's Caprice 9
Revenge Mongrel
Satan Goes to Church
Bach's Partita 3
Funeral March
Worship Me or Die
Demons
Kat-Abuse
God!
Speed Death
Kill the Mothers
Made in Japan
Metal Massacre
Paganini's 24th Caprice
Worshipping Bodies
Back to the Future for Genius
Rossini's - William Tell Overture - For Symphony Orchestra
The Barber of Seville
The Ride of the Valkyries
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons - For Violin, Chamber Orchestra
Dominatrix
Sodomize
Torture Chamber
War
Blood
10 Castration
Feast of the Dead
Terror
The Round of the Goblins - For Violin, Piano
Punishment
Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy - For Violin & Band
Sarasates Gypsy Violin Waltz
Humiliation
Hungarian Rhapsody 2
Zapateado
Ashes to Dust
Sex & Violins
Beethoven Mosh
Satan Says
Gripping Obsession
Guitar Concerto in Blood Minor
Total Tyrant
Beethoven's Guitar Shred
VIDEO
2009
Beethoven Shreds
EP
2011
The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee
Beethoven's "5th Symphony"
Torture Techniques
Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto #3"
IslamoFascists
Bach's "The Art Of The Fugue"
Paganini's "Caprice #24"
Mozart, Beethoven, Bach And Shred
EP
2021
Rossini, Beethoven, Paganini And Shredfest
EP
2021
Beethoven, Beethoven And The Reincarnation Of Beethoven
EP
2021
Katherine Thomas Violin Virtuoso
EP
2021
Bach, Dvorak, Liszt And Shreddiva
EP
2021
Extreme Guitar Shred
EP
2021
Wagner, Goddess, Chopin And Shredderrific
EP
2021
Offenbach, Bach, Rossini And Shredissimo
EP
2021
Bach, Baroque Babe And Shredacious
EP
2022
Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Shredadeus, Shredthoven
EP
2022
Ravel, Sex & Violins, Shredvaldi & Beethoven
EP
2022
Schubert, Shredanini And FutureShred
EP
2022
Wolfgang Amadeus Shred
EP
2022
Niccolo Shred Paganini
EP
2022
Beethoven On Speed 2
EP
2022
Antonio SHred Vivaldi
EP
2022
God Save The Queen! God Save The King!
EP
2022
Disco DJ Sexy Shred
EP
2022
Mozart's Mystery Metal Mistress
EP
2023
Guitar Dominatrix
EP
2023
High Priestess Of Guitar Shred
EP
2023
Mozart's Mystery Metal Mistress
EP
2023
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
2023
Concerto Shred: Beethoven, Vivaldi, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Men
2023
Finger-Licking Shred
2023
