Who is The Great Kat?

The Great Kat is a Thrash Metal musical act from USA, formed in 1986

The Great Kat

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The Great Kat (1986-present): a Thrash Metal band from New York, New York, USA.

he jury is out about her claim to being the best guitarist of all time, nonetheless, she is good, and has been prolific in releasing singles compiled into albums. Making a massive splash onto the scene, The Great Kat would debut with the Satan Says EP (1986) under the membership of Kat (Full Name: Katherine Thomas; vocals/guitars/violin), Peter Sabla (bass) and Denis Mastando (drums). The membership would quickly change, however, to have Kat now with Tom Von Doom (Real Name: Tom Staunton; bass) and Adam Killa (drums) for the Worship Me or Die! (1987) release. The Beethoven Mosh EP (1990) and Beethoven on Speed (1990) followed.

Changes occurred with Digital Beethoven on Cyberspeed EP (1996) featured Kat only, while Guitar Goddess (EP; 1997) saw Kat now with Jeff Ingegno (bass) and John Zalatel (drums).

Lionel Cordew took drums for the next release, Bloody Vivaldi (EP; 1998) as well as Rossini's Rape (EP; 2000) and Wagner's War EP (2002), but Beethoven Shreds (2011) saw Kat alone again.

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It would not be until; 2021 that a new non-single recording came in the form of the EP, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach and Shred (2021) which was followed by a massive list of EPs [see Discography] the titles giving away what the album was covering.

Holiday Shred (2023) was the next full-length, followed by Metal! (2023) and the guitar Dominatrix EP (2023).

Neoclassical Shred (2023), Metalhead (EP; 2023), High Priestess of guitar Shred EP (2023) and violin Goddess (2023) would follow.

A tremendous number of full-lengths (mostly compilations of singles, many in turn were cover tracks) thru to 2025's Beethoven Romances the Great Kat (2024), Paganini Shreds (2024), Medieval Metal (2024) and Hillbilly Shreds Beethoven, Mozart, Verdi (2025), Valentine's violin (2025), Redneck Shreds Beethoven, Vivaldi, Paganini (2025), Evil Genius Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Berlioz, Paganini (2025), Foxy Fiddler (2025) and Metal Maniac (2025) also followed.