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 The Stress of Her Regard: The Great
Kat (nee: Katherine Thomas)
The Great Kat: Extreme
Guitar Shred (2005, TPR Music, Distributed by Music Video Distributors)
"The Great Kat is the reincarnation of Beethoven, a Juilliard grad
violin virtuoso turned blood-dripping guitar shredder-metal
messiah-high-priestess-of-guitar-shred." -- Quoting The Great Kat - The
Buzz List Interview: The Great Kat
The fifth horse-woman of the Apocalypse leaps from a Boris Vallejo
canvas in an attempt to resurrect classical music for the "
moron masses!"
Take Beethoven, Wagner, Liszt, Vivaldi, Sarasate, et al, pour into a
blender and shred full speed for 2 minutes and pour yourself a tall
one! Down it quickly while flipping wildly through Heavy
Metal Magazine cum WWE SmackDown while someone slaps you across
the ears repeatedly. Even this won’t come close to watching the
2-minute video vignettes presented on DVD Extreme Guitar Shred by the
Great Kat.
While melding of rock and classical has been around for some time
(Procol Harem's "Whiter Shade of Pale" -- Bach and Dave Edmunds in Love
Sculpture’s "Saber Dance" -- Khachaturian come to mind), none have taken
the hell-bent-for-leather approach of The Great Kat. With a
combination of actual authentic classical music scores, blistering
metal guitar licks, violin shredding and leather dominatrix outfits,
The Great Kat is out to bring you to your knees.
This will not be everyone’s cup of tea, but if you’re interested or a
fan, it’s not to be missed. For fans, one would like to see (and
hear) more of The Great Kat actually play her guitar and violin.
But there is enough play (both musical and camp) in the videos to make
it worth the view.
Most of the sound mixes unfortunately push The Kat’s shredding into the
background. For a better listen, check out her CD,
"Wagner's War"
featuring War, Zapateado, and Hungarian Rhapsody #2. Visually,
the DVD is about what one would expect, quickly edited videos
accompanied by music.
Prepare yourself for a quick and heavy exposure to the World of The
Great Kat in the 6 shred videos on the Extreme Guitar Shred DVD.
Don’t be shy, and please don’t be prudish (it won’t do you any good).
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Running Time:
15 mins
Audio: Stereo
Video: 4:3
Zapateado (Sarasate): Kat on Violin & Guitar clad in an
American flag bikini
Torture Chamber: Venus in Fur-lined leather
Castration: Every man’s nightmare and more
Live in Chicago: Yes, she does this stuff live and on stage
Dominatrix: Leather, whips and chains, oh and spiked heels
War: A reminder of 9/11 and the Holocaust with The Kat in
camouflaged bikini
3 Bouns Features:
Hot Shred Bits: Photomontage accompanied by Violin/Guitar Shred
Shred FAQs: Accompanied by Baroque Shred
Shred Credits: Accompanied by the Valkyries
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