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The Great Kat
United States • b. 1966-06-06
The Great Kat is credited on 50 releases across 10 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1986–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
50
Pressings credited
10
Albums
5
Decades active
3
In collections
Biography
Katherine Thomas (born June 6, 1966), best known by her stage name The Great Kat, is an American guitarist and singer best known for her thrash metal interpretations of well-known pieces of classical music. Most feature her using the electric guitar, but on some she uses the violin. Thomas is a classically trained violinist, graduating from the Juilliard School and touring for a time playing conventional classical music before crossing over to metal. Her classical background, technical skills and self-promotion are sometimes compared to Yngwie Malmsteen . In an interview in metallian.com she claimed to be the reincarnation of Beethoven. Her public persona, as portrayed in her publicity photos and videos, is mainly compared to that of a dominatrix, albeit in an over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek manner. In 1990, Swiss black metal band Mordor recorded for their first demo tape "Odes" a tribute song for Thomas, titled "The Great Kat Is God".
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Credited work
50 releases · 10 albums · active 1986–2024
- Performance · 328
- Other credits · 110
- Production · 32
- Engineering · 20
Studios: Kajem/Victory Studios — Kajem West, Gladwyne, PA · Cove City Sound Studios · House Of Music, West Orange, NJ · Juilliard School
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Kat
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