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American rockabilly band formed by guitarist / vocalist Brian Setzer, the bass player Lee Rocker (Leon Drucker) and Slim Jim Phantom Island town of Massapequa (James McDonnell). "The Tomcats", the band formed by Brian Setzer and his brother, was the germ of the future "Stray Cats", that would be born in 1979 in New York after leaving the brother and join the training Setzer Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom. picture of Stray Cats live in Gijón But the beginning would be difficult and would have to go to England to succeed, it would get after publishing his first album, "The Stray Cats" in 1981. U.S. again to edit their second album, "Gonna Ball" (1981) and a compilation entitled "Built for Speed" (1982). His third official album would be "Rant N 'Rave With The Stray Cats" (1983), and would mean the beginning of the end. Behind him the band would begin a cycle of separation and reunion marked by the departure of discs more or less mediocre compared to their first three albums: "Rock Therapy" (1986), "Blast Off" (1989), "Let's Go Faster "(1990)," Choo Choo Hot Fish "(1992) and" Original Cool "(1993), which eventually would be their last together. In 2004, coinciding with the 25 th anniversary of the formation of the group, the Stray Cats met again on a tour around the world. In Spain it would take to Barcelona and Gijon, which showed that despite the years the Stray Cats are still the most important one of the rockabilly of the last quarter century.
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