THIS BAND HAS BEEN BROKEN UP SINCE 1991.....Mark Easton (vocals)
Ron Barrett (guitar)
Marc De Hugar (guitar)
Nick Zuchenti, Leeno Dee (bass)
Tony Cardinal (drums)
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Link to Live Video ; Unfortunatly This was shot after Ron had passed away and I had left but it still captures what the Harlots were all about...
Candy Harlots
THE CANDY HARLOTS WERE THE BRAIN CHILD OF MARK EASTON WHO HAD BECOME INCREASINGLY
DISSATISFIED WITH THE RESPONSE HE WAS GETTING FROM PREVIOUS BAND "SOGGY PORRIDGE" ALTHOUGH
HE WAS WRITING SOME BRILLIANT SONGS IN THAT BAND THE INDUSTRY JUST WASN'T TAKING ENOUGH
NOTICE! HE WAS WRITING SOME REALLY "DEEP AND MEANINGFUL" SONGS SO HE THOUGHT MAYBE I SHOULD
DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE, "SHALLOW AND MEANINGLESS" THROW AWAY SONGS WITH LYRICS ABOUT SEX SEX
AND MORE SEX i.e.: IM A LOVER IM A SLUT and SEX CRAZY etc.
HE HAD BEEN DOING SHOWS AS FRONTMAN FOR INNER CITY BAND "the GLAM SAVAGES" AND HIGHJACKED
RON BARRET and NICK ZENCUTTI AND BROUGHT IN TONY CARDINAL FROM SOGGY PORRIDGE, AND THEN AT A
PARTY IN PADDINGTON HE MET JUST TURNED 17 YEAR OLD YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/WARREN DI MARTINI DEVOTEE CALLED MARC DEHUGAR,
WHILE NOT REALLY LOOKING FOR A HEAVY METAL GUITARIST, THE FACT THAT MARC DEHUGAR WAS
UNDERAGE JUST ADDED TO THE WHOLE CANDY'S IMAGE .
OUTRAGEOUS ON-STAGE ANTICS SUCH AS BLOW UP DOLLS, PSEUDO MASTURBATING AND SHOOTING SILLY
STRING INTO PEOPLES FACES IN THE CROWD, BLOW UP CHUPPA CHUPS, BLOW UP FRANKFURT'S, NOTHING
WAS SACRED, PEOPLE JUST CAME TO SEE MARK TOTALLY HUMILIATE CERTAIN LOUD MOUTHED YOBOS IN THE
CROWD
WITHIN 3 GIGS THEY WERE OFFERED A MAJOR RECORD DEAL WITH VIRGIN RECORDS, BUT DUE TO THEIR
MANAGEMENT AT THE TIME (DANNY HANLEY) THE DEAL WAS NEVER SIGNED UNTIL THE BAND HAD GOT OUT
OF THEIR MANAGEMENT DEAL 4 YEARS LATER!
AFTER 6 MONTHS NICK ZENCUTTI LEAVES AND SCOTT MILLARD FILLS IN ON BASS FOR A FEW SHOWS UNTIL
LEENO DEE IS RECRUITED!
NO OTHER RECORD LABELS WOULD EVEN LOOK AT THE HARLOTS BECAUSE OF THEIR WELL KNOWN DRUG USE
AND SEXUAL ESCAPADES, THEY LOOKED AT IT AS A RISK TOO HIGH TO TAKE!
SO RED HOT ROCKET WAS RELEASED INDEPENDENTLY, THE FIRST 500 COPIES (THE ONE WITH THE PINK
KNICKERS WRAPPED AROUND THE 7 INCH VINYL INSTAED OF A COVER) SOLD OUT IN 3 HOURS AND THE
SECOND PRESSING ( WITH A CARDBOARD COVER) SOLD OUT IN 3 DAYS, THE ACOMANYING VIDEO WAS SHOT
IN A DODGY INNER CITY DISCO AND CAPTURED THE BANDS ONSTAGE SLEAZY VIBE, THE SECOND SINGLE
DANGER SOLD WELL BUT NO WHERE AS WELL AS RED HOT ROCKET, AND THE ACCOMPANYING VIDEO WAS
TERRIBLE, THEIR MANAGEMENT WAS TRYING TO PORTRAY THE BAND AS A STADIUM ACT BUT THE CLIP
ENDED UP LOOKING CHEAP AND WAS NOT USED TO PROMOTE THE SINGLE
MARC DEHUGAR QUIT DUE TO DRUG USE AND POLITICS WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AT THE TIME, WHO WAS
SERVICING EVERYBODY, HUGE FIGHTS BROKE OUT WHEN MARC BUSTED HER, PHIL BOWLEY WAS HIRED AS
NEW GUITARIST
A THIRD SINGLE WAS RECORDED "SEX CRAZY" with "TAKE ME OR LEAVE ME" and "WHERE NO ONE DARES
BUT WAS NEVER RELEASED!
THEN TRAGEDY STRUCK, RON BARRET WAS FOUND DEAD FROM A DRUG OVER DOSE, A MEETING WAS HELD AND
THE BAND DECIDED RON WOULD HAVE WANTED THE BAND TO CARRY ON, PETER MASI ex FLYING TIGERS WAS
HIRED AS NEW RYTHM GUITARIST
SIX MONTHS LATER MARK EASTON QUIT THE BAND DUE TO INCREASING DRUG PROBLEMS AND
DISSATISFACTION WITH THE DIRECTION THE BAND WAS HEADING IN, IT HAD BECOME A PARODY OF
ITSELF, IN THE EARLY DAYS THEY HAD MOCKED AND JEERED AT THE WHOLE METAL SCENE, NOW THEY WERE
BECOMING JUST THAT, WHERE ONCE THEY WERE MORE LIKE THE "NEW YORK DOLLS" NOW THEY WERE NORE
LIKE "POISON" OR "GUNS AND ROSES" WHICH BECAME MORE EVIDENT WHEN AIZ LYNCH JOINED THE BAND!
THE BAND HAD LASTED 5 YEARS STRUGGLING BUT HAD A FANATICAL FOLLOWING ALL OVER AUSTRALIA,
THEY LASTED ANOTHER 12 MONTHS WITH THE NEW LINE UP, AND RELEASED FIVE WICKED WAYS, ON VIRGIN
RECORDS, THEN AIZ LYNCH QUIT AND THE LINE UP BECAME LIKE SHIFTING SANDS, AND THE SOUL HAD
GONE OUT OF THE BAND
VARIOUS SPIN OFFS LIKE "HELTERSKELTER","THE HARLOTS", "DEARLY BELOVED", "VELVET CLAWS"
ENSUED BUT THE GLORY DAYS WERE OVER!
MARK EASTON NOW PLAYS SLIDE GUITAR AND SINGS WITH MARK EASTON LIMOUSINE and LEENO DEE NOW
PLAYS BASS WITH INK .MARC DEHUGAR WENT OFF TO START STRIP POKER AND LATER JOINED THE
SCREAMING TRIBESMEN WITH TONY CARDINAL. DE HUGAR IS NOW A MEMBER OF DRAGONFLY AND DROP ZERO.
Thanks for adding me guys. I remember seeing the Candy Harlots play when I was just 16. I can't remember the name the song, but it was something to do with a 16 year old girl. I was up the front surrounded by drooling, hardcore chicks that fkn scared me at that age...and the lead singer came out at the end of the song and gave me a bunch of roses. Those bitches wanted to kill me! 18 years later and the memory still rocks my world! LOL!
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