Artist · chart history
Bulletboys
Band Los Angeles United States Formed 1986
Bulletboys formed in 1986 in Los Angeles, United States. Bulletboys has 4 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 1990–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Smooth Up in Ya”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #259. The station that charted Bulletboys most often is Z-Rock (United States (syndicated network)), with 2 appearances.
The Bulletboys blew out of Los Angeles with a lineup full of hired-gun experience: singer Marq Torien, who'd done time in Ratt, King Kobra and Kagny & the Dirty Rats, guitarist Mick Sweda and bassist Lonnie Vencent, both ex-King Kobra, and Jimmy D'Anda on drums. On Warner Bros., they wore their record collection on their sleeves, AC/DC's swagger and Van Halen's party-hard strut, with Torien pulling in plenty of comparisons to David Lee Roth.
Their self-titled 1988 album was sleazy, strutting glam metal at its most unrepentant, from the grinding, leering "Smooth Up in Ya" to the cheeky "Kissin' Kitty". Between 1988 and 1991 they cut two successful albums and kept their videos on MTV.
The '90s were a revolving door. Torien was the only fixture as players came and went, among them Steven Adler on drums and DJ Ashba on guitar at the end of the decade. The band kept on making records, the latest being From Out of the Skies in 2018, and the original four reunited for one-off gigs in 2011 and again in 2019.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Bulletboys on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smooth Up in Ya | 3 | #259 | – | – | |
| 2 | Kissin' Kitty | 1 | #886 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 423 | Smooth Up in Ya | 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) |
| 2002 | 541 | Smooth Up in Ya | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) |
| 1990 | 259 | Smooth Up in Ya | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) |
| 1990 | 886 | Kissin' Kitty | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) |
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