THE GREAT KAT SHRED
GUITAR VIRTUOSO!
"Top 10 Fastest Shredders Of All
Time”/“50 Fastest Guitarists Of All Time”/“The 100 Wildest Guitar
Heroes”/"Top-10 Fastest Guitarists Of All Time"/Honored
with a STAR in the "GUITAR HERO GALAXY"/Juilliard graduate violin virtuoso-turned shred guitar
virtuoso!
Greatest
Classical Composer in history, who composed the masterpiece Symphony #9,
while TOTALLY DEAF!
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH,
Baroque Composer who wrote the genius UNFINISHED
masterpiece "THE ART OF THE FUGUE" in his last years, while SLOWLY GOING
BLIND!
NICCOLO PAGANINI
was called "The Devil's Son" and "Witch's Brat" for his
demonic and amazing violin virtuosity!
RICHARD WAGNER, genius opera composer who invented the "LEITMOTIVE."
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI, genius Opera Composer, suffered from a malady
known as "neurasthenia"-a mental disorder with psychosomatic symptoms.
ANTONIO VIVALDI, Baroque Classical Composer who was known as the "RED
PRIEST" and was buried in a pauper's grave.
THE GREAT KAT,
The Only FEMALE Musical Revolutionary, Inventor of
"Shred Classical" Music
NEW!ATTACK MAGAZINE FEATURES THE GREAT KAT IN "THE WOMEN OF ROCK"! "KATHERINE THOMAS: The Great Kat. The impressive bloody blonde, began as a model student violinist, even giving a concert as a solo violinist at Carnegie Hall. Great passion for the greats among the greats (Wagner, Paganini, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi ...) she realized that classical music was dead (according to her), and discovered speed metal. Her virtuosity on the violin was adapted to the guitar, and today is considered one of the fastest guitarists in the world." - Alejandra Rivera C., Attack Magazine
EXAMINER.COM FEATURES THE GREAT KAT IN "ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN: THE GREAT KAT'S 'BEETHOVEN SHREDS' RESTYLES FAMED COMPOSER"!
"The Great Kat, whose 34 videos have collectively received over one million hits on YouTube, has released her eleventh album. Appropriately titled 'Beethoven Shreds,' a speed demon version of five revered classical tracks served up Great Kat style on guitar. Combining her love of all things metal with her knowledge of classical music, the album is a whirlwind look at Beethoven gone metal. Lacing virtuosity with speed." - Phyllis Pollack, Rock Music Examiner,
Examiner.com
OVER 1 MILLION YOUTUBE VIEWS OF THE GREAT KAT'S SHRED/CLASSICAL MUSIC!!!!
HONORED WITH A STAR IN THE "GUITAR HERO GALAXY"
- Spin Magazine
"From rock legends to the Devil - with callouts to and riffs from today's hottest players-our highly subjective classification of the guitar-hero galaxy. THE GREAT KAT."
"The Great Kat - FELINE GROOVY. Likes blood. And Beethoven. Must hear: William Tell Overture." "TOP-10 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar World Magazine's Readers' Poll
"12 GREATEST FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS" -
Elle Magazine
"Juilliard-trained violinist the Great Kat (aka Katherine Thomas) is the most mind-bogglingly fast." "20 EXTRAORDINARY FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Guitar Player Magazine's "Guts & Glitter"
"The Juilliard-trained violinist and guitar shredder transforms classical masterworks into speed-metal songs, rages like a demented dominatrix, spews blood."
"The Great Kat - the world’s foremost female shredder. Wait until you see a leather-and-fishnet clad wild woman bump up the BPMs."
MINTLIFE FEATURES THE GREAT KAT IN "A SHOCKING TALENT"!"A Shocking Talent. The Great Kat is a larger than life Juilliard trained classical violinist turned guitar shredder (extremely fast guitarist in the heavy metal style). She takes her knowledge of the great works of Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart and processes them through a heavy metal music filter to 'single-handedly resurrect classical music.' What she does: Kat’s extreme talent and classical training allows her to create an outrageous persona that supports both her professional message and motivation." -Rachel Weingarten, MintLife
INMUSIC FEATURES THE GREAT KAT IN "CHICK METAL GUITARIST SHREDS BEETHOVEN, BACH (WATCH!)"! "Great Kat, a foxy, speed metal-loving guitar shredder who also happens to be a Juilliard graduate violin virtuoso with a penchant for kicking the stuffing out of classical compositions by giving them rock treatments. Great Kat has apparently been amassing fans of her lightning-fast metal-meets-classical guitar playing from far and wide. I especially like her head-snapping run through Rimsky-Korsakov’s 'The Flight of the Bumblebee.' Enjoy!" -Kim Hughes, InMusic
"Kat is truly one of the fastest and most over-the-top guitarists in the history of metal, and that can't be disputed." - By Bob Smith,
Good Times Magazine
HOUSTON
PRESS INTERVIEW WITH THE GREAT KAT! "The Great Kat: From Juilliard To Shred
Goddess"!
"Kat is a Juilliard-trained violinist who traded in the sedate world of
classical performance to play the guitar just shy of the speed needed to go back
in time. Kat forces these melodies through a black hole and back out again
through in a white-hot stream of incredibly fine sound particles that ascend and
descend so quickly and accurately that one could debate whether the
interpretations are a performance or a weapon. For those who have thus far
enjoyed the carnival ride of Beethoven Shreds should have no problem putting
Kat's statue alongside the greats."
By Jef With One F, Houston Press
MILENIO'S INTERVIEW WITH THE GREAT KAT "GREAT KAT BEETHOVEN"! "She does not skimp on technique and shouts to challenge the speed on the guitar, she is The Great Kat, who reinvents the great scores. She executes pieces like 'The Fifth Symphony' or Bach's 'Brandenburg Concerto' at the maximum speed on guitar and violin, with a crushing and powerful technique." - Israel Morales, Milenio (Mexico)
"BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD DOWNLOADS!
The Great Kat, The World's Fastest Guitarist, unleashes the ULTIMATE Shred Guitar CD,
"BEETHOVEN SHREDS", featuring:
The Great Kat's "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE THROUGH MUSIC VIDEO DISTRIBUTORS (MVD)! "Displaying the world's fastest shred guitar music, this CD features The Great Kat's electrifying tracks on guitar and violin with dazzling insane speeds of 300 BPM." - MVD
"Kat is best described as a 21st century Janis Joplin who breaks out of the conventionally assigned gender role limitations of acceptable female behavior, to give the historically male dominated music scene a woman's energy and edge." Prairie Miller, NewsBlaze
NEW YORK MAGAZINE FEATURES THE GREAT KAT! "The Great Kat. The High Priestess of Guitar Shred. She can play 'Flight of the Bumblebee' at 300 beats per minute! Wagner’s War, a no-holds-barred response to September 11, includes a cover of that tender Nazi classic 'Flight of the Valkyries.' Her followers (the 'Kat slaves') think she’s just the soldier America needs. Ranked among 'The Ten Fastest Shredders of All Time.' Totally spoiling her crazy-lady rep: She studied classical violin at Juilliard." - Melissa Maerz , New York Magazine
THE GREAT KAT'S SHRED GUITAR CDS IN STORES NOW!
NEW "Beethoven Shreds", "Wagner's War", "Rossini's Rape", "Bloody Vivaldi", "Guitar Goddess" CDs & "Digital Beethoven On Cyberspeed" CD-ROM/CD!
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-Juilliard Graduate Violin Virtuoso/Concertmaster of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra/Winner of the Artists International Competition on Violin/Carnegie Recital Hall Debut on Solo Violin
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The
Great Kat
is the famous Juilliard graduate violin virtuoso-turned guitar shred
virtuoso, who showcases her phenomenal guitar pyrotechnics in "Beethoven
Shreds" CD and "Beethoven's Guitar Shred" DVD! The Great Kat is the “Top 10
Fastest Shredders Of All Time” (Guitar One Magazine)/“50 Fastest Guitarists
Of All Time” (Guitar World Magazine)/ “The 100 Wildest Guitar Heroes”
(Classic Rock Magazine)/“12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists” (Elle
Magazine)!