Nashville Pussy

Formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in the mid-1990s, Nashville Pussy works in a hard rock vein blended with Southern rock, punk, and boogie. Founded by singer-guitarist Blaine Cartwright, formerly of Nine Pound Hammer, and lead guitarist Ruyter Suys, the quartet has been built around this stable core while the rhythm section has shifted over the years. Nashville Pussy came to prominence in the late 1990s with the 1998 album Let Them Eat Pussy, followed by High as Hell in 2000 and Say Something Nasty in 2002, which established a raw sound focused on fast blues-rock riffs, straightforward rhythms, and a direct lyrical approach often inspired by the road, alcohol, and sexuality. The albums Get Some (2005) and From Hell to Texas (2009) extended this aesthetic, emphasizing their grounding in Southern rock, while Up the Dosage (2014) and Pleased to Eat You (2018) cemented Nashville Pussy’s standing on North American and European rock stages, notably through extensive club and festival tours. Onstage and in the studio, Nashville Pussy favors a no-frills bar-rock energy built on the interplay between Cartwright’s raspy vocals and Suys’s incisive guitar work.