Not to be confused with the Canadian band or the British band of the same name.

The Throbs were a sleaze rock band from New York City

New York City

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 formed in 1988. They featured singer Ronnie Sweetheart, bassist Danny Nordahl

Danny Nordahl

Danny Nordahl is a bass guitarist who is currently playing in the band Faster Pussycat.He previously played in the bands The Throbs, N.Y. Loose, The Newlydeads, Motochrist, and Tracii Guns's version of L.A. Guns...

, drummer Ronnie Magri and guitarist Roger Ericson. They recorded one album titled The Language of Thieves and Vagabonds

The Language of Thieves and Vagabonds

The Language of Thieves and Vagabonds is an album by the band The Throbs. It was released by Geffen Records in 1991 and re-released in 2007...

 produced by Bob Ezrin

Bob Ezrin

Robert Alan "Bob" Ezrin is a Canadian music producer and keyboardist, known for his work with artists including Alice Cooper, Kiss and Pink Floyd. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2004.-Biography:...

 (Kiss, Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd) and Dick Wagner

Dick Wagner

Dick Wagner Dick Wagner Dick Wagner (born December 14, 1943, in Oelwein, Iowa is an American rock music guitarist and songwriter best known for his work with Alice Cooper, Lou Reed and KISS.-Performing career:...

 (Alice Cooper, Lou Reed) in 1991 for Geffen Records

Geffen Records

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. Rock-n-Roll legend, Little Richard

Little Richard

Richard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat and...

 makes a special appearance on piano on the track "Ecstacy".

• Ronnie Sweetheart was a member/Guitarist of VO5 with former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach
  Sebastian Bach
  Sebastian Bach is a Canadian heavy metal singer who achieved mainstream success as frontman of Skid Row from 1987 to 1996. Since his departure from Skid Row, he has had many television roles, acted within Broadway plays, and leads a successful solo career.-Early life:Bach was born Sebastian...
  
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• Roger Ericson was a member of Smashed Gladys
  Smashed Gladys
  Smashed Gladys were an eighties glam metal band known for slide guitar coupled with lead singer Sally's raspy voice, and consisted of Sally Cato on vocals, Bart Lewis and Roger Lane on guitar, J.D. Malo on bass and Matt Stelluto on drums. They formed in Toronto, Ontario, but later moved to New...
  
   and can be heard on their 1988 Elektra release Social Intercourse.
• Danny Nordahl is now in Faster Pussycat
  Faster Pussycat
  Faster Pussycat is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1986. The group was most successful during the late 1980s with their self-titled debut album, their 1989 gold album Wake Me When It's Over and the 80,000 selling Whipped! in 1992.-The roots of Faster Pussycat...
  
  , and was in The Newlydeads
  The Newlydeads
  The Newlydeads were an industrial rock band founded by Faster Pussycat singer Taime Downe.At one time or another, The Newlydeads also featured Taime Downe's current Faster Pussycat bandmates: guitarist Xristian Simon, bassist Danny Nordahl, and drummer Chad Stewart...
  
   with three of his current Faster Pussycat bandmates, and in Motochrist and Tracii Guns
  Tracii Guns
  Tracii Guns is an American guitarist best known as the founder of glam metal group L.A. Guns as well as the supergroups Brides of Destruction and Contraband. He was also involved in the formation of the first lineup of Guns N' Roses but eventually left the group and was replaced by guitarist...
  
  's version of L.A. Guns
  L.A. Guns
  L.A. Guns is the name of a hard rock group formed in Los Angeles, California, of which two rival incarnations currently exist due to numerous line-up changes. The first incarnation of the group was formed, by Tracii Guns, in 1983 but disbanded in 1985 following its merger with fellow Los Angeles...
  
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• Ronnie Magri was in the band Sweet Pain
  Sweet Pain
  Sweet Pain were a band from New York City.The band went through at least two line-ups.The band featured singer Corky Gunn and guitarists Adrian Vance and Scarlet Rowe....
  
   (Combat Records 1985) with former L.A. Guns
  L.A. Guns
  L.A. Guns is the name of a hard rock group formed in Los Angeles, California, of which two rival incarnations currently exist due to numerous line-up changes. The first incarnation of the group was formed, by Tracii Guns, in 1983 but disbanded in 1985 following its merger with fellow Los Angeles...
  
   and Faster Pussycat
  Faster Pussycat
  Faster Pussycat is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1986. The group was most successful during the late 1980s with their self-titled debut album, their 1989 gold album Wake Me When It's Over and the 80,000 selling Whipped! in 1992.-The roots of Faster Pussycat...
  
   bassist Kelly Nickels
  Kelly Nickels
  Kelly Nickels is a bassist who has played in various bands including Sweet Pain, Faster Pussycat and L.A. Guns.He was replaced in Sweet Pain by Victor Prestin. He was badly injured in a motorcycle accident in October 1986, when he was still with Faster Pussycat...
  
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Members

Ronnie Sweetheart- Vocals

Danny Nordahl- Bass, Vocals

Ronnie Magri- Drums

Roger Ericson- Guitar

Former

Pete Trainor- Guitar

Ginger- Guitar

Anthony Smedile- Drums

Jeff West- Drums
The keyboards in many tracks, are played by Little Richard