Bullet LaVolta was an alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in January 1987 by four college disc jockeys: Clay Tarver (guitar, now of Chavez), Bill Whelan (bass), Corey "Loog" Brennan (guitar) and Chris "Cruster" Guttmacher (drums).
They gained most of their notoriety by playing college shows in Boston (usually at either MIT or Harvard, with bigger acts like The Lemonheads, Dag Nasty, and the Rollins Band).
[1][2] In 1990, they released the Gimme Danger EP (which includes a cover of "Detroit Rock City") on Metal Blade before signing to RCA Records, who purchased and re-released Bullet Lavolta and The Gift on a single disc.
Bullet LaVolta played a show with Nirvana around the time of the album's release, with the opening act being a then-unknown The Smashing Pumpkins.
Drummer Todd Philips drums in Model/Actress, the band formed by ex-Brainiac bass player and video director Juan Monostereo and former Chamberlain members Curtis Mead and Charlie Walker.