Platinum-selling artists BulletBoys were formed in 1987 in Los Angeles, California,[1] by former King Kobra members Marq Torien (also formerly of Ratt) on vocals, Mick Sweda on guitar, Lonnie Vencent on bass and Jimmy D'Anda on drums.

[4] The single "Hang On St. Christopher", a cover of the Tom Waits song, peaked at number 22 on the Mainstream Rock Chart.

In 1998, the group reformed, with Torien and Vencent adding former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler and future Guns N' Roses guitarist DJ Ashba[8] briefly, with a tour of the US planned with Faster Pussycat, Bang Tango and Enuff Z'nuff.

[10] In 2002, Vencent was rumored to be involved in a tour of Europe with former Anthrax members Joey Belladonna, Dan Spitz and former W.A.S.P.

[citation needed] In 2009, D'Anda played drums for former Warrant singer Jani Lane doing shows in California, New Mexico and Nevada.

[13] The BulletBoys cover of The O'Jay's R&B song from 1973 entitled "For the Love of Money" appears briefly in the 2003 TV movie Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'.

[14] Remaining members Torien and Vencent, released the group's fifth album (their first in seven years), titled Sophie, in 2003 which featured a guest appearance by former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach.

[26] The group released the live album, titled Behind the Orange Curtain, on April 3, 2007, through Crash Music[27] while they were one of the confirmed acts for Rocklahoma in July of the same year.

In October, original bassist Lonnie Vincent returned to the group while guitarist Tony Marcus (XYZ, Arcade, Vicious Delite) was also added to the lineup[31] with a tour of the US announced soon after.

[33] In March, the song "Smooth Up In Ya" appeared briefly in the movie Hot Tub Time Machine.

[39] According to AllMusic, BulletBoys' style was heavily influenced by AC/DC and Van Halen, before later taking a bluesier direction.

[1] In his review of the debut album, Oliver Klemm (Metal Hammer) also highlighted the similarity to AC/DC, which he considered striking.

According to Markus Baro (Break Out), passages of the follow-up album Freakshow also sound like Van Halen's Fair Warning.

[42] Werner Theurich, on the other hand, considers BulletBoys "quite rightly reviled as Van Halen clones".