[1] The band was formed 3 years prior to the events of 2014 after Worsnop and Jeff George whom was playing guitar for Sebastian Bach, who shared the same lawyer Eric German, had met in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve of 2010, and within two days the pair bonded and moved in together as roommates at Worsnop's Beverly Hills home.

[8] The band was initially named as simply 'Harlot' but Jeff George explains that due to copyright and legal issues, they remodelled as 'We Are Harlot'.

[15] In early January 2015 the band issued a statement via Rocksound Magazine that they will be releasing their debut album in March that same year.

[9] The band officially announced their self-titled debut album in January after releasing their second single, "Dancing on Nails", and made it available to pre-order for March 30 in the US.

[29] While the album was not released during that month, Worsnop confirmed in March that he has been working on the record and will be getting the band in the studio during summer the same year.

and complimented on Worsnop's vocal performance as he uses a mixture of hardcore growls and melodic vocals, Georges laid down classic and well-defined solos and called Weaver and Agras performances warm, stable, and uncompromising, overall calling the band a modern rock and roll act.

[31] Worsnop and George have also expressed that while they do intend to introduce 80's style rock music to new generations, they also imply that they are not "...reinventing the wheel.

[32] Rocksound magazine reported that the band sounds like the "offspring" of Mötley Crüe and Skid Row with influences from Airbourne and Heaven's Basement.