| The Laughing Dogs | |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Origin: | New York, New York, U.S. |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Label: | Atlantic Records, Columbia Records, Molehill, Laughing Bear, Molehill Records, Rhino Atlantic, CBS |
| Associated Acts: | Patti Smith, Cheap Trick, Blondie |
| Past Members: | Ronny Carle James Leonard Carter Cathcart Skip Reed Moe Potts |
The Laughing Dogs were an American rock band, active in the 1970s and associated with the rock/punk scene of New York's CBGB.[1] They released two albums on Columbia.
The Laughing Dogs first became popular in the New York underground music scene at CBGB's in 1974. They released two albums on Columbia Records, The Laughing Dogs and The Laughing Dogs Meet Their Makers (both reissued in 2009 on American Beat Records), and several indie CDs, besides three singles, "Get I'm Outta Town", "Reason for Love", and "Johnny Contender".
They toured extensively with the Patti Smith Group, Cheap Trick, and Blondie. "Get Outta My Way" is in the soundtrack of the 2013 film CBGB.
An interesting coincidence is that the first The Laughing Dogs album from 1979 re-used the cover for the unreleased debut album from the band Wicked Lester, that later morphed into Kiss. Ten years later, The Laughing Dogs member Carter Cathcart co-wrote a song ("Remember Me") with Kiss member Ace Frehley on his solo album Trouble Walkin'.