Pretty Boy Floyd Hit The Road In Australia With Enuff Z’Nuff

US power-pop legends Enuff Z’Nuff and Sunset Strip icons Pretty Boy Floyd have teamed up for a double assault on Australia this November with the ‘RU PRETTY ENUFF’ Tour. A full-blown celebration of hooks, hairspray, melody and unapologetic rock ’n’ roll excess. Hollywood sleaze merchants Pretty Boy Floyd, are a band who fully embody the wild spirit of the Sunset Strip’s golden era. Loud, flashy and proudly over-the-top, their shows remain packed with the kind of riffs, hooks and attitude that made them underground favourites in the first place. In 2026 it’s important to note that this isn’t just a nostalgia run still continuing to release new material, with the upcoming Australian dates mixing classic anthems alongside newer songs that still carry the same spirit they always did. Vocalist Steve “Sex” Summers talks to Rob Lyon about the tour.

How’s things going for Pretty Boy Floyd at the moment?
I have no complaints. Everything is, everything is great. And a coursework. Excited to get to Australia.

Yeah, absolutely. Like, an Australian tour with Enough’s Enough, that’s a pretty awesome pairing, you gotta be pretty excited about that.
Yeah, yeah. I mean, don’t get me wrong, we’ve done a million shows with Enuff Z’Nuff, but not in different countries with them and stuff like that. So it’s awesome. It’s three great shows, and it seems like all the local acts are pretty badass, so yeah, definitely excited.

What is it about Enuff Z’Nuff that you absolutely love to bits? And how long have you known those guys?
Well, one, it just happens to be that we’re on the same booking agency for the past many of years. I’ve seen all their line-ups and then years ago, I had the original drummer Vic Fox on the drums, playing for Pretty Boy Floyd, but no, I dug those guys right when A New Thing came out, and stuff like that. I mean, they’re different than us. We’re a little more heavier, a little more sleazier, a little more… all that kind of stuff, but good guys. I’ve always got along with Chip, and so that always makes things awesome. So, just a really good band. Talented band, and fun to be around.

Does that make it easier touring with guys that you really like and respect and are great mates?
Oh, you know that answer. There’s no amount of money in the world that can get me out there if I’m going to be miserable. But no, they’re great guys. Like I said, it’s a cool little history since I’ve played with the original line-up, to all the changes, to all the stuff, all the way till now. It’s really cool. Chip’s really cool.

The last time you guys came out was 2023 with Glamfest, you must have some pretty good tour stories and memories from that time around?
Oh, yeah, no, that was awesome. Well, I have many memories from forty years, but no, no, those were great, and it’s cool this time we’ll get to play a little longer, of course, because, I mean, there was like six to eight bands on all those nights the other time around. So it’ll be great to be able to play more.

Are you looking to lean on a particular album this time around, or is it the best and the greatest?
We always lean pretty heavily on Leather Boyz, because that’s what everyone wants to hear. It’s not like we’re doing the whole record, but we’re probably playing at least eight songs from it, and then we take it from there. We usually play Good Girl Gone Bad, we usually play Saturday Night and Your Right to Party were on our five‑song EP we did with Keri Kelli. After that, we throw in as many as we can. Once they tell us how long we get to play, we just go. Somewhere along the way we always miss a song or two, like last weekend, people were saying, ‘Come on, man, you didn’t play Restless, you didn’t play Junkie Girl.’ Even though we’re not a big platinum band, we do have die‑hard fans, and they know our songs and our catalogue.

What’s the secret to keeping the band going so long?
Oh, Balls to the Wall? No, it’s just that I put the band together when I was young, and it’s something I always wanted to do, and I love it. Of course I was influenced by all my favourites, Kiss, Motley, all of that, and I love to perform, and I love to travel. Even with Pretty Boy Floyd, even with myself, I never settled for anything. I wasn’t like, ‘Oh, okay, that’s cool.’ No, we’re still climbing, still pushing, still trying to put out our best material, and I’m always trying to have the best guys with me. People know I bust my ass, so they like to play with me, and I’ve been fortunate enough to have great guys. Well, most.

Do you find that you enjoy the tour grind more now than you ever have done before?
Let me see how to answer that. No, I’ve enjoyed it the whole time. I’ve always enjoyed it in the same way. We’ve always kind of been at the same level and never gone ten‑times platinum or anything like that, so we still do everything ourselves, setting up the merchandise, bringing in the gear, setting up the VIPs, all that stuff. It’s always thrilling. Even if we’re playing a small place or a big festival, I still get excited, like, huh, I wonder what this bathroom’s going to look like, or what this backstage is going to be like. When I was younger, sure, it was more for partying, more for the girls, more for all that. But in the past years, it’s been more about pleasing the fans, making sure the show is great, making sure my singing is really great, and just enjoying every minute of it.

Looking back is there anything you would do differently if you had your time over or do you believe things happen for a reason?
Differently? No. It’s very simple. The fans don’t know the exact music business, so it’s too hard to explain. The bottom line is we took a chance with MCA, and if anybody knows MCA as a label, they just weren’t really that good. They wanted to be, and all you ask for is a shot, but they weren’t good at breaking rock bands and since we came in later in the 80s, which I don’t believe made a difference, a lot of the labels like Capitol already had all their bands. They already had their Skid Rows and Van Halens. So we took a chance with MCA because they had a lot of money, and they literally said to us, ‘We want you to be our Motley Crue or Kiss or Poison.’ They just had no idea what to do with us. That was the problem.

So me personally, no, I wouldn’t do anything differently. I know people say, ‘Don’t blame that,’ but there’s only so much you can do. We can make great videos, give them the album, do all that, but on the business end you’ve got to get on MTV, you’ve got to get the big tours. Those were the disappointing parts. But that’s the way it goes. I’m still here, still rockin’. Most of the bands we would’ve loved to play with back then aren’t even around anymore, or, excuse my language, they suck now. So I’m fine. I’ve always done other things, whatever. Pretty Boy Floyd is my baby, but I don’t go back in time. Bottom line is… everybody knows MCA sucked.

Does it change your view on new albums and how you go about approaching it, particularly now where it’s harder for just about everybody to put out a new album and make it commercially viable?
Yeah, I mean, I get it, to me, I love a good challenge. It’s not just the record business that’s the challenge, I love a good challenge with everything. But I know what you’re saying. Yeah, we’ve had other labels where we wish they’d done more, or we shouldn’t have… let’s just put it this way: I won’t give my product anymore to someone I know for sure isn’t going to give some sort of payoff in one way or another. Either they give me enough money, or they do what they’re supposed to do. Does that make sense? So right now, I’ve been putting out our new single, I’m making the singles myself, right in my neighbourhood, selling them and selling them and selling them, and no one gets any of it except us.

Are you building to a new album?
Oh yeah, we pretty much have a new album done. It’s really just the part you mentioned… let’s just say, to some people it’s all ‘hurry up, hurry up, hurry up,’ but I’m like, hurry up for what? We’ve all seen those hurry‑up albums, you give it to a label, someone hears one single, and it’s done, and they’re already making a new record. To me, this is different. You hear this a million times, but I’m writing some of the best material I ever have, and I’m taking my time. We have so many shows to do, getting the music out there properly, we’re taking our time. Our fans are happy right now. We’re playing our new single Lovesick at the shows, and we’ve already previewed a couple ballads, a couple rockers, all that stuff. There’s no rush to screw it up. Just taking my time.

When you look at the glam rock or sleaze rock scene now, what do you think? Do you think it’s going to keep evolving, or is it struggling a little bit?
Well… first of all, I care about us. To be quite honest, out of all the Sunset Strip bands, we’re probably one of the most glam‑est bands out there. I mean, not today, but back then. I don’t really follow other stuff, I just know we continue to write great music and try to make our show as extravagant as it can be. That’s my answer. But back to the 80s thing, come on. I’ve seen a lot of the bands we’ve toured with, or whatever. We’re not going out there in jeans and tennis shoes thinking it’s 1989. We’re like, check this out, this is 2026. Check out this new song, this new jacket, this new move, this new high screech. We worry about us.

If you were going to write a book, what would be a couple of the must‑tell stories that would be in it?
Oh, the must‑tells. Well, those I’m saving. A band like us has done everything imaginable that a Guns N’ Roses‑type band would do. We’ve been around almost forty years, or I have. So if you want to talk about the ups, the downs, the girls, the tour buses, all that stuff, sure, but I’ve yet to really let out of the bag what I’ve seen the whole time, from the very start. When I started putting the band together, I was fourteen, fifteen, sixteen years old, and when I met Kari, the drummer, he was fifteen. Fifteen! So even putting Pretty Boy Floyd together, there are a lot of untold stories that will eventually get out there. But there’s no reason to talk about them now, it would just be giving them press, and I don’t need to give them press. When they finally do come out, there’s going to be some pretty good smoke and mirrors. Once again, though, it’s not my concern. My concern is writing great songs and being a kick‑ass glam‑rock sleaze band, and that’s what we are.

What’s next for Pretty Boy Floyd?
Well, I mean, we’ve got our whole year already booked, and our booking agency is already booking next year. Back to what we were saying in the beginning, it’s about getting a new record out there. But when I say new record, that could mean a new single in two months, or a two‑song vinyl first. It’s all in my hands to do it the way I want to do it. If it were up to our agent, he’d put us on the road for two hundred and fifty days a year, but I’m like, they’re not offering us enough, or sorry to say, I actually love my wife, and I’ll stay home. Once again, I won’t talk about my other things, but I do other things. But having a full tour plate and having a full record ready to go, that’s pretty much a pretty good plate.

Absolutely, that’s got to be great creating your own excitement and motivation to keep pushing and see what happens?
“Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, that part I kind of left out. I’m always looking for us to keep building and there are a lot of aspects to that. People who don’t know the business, or do know the business, or fans, there are a lot of other avenues in the music business than just touring and putting out a record

What is it that you love about Australia and touring here?
I think… well, first, the fans are incredible, that’s number one. It’s beautiful, but I’ve got to be honest with you, a lot of the time we didn’t really get much chance to enjoy it out there, you know what I’m saying? So the things I personally remember are great fans, beautiful. I think I’ve been there maybe two to five times, and I just know the fans are incredible, and that’s good enough to say. I’d hate to go, ‘Whoa, they’ve got the most beautiful libraries,’ or ‘The restaurants are incredible,’ but no the fans are great. We just can’t wait to get back over there. You tell anybody you’re going to Australia and they’re like, ‘Oh my god, you’re so lucky!’ I’m like, yeah, we’re going in November, it’s going to be great. We’ll be full glammed out, playing hopefully a good hour, hour and a half, getting all those songs in there and we can’t wait to see the fans. We can’t wait.

Interview By Rob Lyon

Catch Pretty Boy Floyd on tour with Enuff Z’Nuff on the following dates, tickets HERE…