Bandmembers in Les Hell on Heels are Paula Monarch (lead vocals and guitar), Katie Rose (guitar and vocals), Chela LaRue (bass guitar and vocals), and Kristin Machynski (drums). The band released their self-titled album in 2004 on Bomp! Records. Les Hell on Heels is from Phoenix, Arizona, and the bandmembers had been in two earlier bands. Paula Monarch and Chela LaRue had been in a garage punk band called the Peeps; they released a well regarded album on Sympathy for the Record Industry Records in 2000. Katie Rose and Kristin Machynski were previously bandmembers in Tempe Tramps.
Punk stalwart Jeff Dahl – whose resumé includes a stint in the Angry Samoans and recordings with Cheetah Chrome of the Dead Boys and Rikk Agnew of the Adolescents – had worked with both the Peeps and Tempe Tramps in the past.
