Y Kant Tori Read was a hair metal band from the late 1980s fronted by (then unknown) singer and songwriter Tori Amos. The band released one album, also called Y Kant Tori Read, which bombed miserably. The band originally consisted of Amos, Steve Caton and several musicians that they worked with at the time. When they were signed to Atlantic Records through record producer Joe Chiccarelli the other musicians were dropped. Kim Bullard , later of Kajagoogoo, and Matt Sorum, later of Guns 'N Roses, were brought in to flesh out the band for the album.

As a result of Amos' later success, copies of the album in its various formats sell for thousands of dollars, particularly an unopened copy on compact disc in its original longbox. At the time of release, however, cut-out copies on vinyl were placed on sale for ninety-nine cents.