Faster Pussycat

FASTER PUSSYCAT
Formed 1986, U.S.A.

Albums:
1987 Faster Pussycat
1989 Wake Me When It's Over
1990 Live And Rare
1992 Belted, Buckled And Booted
1992 Whipped!
1994 The Best Of Faster Pussycat
2000 Greatest Hits
2001 Between The Valley Of The Ultra Pussy
2006 The Power & The Glory Hole

History:
One of the best glam/sleaze bands, Faster Pussycat exploded onto the American public amid a flurry of hairspray and glitter. They matured with each release, but still kept close ties to their Sunset Strip and Cathouse roots.
Hollywood, California would be where Taime Downe (vocals), Brent Muscat (guitar), Greg Steele (guitar), Kelly Nichols (bass) and Mark Michals (drums) first hooked up. A recording contract wasn't far behind, but due to an accident, and the bands unwillingness to wait for his recovery, Nichols (who would later surface with L.A. Guns) was replaced by Eric Stacy. The band's low budget debut was a surprise hit, with classics such as "Bathroom Wall" and "Babylon".
Wake Me When Its Over proved to be even bigger then the debut, going gold and yielding the hit ballad "House Of Pain." But on the bands 1990 tour Michals was arrested for drug possession and kicked out of the band, Brett Bradshaw would be his replacement. The final album Whipped! sold poorly due in part to the early 90's collapse of the glam genre. In late 1992 Faster Pussycat would be dropped from their label and by '93 the band decided to call it a day.
Taime Downe would go on to form a more industrial sounding band called The Newlydeads with Kyle Kyle of Bang Tango. Most of the other band members would continue to play and record on a smaller scale. Muscat surfaced with Phil Lewis/Liberators and L.A. Guns before reuniting with Stacy in Bubble.






Downe, Muscat and Steele reformed Faster Pussycat in 2001 with Xristian Simon (guitar), Danny Nordahl (bass, The Throbs) and Chad Stewart (drums). Steele left the band in mid-tour, but Faster Pussycat continues to tour with various line-ups, even releasing The Power & The Glory Hole in 2006. A second version of Faster Pussycat, containing Muscat, Stacy and Bradshaw, has also hit the scene thus confusing the fans even more.

Links:
The Official Faster Pussycat Page