Eastside presents Faster Pussycat 40th Anniversary

 
From the depths of the mid 80s LA Glam rock scene, a bunch of attitude driven, misguided youth brought to the surface their brand of alley cat rock. Not glam, not punk but somewhere in between, with an attitude and swagger all their own. Fronted by the king of sleaze himself, Taime Downe, Faster Pussycat was his baby assembled piece by piece, that would, not unlike Frankenstein, rapidly grow into a monster and take the scene by storm, whether it was ready for it or not!

Before they knew it, this rag-tag team of miscreants consisting of Taime Downe (vocals), Greg Steele (guitar), Brent Muscat (Guitar), Eric Stacy (bass) and Mark Michals (drums) scored a record deal with Elektra Records and released their debut self-titled album produced by Ric Browde (Poison, Ted Nugent, etc.) who was als instrumental in securing the deal in the first place. The debut record featured instant classics "Babylon", "Bathroom Wall", "Cathouse" and "Don't Change That Song" , the latter of which, birthed their first music video directed by none other than "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" director Russ Meyer!
During this same time, the iconic documentary film, "Decline Of The Western Civilization 2: The Metal Years" was released and featured Taime and Riki Rachtman talking about their club the Cathouse and included Faster Pussycat performing "Cathouse" and "Bathroom Wall" live. The film, directed by Penelope Spheeris, was a dissection of the Los Angeles heavy metal scene from 1986 - 1988. The film also featured interviews with members of W.A.S.P., Motorhead, Aerosmith, Ozzy and more!). It, like it's predecessor, went down in history as an iconic, cult hit.

Never really fitting the mainstream mold, and always following underground sensibilities, if there's such a thing, Faster Pussycat found themselves in their early twenties and touring with artists like; Alice Cooper, Motley Crue, David Lee Roth, Motorhead, Whitesnake, Guns N' Roses, Kiss and Ozzy!
 
Today, Faster Pussycat continues to tour extensively all over the world. And when not touring, each members is busy with respective side projects. Taime is hard at work writing new material for the next Faster Pussycat album as well as penning his memoirs for a possible future book release.