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Faster Pussycat came together in L.A.’s Hollywood region, started by vocalist Taime Downe. Taime Downe remained the only original member throughout their career, with a revolving door of musicians filling spots for guitar, bass and drums. In 1987, the band had gained a recording contract with Elektra Records, releasing their self-titled debut that same year. Their sleaze rock led them to gain support slots with Alice Cooper, David Lee Roth and Motorhead, helping to gain further exposure in support of their album.
In 1989, they returned with “Wake Me Up When It’s Over,” a record that quickly became their most successful outing, rising to Gold status. The album’s commercial success was bolstered by the runaway hit, “House of Pain,” which broke into the Top 40 of the Billboard singles chart. Their next effort, 1992’s “Whipped,” failed to match its predecessor’s success, peaking at number 90 on the charts before swiftly falling off the radar, reflective of a changing musical climate that offered little place for glam metal and hair metal acts.
The group decided to split following this lack of success, with Taime Downe forming The Newlyweds, an industrial-goth act alongside Kyle Kyle of Bang Tango fame. However, as the new millennium went on, a renewed interest in glam rock returned, prompting Faster Pussycat to reunite for a tour. Rather than releasing new music after this return to the stage, Faster Pussycat instead released an album of techno remixes of their past songs, titled “Between the Valley of the Ultra Pussy.” Touring continued for the troupe before the band released the new album, 2006’s “The Power and the Glory Hole.” Despite not developing any real reception, the band have still managed to maintain their existence after twenty years, despite their still being no real place for their act in the modern scene.
Wow! What a great show Faster Pussycat was last night at The Saban Theatre! They rocked Beverly Hills like it's never been rocked before! They were in fine form and kicked off the set with "Cathouse" as Taime strutted across the stage with his unique wild & sexy style with that "Taime" look on his face as he lit up his trademark cigarette. They only had time to kick out a short set, but they rocked out every song perfectly - I would say they were the best band there, although Quiet Riot, The Bullet Boys, Gilby Clarke were quite good, I am just a diehard Faster Pussycat fan.
The Saban Theatre needs to loosen up on it's camera policy though, the security guard had the nerve to ruin someone's video of Quiet Riot and put their hand in front of the guy's camera. We enjoyed the evening, especially getting to chat with Taime and Danny before and after the show. They were extremely nice and thanked us for coming to the show. What a night! Wish we could do it all over again tonight! Great show! ;)
‘How’s everyone doing, we’re the Supersuckers and we’ve come here tonight to rock the house’ was the first thing that sounded over the incredible sound system in the black out before the lights came up and the rock band ran on stage with their arms in the air to take their positions with their instruments. Although the band are relatively cocky, having dubbed themselves the ‘greatest rock band in the world’, they almost justify it with the incredible and enthusiastic set they played.
The show opened with Dan Bolton performing an epic guitar solo whilst Eddie Spaghetti called over the top to the audience introducing the band and their set before they launched straight into She’s My Bitch/Drinkin’ N Drivin’. They immediately had the audience on their side, and it seemed like everyone was long time fans, singing along to every track, and dancing around in appreciation for the band.
Although the vocal performance wasn’t as strong as it once might have been, the instruments were solid, and the was that the guitars and drums intertwined and also battled with each other was exciting to see in a live performance. Their improvisations were also great to witness, and it was awesome to see something live that you can’t experience on the recording studio albums.