Faster Pussycat

Faster Pussycat is a Los Angeles hair metal band formed in the 1980s and named for the 1965 film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. Their first album, Faster Pussycat, was released in 1987. The band hit their high point in 1989 with their second album, Wake Me When It's Over with its hit ballad, "House of Pain", which went gold. When grunge took over in popularity in 1991, Faster Pussycat fell off the map as the genre of hair metal quickly went out of style, though they did release their third album Whipped!, which features backing vocals by Bekka Bramlett.

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Los Angeles - Hair metal - Band - 1980s - 1965 - Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! - Faster Pussycat - 1987 - 1989 - Grunge

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Tracii Guns was briefly a touring guitarist for Faster Pussycat. The lead singer for Faster Pussycat is Taime Downe (ex-Bondage Boys). Taime's other claim to fame was as co-owner (with Riki Rachtman, who guested on the first Faster Pussycat album and was later host of MTV's Headbanger's Ball) of The Cathouse, a popular heavy-metal themed night club in Los Angeles.

Related Topics:
Tracii Guns - Lead singer - Taime Downe - MTV - Los Angeles

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Faster Pussycat's lead guitarist is Brent Muscat, brother of Todd Muscat (who was bass player in a number of influential Los Angeles based bands including Decry, Kill For Thrills, and Junkyard). Brent Muscat has also played as a touring guitarist for L.A. Guns, and appears on the two bonus live tracks on L.A. Guns' Rips the Covers Off. Guitarist Greg Steele was once co-guitarist with Brent Muscat in Faster Pussycat.

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Brent Muscat - Todd Muscat - Decry - Kill For Thrills - Junkyard - L.A. Guns - Rips the Covers Off

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Taime Downe was also in the band Newlydeads.

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Taime Downe sang backing vocals on Skid Row's cover of the Ramones's "Psycho Therapy" and has recorded with Pigface.

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Skid Row - Ramones - Pigface

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Eric Stacy (ex-Champagne) was once Faster Pussycat's bassist and Mark Michals was once Faster Pussycat's drummer. Currently, Faster Pussycat features bassist Danny Nordahl and drummer Chad Stewart.

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Mick Cripps and Kelly Nickels were in Faster Pussycat before they were in L.A. Guns.

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Mick Cripps - Kelly Nickels

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Discography:

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• Faster Pussycat (1987)
• Wake Me When It's Over (1989)
• Whipped! (1992)
• Between The Valley Of The Ultra Pussy (2001)
 
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