LA Sleaze Kings Faster Pussycat announce their 40th Anniversary European tour including their a run of headline shows across thethe UK in over ten years. They will return to Belfast, for their second only show on the island of Ireland, at The Belfast Empire on Sunday 13 September.
Tickets for all shows are on sale now from your usual outlets.
UNITED KINGDOM
SEPT 02 -THE BROOK, SOUTHAMPTON
SEPT 03 - KK'S STEEL MILL, WOLVERHAMPTON
SEPT 04 - HOLY DIVER, STOCKPORT
SEPT 05 - THE PATRIOT, CRUMLIN
SEPT 06 - HARD ROCK HELL FESTIVAL, SHEFFIELD
SEPT 08 - CAMDEN UNDERWORLD, LONDON
SEPT 09 - THE WATERLOO, BLACKPOOL
SEPT 11 - SLAY, GLASGOW
SEPT 12 - THE CLUNY, NEWCASTLE
SEPT 13 - THE BELFAST EMPIRE, BELFAST (Afternoon Show)
SEPT 15 - QUEEN'S HALL, NUNEATON
SPAIN
SEPT 17 - Sala TOTEM, PAMPLANO
SEPT 19 - ROCK THE SUN II FESTICAL, BARCELONA
GERMANY
SEPT 21 - GEBAUDE 9, COLOGNE
SEP 22 - LOGO, HAMBURG
SEPT 23 - FRANNZ, BERLIN
ITALY
SEPT 25 - BORDERLINE, PISA
SEPT 26 - SLAUGHTER, MILAN
SEPT 27 - TEATRO, TRIESTE
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 also 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!
This new music saw a now seasoned Faster Pussycat extremely comfortable in it’s skin and scars and not holding back anything. In 2007, Faster Pussycat saw it’s soft-more classic ‘Bathroom Wall’ selected to be included in Activision’s phoneme video game franchise, “Guitar Hero”, specifically on the “Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks The 80s” release.
Having toured nonstop since 2001, Taime decided it was time to release a live album and try to capture the raunchy, dark vibe from the shows. In 2009, again on Full Effect Records, Faster Pussycat released “Front Row For The Donkey Show”, which was an expertly record and produced live album spanning Faster Pussycat’s career from front to back and even spawning the single for “Bathroom Wall (Live)”.
In 2010, Faster Pussycat was rounded out with the addition of charismatic lead guitarist, Ace Von Johnson (U.S. Bombs, Unwritten Law, The Generators). Ace fit in immediately with the FP style. Now, no longer the “new guy”, Ace continues to bring his talented guitar playing and utter lack of demure, to every Pussycat show!
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.
