Faster Pussycat are delighted to welcome Blacklist Union and Femme Fatale featuring Lorraine Lewis (Also ex-Vixen) to their EU 40th Anniversary Tour this September.
Femme Fatale is an American hard rock band, formed in the late 80's, from Lorraine Lewis. Notable alumni has included Courtney Cox, Nita Strauss, Athena Lee. The band released two albums including their 1988 self-titled album and the long awaited follow up One More for The Road which was recorded between 1989 and 1990.
The original line up disbanded in 1990, following a tour with Cheap Trick but Lorraine reformed the band in 2013 with an all-female line up that included Courtney Cox, Nita Strauss, Janis Tanaka, Kat Scarlett and Athena Lee. This line up toured for six years until Lorraine got the call to replace Janet Gardener as lead singer in Vixen - one of their contemporaries from back in the day.
Covid put an end to that sadly but Lorraine reformed her band in 2025 and released their latest single, Living Like There's No Tomorrow, on Cleopatra Records.
With hot new singles 'Up In Smoke' and "Mississippi Moonhound", Blacklist Union are among the USA's top independent rock bands.
Tony West, whose voice is eerily reminiscent of the late Andrew Wood (Mother Love Bone), with melodic hints of corners stones such as Ozzy Osbourne and Steven Tyler, who moves like Axl Rose and has the electrifying energy of Scott Weiland is the driving force of Blacklist Union. The bands' success has come in layers over a career that spans five full albums, a series of high-quality videos, and numerous tours.
"We bring the rock, so if you love up-tempo kick ass rock n' roll you'll love Blacklist Union" states West "I am very proud of Blacklist Union. I have hung in there for a long time, and all I've got to say is we're not going away."
Blacklist Union have always been one of Los Angeles' top club bands with their favourable combination of huge riffs, meaningful alt-rock lyrics and Wests' glam image - and now the European audience are about to catch up.
"We finally got a booking agent. We'll be going to Europe and South America. We're always down to play" Originally from New York, West grew up on bands like New York Dolls and Ramones before packing to go to LA with only his guitar and the clothes on his back.
The tall, tattoeed, black haired Tony West made his name for himself in Malfunkshun, a seattle grunge flavoured band kept active by Andy Wood's brother, Kevin. One of Tony's earliest collaborations was that with Danzig guitarist Todd Youth who West cites as a big influence in helping him find is feet in LA.
Tony has had more wild ups and downs than just about anyone through the years and If anyone was to be the new face of rock it'd be Tony. Although he'd likely dispute this calling himself a punk, his chiseled features and androgynous look have served him well, as female fans love his British rock star cool image while the guys love Blacklist Union's high-volume twin guitars and pounding rhythm.
Tickets for Faster Pussycat with Special Guests: Blacklist Union and Femme Fatale ft Lorraine Lewis are on sale from your local outets.
