Faster Pussycat is the debut album by the band of the same name. It was released on July 7, 1987. The album reached number 97 on the Billboard 200 chart. Unlike most of the rest of their music, this album is generally seen as just being a pure glam metal album without the later blues or industrial influences they would take in. Also, although its original release met with modest success, the album is considered an incredibly influential classic within the glam metal musical community. Videos were made for several of the songs on the album, including Don’t Change That Song, which had a video directed by Russ Meyer.
The song Babylon featured scratching by one time club DJ Riki Rachtman. Riki was Taime Downe‘s roommate and together they opened the nightclub Cathouse.The band performed Cathouse and Bathroom Wall in the film The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, and they were interviewed in the segment as well. The album was reissued on CD by UK-based company Rock Candy Records, with expanded liner notes and photos.
Tracklist:
1, Don’t Change That Song
2. Bathroom Wall
3. No Room for Emotion
4. Cathouse
5. Babylon
6. Smash Alley
7. Shooting You Down
8. City Has No Heart
9. Ship Rolls In
10. Bottle in Front of Me
Faster Pussycat
Taime Downe: lead vocals
Greg Steele: guitar, backing vocals
Brent Muscat: guitar, backing vocals
Eric Stacy: bass guitar, backing vocals
Mark Michals: drums, backing vocals
