Faster Pussycat
Faster Pussycat formed in Los Angeles in 1985 and became one of the defining sleaze-rock bands of the Sunset Strip era. Led by Taime Downe, the band mixed glam metal flash with punky looseness, Aerosmith-style swagger, and a grimier street-level personality than many of their hair-metal peers. Their 1987 self-titled debut introduced staples such as "Bathroom Wall," "Don't Change That Song," "Cathouse," and "Babylon," songs that turned Hollywood decadence into short, rowdy hard-rock hooks. Wake Me When It's Over brought wider attention in 1989, especially through "House of Pain," while still keeping the band's rougher rock-and-roll instincts intact. Whipped! arrived as the commercial climate around glam metal was collapsing, but it showed a band willing to get stranger, heavier, and less polished. Later lineups continued under Downe's direction, bringing industrial and electro-rock touches into the sound while keeping the Faster Pussycat name tied to excess, grit, and nightclub chaos. Their catalog remains a document of Los Angeles rock at its most reckless and unvarnished.
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Faster Pussycat Discography
10 tracks
- 1 Don't Change That Song 3:37
- 2 Bathroom Wall 3:41
- 3 No Room for Emotion 3:56
- 4 Cathouse 3:42
- 5 Babylon 3:17
- 6 Smash Alley 3:31
- 7 Shooting You Down 3:47
- 8 City Has No Heart 4:19
- 9 Ship Rolls In 3:27
- 10 Bottle in Front of Me 3:05
12 tracks
- 1 Where There's a Whip There's a Way 6:44
- 2 Little Dove 5:07
- 3 Poison Ivy 4:23
- 4 House of Pain 5:44
- 5 Gonna Walk 4:13
- 6 Pulling Weeds 4:34
- 7 Slip of the Tongue 4:30
- 8 Crying Shame 4:51
- 9 Tattoo 4:52
- 10 Ain't No Way Around It 4:30
- 11 Arizona Indian Doll 4:25
- 12 Please Dear 6:23
12 tracks
- 1 Nonstop to Nowhere 6:57
- 2 The Body Thief 4:56
- 3 Jack the Bastard 4:07
- 4 Big Dictionary 2:56
- 5 Madam Ruby's Love Boutique 3:42
- 6 Only Way Out 3:53
- 7 Maid in Wonderland 5:05
- 8 Friends 4:47
- 9 Cat Bash 1:42
- 10 Loose Booty 3:29
- 11 Mr. Lovedog 6:30
- 12 Out with a Bang 4:38
10 tracks
- 1 Poison Ivy 4:23
- 2 Nonstop to Nowhere 6:58
- 3 Cathouse 3:42
- 4 Slip of the Tongue 4:30
- 5 Where There's a Whip There's a Way 6:44
- 6 Don't Change That Song 3:37
- 7 Bathroom Wall 3:41
- 8 Bottle in Front of Me 3:05
- 9 You're so Vain 4:09
- 10 House of Pain 5:44
13 tracks
- 1 Arizona Indian Doll 4:25
- 2 Bathroom Wall 5:04
- 3 Little Dove 4:35
- 4 Poison Ivy 6:51
- 5 Smash Alley 4:54
- 6 Out With A Bang 5:07
- 7 Body Thief 4:59
- 8 House Of Pain 8:10
- 9 Cathouse 5:27
- 10 Where There's A Whip 2:35
- 11 Slip Of The Tongue 6:45
- 12 I Was Made For Loving You 4:35
- 13 Blood (Demo) 4:07
11 tracks
- 1 number 1 with a bullet 3:39
- 2 gotta love it 4:14
- 3 useless 5:15
- 4 sex drugs & rock-n-roll 4:04
- 5 disintegrate 4:43
- 6 these boots were made for walking 3:35
- 7 hey you 3:11
- 8 porn star 4:31
- 9 the power & the glory hole 4:30
- 10 shut up & fuck 2:14
- 11 bye bye bianca 6:45
13 tracks
- 1 Intro - Live 1:37
- 2 The Power And The Glory Hole - Live 4:03
- 3 Cathouse - Live 3:41
- 4 Slip Of The Tongue - Live 4:45
- 5 Number 1 with a Bullet - Live 3:28
- 6 Sex Drugs & Rock & Roll - Live 4:02
- 7 Where There's a Whip There's a Way - Live 6:13
- 8 House of Pain - Live 5:42
- 9 Porn Star - Live 4:35
- 10 Bathroom Wall - Live 4:59
- 11 Shut Up and Fuck - Live 2:16
- 12 Babylon - Live 3:47
- 13 It's Only Rock and Roll - Live 5:07
1 track
- 1 Run, Rudolph, Run 3:11
1 track
- 1 Bathroom Wall (Re-Recorded / Remastered) 3:42
2 tracks
- 1 If You Want Blood (Made Famous by AC/DC) 4:26
- 2 If You Want Blood (Instrumental) 4:31
15 tracks
- 1 Bathroom Wall - Re-Recorded 3:42
- 2 If You Want Blood 4:28
- 3 Wonderwall 4:29
- 4 House Of Pain - Remix 5:01
- 5 Jessie's Girl 3:20
- 6 Don't Change 4:34
- 7 Bad Things 3:07
- 8 Monster Mash 3:30
- 9 Hey Baby (Made Famous by Ted Nugent) 4:01
- 10 Lovedrive (Made Famous by Scorpions) 4:44
- 11 Misty Mountain Hop (Made Famous by Led Zeppelin) 4:32
- 12 It's So Easy (Sung By Taime Downe) - Julian Beeston Remix 4:05
- 13 Hell Bent For Leather (Made Famous by Judas Priest) (Spahn Ranch Mix) 3:02
- 14 Run, Rudolph, Run 3:11
- 15 She's Tight (Made Famous by Cheap Trick) (Razed in Black Remix) 4:49
44 tracks
- 1 Don't Change That Song 3:34
- 2 Bathroom Wall 3:41
- 3 No Room for Emotion 3:56
- 4 Cathouse 3:42
- 5 Babylon 3:17
- 6 Smash Alley 3:31
- 7 Shooting You Down 3:47
- 8 City Has No Heart 4:19
- 9 Ship Rolls In 3:27
- 10 Bottle In Front of Me 3:03
- 11 Where There's a Whip There's a Way 6:43
- 12 Little Dove 5:07
- 13 Poison Ivy 4:25
- 14 House of Pain 5:46
- 15 Gonna Walk 4:13
- 16 Pulling Weeds 4:35
- 17 Slip of the Tongue 4:30
- 18 Crying Shame 4:52
- 19 Tattoo 4:52
- 20 Ain't No Way Around It 4:31
- 21 Arizona Indian Doll 4:25
- 22 Please Dear 6:20
- 23 Bathroom Wall - Remix 3:27
- 24 Poison Ivy (Edit) 4:19
- 25 Pulling Weeds - Live 4:30
- 26 Slip of the Tongue - Live 5:20
- 27 Babylon - Live 3:24
- 28 House of Pain (Edit) 4:33
- 29 Nonstop to Nowhere 6:57
- 30 The Body Thief 4:56
- 31 Jack the Bastard 4:07
- 32 Big Dictionary 2:56
- 33 Madam Ruby's Love Boutique 3:42
- 34 Only Way Out 3:53
- 35 Maid In Wonderland 5:05
- 36 Friends 4:47
- 37 Cat Bash 1:42
- 38 Loose Booty 3:29
- 39 Mr. Lovedog 6:30
- 40 Out with a Bang 4:38
- 41 Nonstop to Nowhere (CHR Edit) 4:09
- 42 Too Tight 5:05
- 43 Charge Me Up 4:10
- 44 You're So Vain 4:09
1 track
- 1 Nonstop to Nowhere (CHR Edit) 4:09
20 tracks
- 1 Nonstop to Nowhere 6:57
- 2 Bathroom Wall 3:41
- 3 Cathouse 3:42
- 4 House of Pain 5:46
- 5 Charge Me Up 4:10
- 6 Slip of the Tongue 4:30
- 7 Babylon 3:17
- 8 Poison Ivy 4:25
- 9 Where There's a Whip There's a Way 6:43
- 10 The Body Thief 4:56
- 11 You're So Vain 4:09
- 12 Crying Shame 4:52
- 13 Friends 4:47
- 14 Gonna Walk 4:13
- 15 Jack the Bastard 4:07
- 16 Bottle In Front of Me 3:03
- 17 Don't Change That Song 3:34
- 18 Little Dove 5:07
- 19 No Room for Emotion 3:56
- 20 Smash Alley 3:31
1 track
- 1 Nola 3:57
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