Faster Pussycat is an American glam metal band from Los Angeles, formed in 1985[1] by vocalist Taime Downe, guitarists Greg Steele and Brent Muscat and bassist Kelly Nickels.

In the United States the band toured with Alice Cooper, David Lee Roth and Motörhead in support of the album.

[4] Also in 1987, Faster Pussycat appeared in the rockumentary film The Decline of Western Civilization part 2 – The Metal Years.

[4] In 1990, the band recorded a cover of Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" for a compilation called Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary and filmed a video.

Eric Griffin from Murderdolls, Synical and (later) Wednesday 13 filled in as guitarist for the American tour, as Muscat's scheduling conflicts prevented him from participating.

[citation needed] In December 2006, three former original Faster Pussycat members, Brent Muscat, Eric Stacy and Brett Bradshaw, along with Underground Rebels vocalist Kurt Frohlich and Sin City Sinners guitarist Todd Kerns, began performing under the name Faster Pussycat, creating two versions of the band, both claiming to be the original.

Muscat claimed that this was to allow fans to hear Faster Pussycat tracks played the way they were originally recorded, as opposed to the industrial-rock version of the band that he said Downe continued to front.

[citation needed] Muscat's Faster Pussycat lineup agreed to play the AVN Awards after-party at the Dive Bar in Las Vegas, Nevada.

"[9] Downe posted a bulletin on Myspace saying Faster Pussycat was not playing in Las Vegas and that Muscat's version was a "tribute band.

[11][12] In February 2007, Brent issued this statement on his Myspace blog: In 2000 Taime made an awful remix cd.

[citation needed]In a March 2007 interview with an Italian publication, Muscat stated: I love Taime but I believe he is caught up in a dark, fake and lonely place, where the people around him kiss his ass and then talk shit behind his back..

[citation needed]On April 21, 2007, Muscat circulated via Myspace an open invitation to Downe and Steele to reunite, along with Stacy and Bradshaw.

Brent's version of Faster Pussycat toured Europe in Spring 2007 with Frohlich replacing Downe on vocals along with Kerns on guitar.

[14] In July 2007, Muscat decided to drop the battle to use the name Faster Pussycat,[15] and has since started a band called Sin City Sinners.

[19] In the late spring of 2010, Ace Von Johnson replaced Michael Thomas, who was devoting his full-time work to Adler's Appetite.

[20] In late 2013, Faster Pussycat's current lineup went on tour, performing mainly in clubs, bars and university venues.