In a brand new interview with Troy Patrick Farrell of the This That And The Different radio present, FASTER PUSSYCAT founder and frontman Taime Downe, whose fiancée went overboard this previous March from the Royal Caribbean ship Explorer Of The Seas through the first day of this 12 months’s version of The 80s Cruise, was requested how he’s getting ready for the band’s upcoming U.S. tour, which is scheduled to kick off on Could 30 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I am simply not. I am not. I am simply doing what I am presupposed to do, I suppose. That is what I am doing. So I am simply on the market simply speaking to my buddies. That is all I am doing. Simply speaking to my peeps, getting shit able to go. Speaking to Chad [Stewart, FASTER PUSSYCAT drummer], speaking to Sam ‘Bam’ [Koltun, FASTER PUSSYCAT guitarist]. Coping with our agent. Coping with different stuff. Coping with stuff that is all transferring ahead. simply doing that — making an attempt to maintain constructive and transfer on with my day. Simply attempt to [stay] as constructive as doable.”
Requested concerning the first present FASTER PUSSYCAT performed after Downe‘s fiancée’s demise, which happened on April 13 on the 53rd anniversary of the Rainbow Bar And Grill in West Hollywood, California, Taime stated: “It was slightly robust, nevertheless it was fucking off the hook. It was actually cool. It was very emotional, nevertheless it was good.”
Though it was initially unclear if Downe‘s fiancée fell or jumped from the Explorer Of The Seas, a supply informed The Hollywood Reporter a couple of days later that safety video appeared to indicate she jumped, dying by suicide. Insiders informed TMZ that the footage confirmed the girl climbing the cruise ship’s railing earlier than stepping off. Downe was subsequently cleared of wrongdoing within the matter.
FASTER PUSSYCAT was acting on the Eighties-themed cruise from March 2 to March 9, touring from Miami to Nassau, San Juan and Puerto Plata.
Initially fashioned through the mid-Eighties glam rock period, FASTER PUSSYCAT has gone on to promote over two million albums worldwide, and has accompanied a few of rocks most distinguished names on tour, comparable to ALICE COOPER, OZZY OSBOURNE, MÖTLEY CRÜE, GUNS N’ ROSES and KISS.
FASTER PUSSYCAT is greatest identified for its late Eighties hits “Home Of Ache” and “Rest room Wall”.
The band broke up in 1993 however reformed in 2001 with Downe as the only real remaining authentic member.
They’ve launched 4 albums: “Sooner Pussycat” (1987),“Wake Me When It is Over” (1989),“Whipped!” (1992) and “The Energy And The Glory Gap” (2006).
Earlier this month, FASTER PUSSYCAT launched a brand new single, “Bike”.
A limited-edition seven-inch of “Bike” printed on “Pussycat Purple” vinyl is out there to order now. The vinyl B-side is FASTER PUSSYCAT‘s tackle the INXS basic “Do not Change”.
