Cathouse

March 31, 2020

BRUTAL … Faster Pussycat’s Chad Stewart details his ugly Coronavirus Experience on Riki’s RRR Podcast

Metal Sludge — In a brand new episode of the RRR Podcast with host Riki Rachtman, guest Chad Stewart of Faster Pussycat details his experience with Coronavirus. Rachtman talks in depth with Stewart, about what happened, when, how it developed, got worse and ended with the drummer being hospitalized for nearly a week. Stewart says that on March 9th 2020 he was feeling sick and went to his Doctor. The Doctor told him: “Don’t worry[…]

August 20, 2018

TUFF DIARIES #7 … MTV’s NYE Big Bash, Riki & Taime’s Cathouse and My Girlfriend was a Poster at Spencer’s

TUFF DIARIES #7 MTV’s NYE Big Bash, Riki & Taime’s Cathouse and My Girlfriend was a Poster at Spencer’s Country Club, Jason Newsted, Cold Gin, Martika, Rock Scene Magazine & Welcome to the Julie’s Waxed Pussy. — It’s now the fall of 1988. We’re a year into our run and making progress with our plan to get signed. We just finished up the summer with a August headline show at Gazzarri’s on Sunset Strip and supporting Vinnie[…]

October 6, 2016

SOLD OUT! Twisted Sister headlines Riki Rachtman’s Cathouse anniversary at “The Roxy”

ALL TWISTED Superstar band Twisted Sister headlines Riki Rachtman’s Cathouse anniversary at soldout Roxy LOS ANGELES, Calif., USA — Based on his reputation for being among the best in the world at what he does, rock impresario Riki Rachtman was able to sell out the Roxy and Whisky on successive nights to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his iconic club, The Cathouse — without letting anyone know which surprise bands would be performing. As Spiderman[…]

June 20, 2016

HOLLYWOOD ROSES … 20 Questions with Guns N’ Roses tribute singer Colby Veil

HOLLYWOOD ROSES 20 Questions with Guns N’ Roses tribute singer Colby Veil HOLLYWOOD, Calif., USA — With the big Guns N’ Roses tour kick-off we thought we’d give you the next best thing to an interview with the real deal. We couldn’t get Guns N’ Roses so we grabbed Hollywood Roses. And we decided to do an old-school style Metal Sludge 20 questions by email, just like the old days and the band’s frontman Colby Veil[…]

May 10, 2016

Riki Rachtman; ‘I don’t want to do another rock festival. I can do better’

‘I don’t want to do another rock festival. I can do better’ METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE: Legendary Cathouse founder Riki Rachtman speaks out LOS ANGELES — After his successful and utterly ambitious Cathouse Live event last summer in California that featured top performers like Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach and Kiss’ Ace Frehley, everyone is openly wondering what the great rock and roll entrepreneur Riki Rachtman is going to do next.[…]

December 29, 2015

GUNS N’ ADLER? Fans wanna know; ‘Is Steven Adler gonna be there’

GUNS N’ ADLER? Fans wanna know; ‘Is Steven Adler gonna be there’ Hollywood, CALIFORNIA — The Guns N’ Roses reunion is so close that you can almost taste it. And it seems like it’s more realistic than ever that Guns N’ Roses is in fact going to reunite. But how many of the original fab-5 lineup will be involved is the million dollar question. Fans want to know and are speaking out on social media.[…]

November 1, 2015

Jani Lane’s brother Eric Oswald to join Billy Morris on tribute to the late Warrant singer

Jani Lane’s brother Eric Oswald to join Tom Billy Morris on Tribute to the late Warrant singer Cleveland, OHIO — Former Warrant guitarist Billy Morris has announced that Jani Lane’s brother Eric Oswald will join him and his Billy Morris’ Sunset Strip Band when they support Tom Keifer. The show is Friday November 13th 2015 at the ‘Hard Rock Rocksino’ in Cleveland Ohio. Morris said in a posting on his official facebook page, “We[…]

October 24, 2015

Decade of Decadence: A Timeline of the Eighties Sunset Strip – Mötley Crüe, Poison, Guns N’ Roses and the street behind rock’s most excessive scene

Decade of Decadence: A Timeline of the Eighties Sunset Strip Mötley Crüe, Poison, Guns N’ Roses and the street behind rock’s most excessive scene BY RICHARD BIENSTOCK for Rolling Stone – October 23, 2015 Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA — “Livin’ in L.A. is so much-a . . . fffuuuun!” screeched Faster Pussycat’s Taime Downe in 1987. And nowhere was the party crazier, sleazier or more glam-rockin’ than the Sunset Strip, where big-haired dudes and the girls who loved them[…]

October 14, 2015

‘Everybody Talks Shit…’ Ex-Faster Pussycat star Eric Stacy does not waiver on tough questions

‘EVERYBODY TALKS SHIT AT SOME TIME IN THIS BUSINESS’ METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE: Former Faster Pussycat star Eric Stacy does not waiver in the face of some tough questions LOS ANGELES — Once among rock’s most promising upstarts as the star bass player for platinum glam act Faster Pussycat, Eric Stacy has been out of the spotlight for quite some time, but that does not mean the Californian is ready to hang it up. Stacy[…]

August 4, 2015

Pu, Pu, Pu, PUSSYCAT! MUSCAT not BABYLON ON about possible FASTER PUSSYCAT reunion at CATHOUSE LIVE

Pu, Pu, Pu, PUSSYCAT! MUSCAT not BABYLON ON about possible FASTER PUSSYCAT reunion at CATHOUSE LIVE LOS ANGELES — If you’re in favor of a Faster Pussycat reunion — even if it’s for a few songs — then we suggest you don’t miss the heavily-anticipated Cathouse Live concert Aug. 15 at Irvine Meadows in California. These days, singer Taime Downe is the lone original, but it’s all but confirmed that ex-guitarists Brent Muscat and Greg Steele and[…]