Faster Pussycat Babylon: The Elektra Years 1987-1992 CD

Four CD set. Forming in Hollywood, California in 1985, and taking their name from Russ Meyer's 1965 exploitation trash classic, Faster! Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Taime Downe (lead vocals), Greg Steele (guitar), Brent Muscat (guitar), Eric Stacy (bass) and Mark Michals (drums) were in the right place at the right time with their brand of sleaze rock and glam metal. Signing to legendary record label Elektra, they released their self-titled debut on 7th July 1987 (two weeks ahead of Guns N' Roses' debut, Appetite For Destruction). Becoming MTV favourites with videos for the songs 'Bathroom Wall' and 'Don't Change That Song', their fame and infamy was further propelled by appearing in the Penelope Spheeris film The Decline of Western Civilization part 2 - The Metal Years, with the band interviewed as well as performing 'Cathouse' and 'Bathroom Wall' on stage. In America the band toured with Alice Cooper, David Lee Roth and Mot?rhead to promote the album. They reached a commercial peak in 1989 with second album, 'Wake Me When It's Over', which was swiftly awarded gold sales status. Featuring the singles 'House Of Pain' and 'Poison Ivy', 'Wake Me When It's Over' was marked by a heavier, less glam rock approach. They also recorded a cover of Carly Simon's 'You're So Vain' for the compilation album 'Rubiyt', an album celebrating Elektra Records's 40th Anniversary. Led by the single 'Nonstop to Nowhere', 1992's self-explanatory 'Whipped!' fared well, but despite sold out tours, the rise of grunge was making many of Faster Pussycat's glam rock contemporaries look a little obsolete. The band called it a day in 1993. The band reformed in 2001, adopting a more industrial sound, favoured by singer Taime Downe, and continue to tour and record with various line-ups to the present.

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 11. Bathroom Wall (Remix with Pussycat Intro) 12. Bathroom Wall (Remix) 13. Where There's a Whip, There's a Way 14. Little Dove 15. Poison Ivy 16. House of Pain 17. Gonna Walk 18. Pulling Weeds 19. Slip of the Tongue 20. Cryin' Shame 21. Tattoo 22. Ain't No Way Around It 23. Arizona Indian Doll 24. Please Dear 25. Babylon (Live) 26. Slip of the Tongue (Live) 27. Little Dove (Live) 28. Smash Alley (Live) 29. Pulling Weeds (Live) 30. Poison Ivy (Edit) 31. House of Pain (Edit) 32. Bathroom Wall 33. Poison Ivy 34. Pulling Weeds 35. Slip of the Tongue 36. Babylon 37. House of Pain 38. Nonstop to Nowhere 39. The Body Thief 40. Jack the Bastard 41. Big Dictionary 42. Madam Ruby's Love Boutique 43. Only Way Out 44. Maid in Wonderland 45. Friends 46. Cat Bash 47. Loose Booty 48. Mr Lovedog 49. Out with a Bang 50. Nonstop to Nowhere (CHR Version) 51. Too Tight 52. Charge Me Up 53. You're So Vain 54. The Body Thief (Edit)