{"id":7884,"date":"2019-09-29T05:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T05:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=7884"},"modified":"2019-09-27T21:28:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T21:28:00","slug":"happy-birthday-taime-downe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=7884","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Taime Downe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Gustave Molvik better known to you and me as Taime Downe lead singer of Faster Pussycat was born on this day in 1964.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Taime first formed a band named The Bondage Boys, and going under the stage name “Vaun Hammer”, he released a song with this band called “The Loser” on ‘Northwest Metalfest’<\/i>, a compilation featuring ten\u00a0Seattle-area bands. he left Seattle for\u00a0San Diego\u00a0before moving on to Los Angeles.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

When Taime Got to LA he worked for ‘Retail Slut’\u00a0in Hollywood and ran the stage lights at the Troubadour. Magnus Walker of Serious Clothing accidentally got his start when walking into Retail Slut, Taime wanted to buy the pants off him, so he ordered pairs for the store.\u00a0In 1985 he formed the band Faster Pussycat. The band released their self-titled debut album in 1987 on the same day Guns N Roses released ‘Appetite For Destruction’ and the rest, as they say, is history. The bands toured the UK together ending with an epic night at the world-famous Hammersmith Odeon along with The Quireboys.\u00a0 whilst Guns were being touted as the most dangerous band in the world and Appetite was hailed as the greatest Rock album for decades – As good as Appetite was those clued in would agree that it was that self-titled Faster Pussycat record that really stood the test of time and is head and shoulders the better of the two.\u00a0 I know its not a competition but whilst Guns n Roses played stadiums Faster Pussycat never achieved such riches.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Faster Pussycat were signed to\u00a0Elektra Records\u00a0and sold over 500,000 copies of 1989’s follow up ‘Wake Me When It’s Over’ and had hit singles like ‘<\/i>.House Of Pain’ and ‘Poison Ivy’. MTV was good to Faster Pussycat who waited three years to follow up with a third the much-maligned ‘Whipped’ which was a lot better than the band got credit for with the single ‘Nonstop To Nowhere’\u00a0 it also had some great tracks although quite diverse in style ‘Friends’ and the excellent ‘Jack The Bastard’. The band then dropped off a cliff and weren’t heard of for what seemed like an age.<\/p>\n

In the interim Downe went on to form\u00a0The Newlydeads\u00a0for which he wrote and produced. Around 1998, he opened his own club, called The Pretty Ugly Club, with co-owner JD Terziu, and the club achieved the same level of success as\u00a0The Cathouse, the club Taime had formerly run with\u00a0Riki Rachtman at the height of Faster Pussycat and Guns upward trajectory. Taime has also been the promoter of other clubs in L.A. such as Thunder Pussy and Pretty Pussy. He also was the DJ at\u00a0Metal Skool\u00a0with\u00a0Josh Richman\u00a0as the MC.<\/p>\n