Donnerstag, 24. Aug 2006, 4:18

So tonight I went to see Faster Pussycat headline the local rock club, Downtown Brew. Opening for them was supposed to be Adler's Appetite and Bang Tango, but for some reason or another, neither could make it, so instead we got this terrible nucore band called Dawnwater, Dustwater, or something equally lame, I truthfully don't know.

Faster Pussycat did a pretty good job despite their current trend musically. They played more new songs than old, but they managed to sex up the new songs a bit, enough to rock. Taime Downe looks like he's packed on a few pounds. The band was pretty tight and changing the lyrics to Cathouse to read "just got back from the best whorehouse in town" was expected.

They put on an excellent show despite Downtown Brew being the worst rock establishment ever. Fucking bastards wouldn't let anyone under 21 go past past this certain point, which meant I couldn't go to the front of the stage. Absolutely terrible.

All in all, it was still a good show. I managed to convert two of my friends into Faster Pussycat fans, which is surprising because they're pretty hardcore classic rock people. They were both immensely impressed by the band. Cool by me.

EDIT: And here's some of the songs they played:

The Power & the Glory Hole
Cathouse
Bathroom Wall
Number One With A Bullet
Submission
In Denial
You're So Vain (Carly Simon cover)
Babylon

and they wrapped it up with a cover of Betty Blowtorch's "Shut Up and Fuck."

They did make the Newlydeads songs pretty rocking, I must say. Not as industrial as on the album. I would have preferred to see another older song or two instead of the newer material, but whatever, they were still good.