{"id":12683,"date":"2025-05-16T13:07:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T18:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=12683"},"modified":"2025-05-16T13:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T18:07:16","slug":"faster-pussycat-releases-new-single-motorbike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=12683","title":{"rendered":"FASTER PUSSYCAT Releases New Single &#8216;Motorbike&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0A9ED409-F646-4004-9261-D5C3A7131221_1_201_a-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0A9ED409-F646-4004-9261-D5C3A7131221_1_201_a-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0A9ED409-F646-4004-9261-D5C3A7131221_1_201_a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0A9ED409-F646-4004-9261-D5C3A7131221_1_201_a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0A9ED409-F646-4004-9261-D5C3A7131221_1_201_a-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0A9ED409-F646-4004-9261-D5C3A7131221_1_201_a-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0A9ED409-F646-4004-9261-D5C3A7131221_1_201_a-930x620.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Legendary rockers&nbsp;<strong>FASTER PUSSYCAT<\/strong>&nbsp;have released their brand new single&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Motorbike&#8221;<\/strong>. The adrenaline-fueled track is available on all major streaming platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In true&nbsp;<strong>FASTER PUSSYCAT<\/strong>&nbsp;fashion,&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Motorbike&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;captures the gritty, fast-lane energy that has made the band icons of the late-&#8217;80s hard rock scene, delivering a roaring joy ride of sleaze, swagger and attitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Sex, rock and roll and motorcycles! The lyrics are tongue in cheek, you can take them how you want to\u2026&#8221; raves&nbsp;<strong>FASTER PUSSYCAT<\/strong>&nbsp;founder and frontman&nbsp;<strong>Taime Downe<\/strong>&nbsp;of the single. &#8220;I started writing&nbsp;<strong>&#8216;Motorbike&#8217;<\/strong>&nbsp;about a decade ago, then the pandemic happened and\u2026 I&#8217;m slow\u2026&#8221; he trails with a laugh. &#8220;We actually recorded this a couple times before, I finally felt like we got it right.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans will be thrilled to learn that a limited-edition seven-inch of&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Motorbike&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;printed on &#8220;Pussycat Purple&#8221; vinyl is also available to order now. For collectors, an even more limited number of seven-inches signed by&nbsp;<strong>Taime Downe<\/strong>&nbsp;are available exclusively at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fasterpussycat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.fasterpussycat.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As was the case with the band&#8217;s previous two single releases, the vinyl B-side is a cover that has&nbsp;<strong>Downe<\/strong>&nbsp;just as excited as his&nbsp;<strong>FASTER<\/strong>&nbsp;original \u2014 a fuel-injected and grease-splattered take on the&nbsp;<strong>INXS<\/strong>&nbsp;classic&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Don&#8217;t Change&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Motorbike\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9CCkfaBN4aY?start=238&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been a big fan of&nbsp;<strong>INXS<\/strong>&nbsp;for years \u2014 I even hung out with&nbsp;<strong>Michael Hutchence<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Iggy Pop<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Debbie Harry<\/strong>&nbsp;after an awards show, which was a night I&#8217;ll never forget,&#8221; waxes the frontman. &#8220;I&#8217;ve always wanted to do an&nbsp;<strong>INXS<\/strong>&nbsp;cover \u2014 they have so many great songs, but this is one of my favorites. We&#8217;ve been playing it on and off for years, and it&#8217;s obviously in the set when we play Australia. I&#8217;m psyched to finally get it recorded and out there with our own spin. It&#8217;s&nbsp;<strong>INXS<\/strong>&nbsp;meets the&nbsp;<strong>SEX PISTOLS<\/strong>, as only&nbsp;<strong>FASTER PUSSYCAT<\/strong>&nbsp;can.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As&nbsp;<strong>Taime<\/strong>&nbsp;appropriately sings on&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Motorbike&#8221;<\/strong>, &#8220;Hold on tight and enjoy the ride!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FASTER PUSSYCAT<\/strong>&nbsp;rose from the depths of the mid-1980s Hollywood rock scene and took the Sunset Strip by storm with a sound that wasn&#8217;t glam and wasn&#8217;t punk, but blistered somewhere in between. With an attitude and swagger all its own, their self-titled debut featured the instant classics&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Babylon&#8221;<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Bathroom Wall&#8221;<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Cathouse&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Don&#8217;t Change That Song&#8221;<\/strong>, and its follow-up&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Wake Me When It&#8217;s Over&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;climbed even higher with the radio hit&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;House Of Pain&#8221;<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Poison Ivy&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Where There&#8217;s A Whip There&#8217;s A Way&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite sales in excess of two million records worldwide,&nbsp;<strong>FASTER PUSSYCAT<\/strong>&nbsp;defied the mainstream mold and always followed their frontman&#8217;s underground sensibilities. The accolades are nice, but&nbsp;<strong>Taime<\/strong>&nbsp;considers his greatest accomplishment longevity. &#8220;The only number that really matters to me is the number 40,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Four decades later,&nbsp;<strong>FASTER PUSSYCAT<\/strong>&nbsp;are still rocking, and it feels as fresh as it did in 1986.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in 2019,&nbsp;<strong>Taime<\/strong>&nbsp;told&nbsp;<strong>AL.com<\/strong>&nbsp;about the camaraderie between all the hard rock bands in the 1980s: &#8220;We were all friends. We were all like incestual,&nbsp;<strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>GUNS N&#8217; ROSES<\/strong>.&nbsp;<strong>GUNS N&#8217; ROSES<\/strong>&nbsp;basically got a record right when we were putting&nbsp;<strong>FASTER<\/strong>&nbsp;together, so they helped us out tons for us getting our shit going. I was friends with [<strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>&nbsp;guitarist]&nbsp;<strong>Tracii Guns<\/strong>&nbsp;and [<strong>GN&#8217;R<\/strong>&nbsp;drummer]&nbsp;<strong>Steven Adler<\/strong>. So, all this was just a melting pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I remember going and seeing&nbsp;<strong>GUNS N&#8217; ROSES<\/strong>&#8216; first show, and it&#8217;s so funny too because originally when we were putting&nbsp;<strong>FASTER<\/strong>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<strong>Mick Cripps<\/strong>&nbsp;(who would soon join&nbsp;<strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>) and we answered an ad in the&nbsp;<strong>Music Connection<\/strong>&nbsp;for a &#8216;loud glam guitar player available,&#8217; and it was fucking&nbsp;<strong>Slash<\/strong>. We went and checked him out at the first&nbsp;<strong>GN&#8217;R<\/strong>&nbsp;show he did after&nbsp;<strong>Tracii<\/strong>&nbsp;[left&nbsp;<strong>GN&#8217;R<\/strong>]. I thought he was great.&nbsp;<strong>Mick<\/strong>&nbsp;said, &#8216;He looks stupid.&#8217; [<em>Laughs<\/em>] I was like, &#8216;Whatever.&#8217; And then I sold&nbsp;<strong>Slash<\/strong>&nbsp;his fucking hat. \u2026 He said he stole it. He&#8217;s so full of shit. I gave it to him. [<em>Laughs<\/em>] But he can say he stole it; it&#8217;s tougher. But we&#8217;ve been friends ever since.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary rockers&nbsp;FASTER PUSSYCAT&nbsp;have released their brand new single&nbsp;&#8220;Motorbike&#8221;. The adrenaline-fueled track is available on all major streaming platforms. In true&nbsp;FASTER PUSSYCAT&nbsp;fashion,&nbsp;&#8220;Motorbike&#8221;&nbsp;captures the gritty, fast-lane energy that has made the band icons of the late-&#8217;80s hard rock scene, delivering a roaring joy ride of sleaze, swagger and attitude. &#8220;Sex, rock and roll and motorcycles! 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