Taime Downe

Taime Downe

Taime Downe(born Gustave Molvik, Jr) is an American musician who first became notable as the lead singer of 1980s sleaze rock band Faster Pussycat.

Biography

Taime's name is prounounced "TAY-mee"Born on September 29 1964, Taime Downe grew up in Seattle, Washington. He was the oldest of four children; his three younger sisters were Lisa, Michele, and Marnie (his half-sister). He got into music at a very early age. In high school he formed a band named The Bondage Boys. Sometime after this he left Seattle for San Diego, then moved on to Los Angeles.

Before coming to musical fame, Taime worked for Retail Slut in Hollywood and modeled for Lip Service. In 1985 he formed the band Faster Pussycat with Brent Muscat. The five-member band released their debut in 1987, the same year Guns N' Roses shot to fame.

Faster Pussycat were signed to Elektra Records and sold over 500,000 copies of 1989's "Wake Me When It's Over". They toured with Y&T, Ace Frehley, Alice Cooper, Mötley Crüe, KISS, David Lee Roth, and others. Their next album "Whipped!", released in 1992, faced the surging popularity of alternative rock and was less popular. The band broke up that year, with Taime moving to Chicago to work with Pigface.

Taime also sang backing vocals on Skid Row's cover of the Ramones' "Psycho Therapy".

Taime returned to Los Angeles shortly after and put together his own industrial rock band called The Newlydeads, Taime played all the instruments, did the artwork, and mixed the band's debut himself. 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 The Cathouse, the club Taime had formerly run with Riki Rachtman. (JD died in a fatal car accident in 2005.) 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 Metal Skool with Josh Richman as the MC.

The Newlydeads released a remix CD called "Re-Bound" and in 2001 released "Dead End". The same year Downe reunited for a tour with original Faster Pussycat members Brent Muscat and Greg Steele joining him. The newly re-formed band opened for Poison in 2002.

In 2006, he released "Dreams from a Dirt Nap", a Newlydeads best-of album, in May, and the new Faster Pussycat album "The Power And The Glory Hole" in July. Taime toured with Faster Pussycat throughout the summer with a whole new lineup. Bang Tango and Adler's Appetite were on the same bill.

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/newlydeads Newlydeads on MySpace]
* [http://www.newlydeads.com Official Newlydeads Website]


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