Faster Pussycat at Underworld

Went out on the gig patrol tonight to see Faster Pussycat, Bang Tango and Beautiful Creatures. Unfortunately my old band Sticky Sweet had cancelled as their drummer was injured so they were replaced by Torn Asunder.

Met Sam at Shenfield and then Toni at Stratford and headed off to Tottenham Court Road to have dinner at Pizza Hut. Have to say it was childish but someone had drawn a penis on the table we were sitting at and I just couldn't resist, apologies in advance...............



Following the refuelling we headed off to Camden Underworld.

We arrived during the first band Torn Asunder's set. Had never heard them before but they were really good. It was also nice to see a non.skinny curvy girl fronting the band. She had a great set if pipes on her.




More photos of Torn Asunder here: 190109TornAsunderUnderworld

Armitage turned up so I introduced him to Toni and had a chat before he went off to record the rest of the gig for thr Paranoid Squirrel podcast.

Toni & I:


Sam not wanting a picture taken:


Armitage and I caught unawares:



Next up was Beautiful Creatures, fronted by Joe Leste (of Bang Tango - it's important you know this). I have a couple of their CDs and quite like them. They put on a pretty good show and although Joe is looking a little rough round the edges but still has a geat voice. Beautiful Creatures finished off their set with AC/DC's Whole Lotta Rosie which was some woman's excuse to flash her not insignificant boobs at the band.







More photos of Beautiful Creatures here: 190109BeautifulCreaturesUnderworld

After a short break the Beautiful Creatures musicians took to the stage accompanied by Joe Leste only this time they were Bang Tango! I knew this was coming but i bet it confused some people though (although a couple of the band changed clothes LOL). Great way to keep costs down though, 2 bands, 2 sets, same set of musicians. They did a great set including a cover of 20th Century Boy (with incorrect lyrics which annoyed Toni LMFAO) and the wonderful Love Injection.







More photos of Bang Tango here: 190109BangTangoUnderworld

£6.90 down and 3 small bottles of water later we eagerly awaited Faster Pussycat. Saw Mike (of Sticky Sweet) standing backstage so gave him a wave.

There was a guy near the front who is one of these new fangled "just got into it but have the power of google glam gurus" who wasn't old enough to remember most of the classic stuff. I saw him at a Hanoi gig bitching about Vince Neil of Motley Crue being responsible for the death of Razzle (even though the kid proabaly wasn't even alive when it happened!). He started whining to the flashing woman that this wasn't really Faster Pussycat when she started talking to him about their new stuff. Throughout the gig he would stand there looking bored when any song that wasn't on the first two albums was played, it was really odd to watch as a lot of the material isn't that different to the early days. Oh well, gave me something to laugh at!

As for Faster Pussycat, what we saw was really good. Despite Taime now starting to look like a cross between Boy George and Marilyn Manson, the dude still has to voice and I really enjoyed hearing the new material alongside the classic stuff. We were treated to The Power & The Glory Hole, Cathouse, Slip Of The Tongue, House Of Pain, Number 1 With A Bullet and Sex Drugs & Rock & Roll. I was surprised to see Taime come onstage smoking a cigarette and even more so when he continued to light up throughout their performance. I guess it was a cig too far when he sat at the front of the stage for House Of Pain and lit up again as Underworld management appeared by the side of the stage and starting gesticulating at the band. It was then announced that they were doing one more song, Porn Star, (at which point the bass player invited everyone in the audience to light up) so I guess the Underworld either told them they were done or Taime copped a strop cos he couldn't smoke and ended the gig. It was a damn shame and a very sour way to end the gig, I just hope that it was the Underworld who stopped it and not Taime as that would really taint things for me if that was the case. I felt robbed as they were the best band on the night and to see such a short set was criminal. The really sad part was the drummer then coming onstage and bitching about being in "gay England" and then went into a rant about not even being able to get Jager shots over here (and then shutting up very quickly when it was pointed out that you could!). We left during the rant so I have no idea if the band came back on or not but I suspect that was the lot.







More photos of Faster Pussycat here: 190109FasterPussycatUnderworld

Toni and I on the way home:


**** UPDATE **** (Have since found out from Armitage that the band went off for about 10 minutes and then came on and finished with Babylon and Bathroom Wall, bloody typical as they are my favourite songs!)