- Brent Muscat
Brent Muscat (born
April 23 ,1967 , inHollywood, California ) is a guitarist who has played in various bands, includingFaster Pussycat , Donner Party,L.A. Guns , the Liberators, Bubble, Superficial/Sinthetics,Adler's Appetite , Sin City All Stars, and The Underground Rebels. WithL.A. Guns he was a touring guitarist and appears on the two bonus live tracks on "Rips the Covers Off ". While headlining theMetal Sludge Extravaganza Tour withFaster Pussycat in 2003, Brent authored a much-acclaimed tour diary of his experiences on the road. In similar fashion, he has been spending the past several years writing his autobiography.Brent is the brother of Todd Muscat (who was bass player in a number of Los Angeles based bands including Kill For Thrills, and Junkyard).
In 2007 Brent formed a second line up of Faster Pussycat, claiming rights to the name, with former members
Eric Stacy andBrett Bradshaw along withKurt Frohlich on vocals andTodd Kerns .On April 21, 2007, Muscat circulated via MySpace an open invitation to Taime Downe and Greg Steele to reunite with him, Stacy and Bradshaw [Brent Muscat open letter from Blabbermouth.net http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=70935] . There was no response from Taime.
Brent's version of Faster Pussycat toured Europe in Spring 2007 with Kurt Frohlich replacing Taime on vocals along with Todd Kerns on guitar [2007 Brent Muscat European tour from Blabbermouth.net http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=70774]
After a short name dispute with
Taime Downe Brent dropped his claim and dissolved his incarnation of the band. [Blabbermouth.net news article on the end of the name dispute http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=76197] .Brent Muscat currently lives in Las Vegas and has his own band called Sin City Sinners. [ [http://www.myspace.com/scsinners MySpace.com - Sin City Sinners - LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Rock - www.myspace.com/scsinners ] ] Las Vegas' own Sin City Sinners features Brent Muscat (x-Faster Pussycat) Todd Kearns (Age of Electric), D. (Marky Ramone Band, Metal Shop) and Rob Cournoyer (Raging Slab) The band performs a set of Hard Rock covers and new originals. Brent has stated in an interview "Faster Pussycat is dead".
References
External links
* [http://www.BrentMuscat.com Brent Muscat official website]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040603051536/www.metal-sludge.com/MSXTourDiary.htm Brent's official Metal Sludge Extravaganza Tour Diary] (archived)
* [http://www.CCBanana.com/sludge/ccbananatourdiary.htm Brent and Faster Pussycat in C.C. Banana's own Metal Sludge Extravaganza Tour Diary]
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