Brent Muscat
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Brent Muscat | |
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| Born | April 23, 1967 Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Hard rock, glam metal, heavy metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, guitarist |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, sitar, percussion, talkbox, vocals |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Brent Muscat (born April 23, 1967) is an American musician best known as the guitarist of glam metal band Faster Pussycat.
Faster PussyCat, etc.[edit]
Faster Pussycat was formed in the 1980s Hollywood glam metal boom. The original line up consisted of Brent, along with Taime Downe and Greg Steele. The band's most successful album Wake Me When It's Over earned Gold status from the RIAA.
The name of the band is derived from the Russ Meyer film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. Brent left the band in 1993.[1]
On April 21, 2007, Muscat circulated via MySpace an open invitation to Taime Downe and Greg Steele to reunite the classic Faster Pussycat lineup with him (Downe had been touring in a new incarnation of the group, featuring only himself from the original lineup).[2]
Brent's version of Faster Pussycat toured Europe in Spring 2007 with Kurt Frohlich replacing Taime on vocals along with Todd Kerns on guitar.[3]
After a short name dispute with Taime Downe, Brent dropped his claim and dissolved his incarnation of the band.[4]
Deluxe[edit]
Brent formed Deluxe back in 1994 with Marc Anthony vocals, Tommy T-bone Caradonna (ex-White Lion, Alice Cooper, Lita Ford) on bass and Gary Kaluza (ex-Glory Chain) on guitar.
Sin City Sinners[edit]
Muscat currently lives in Las Vegas and co-owns the band Sin City Sinners[5] with Todd Kerns (Age of Electric, Static in Stereo, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, Kulick). The band is rounded out with Rob Cournoyer (ex-Raging Slab), and Michael "Doc" Ellis (RaTT). (With guest appearance from musician/actor Zachary Throne.) Sin City Sinners has been called the hardest working band in Las Vegas.[6]
Sin City Sinners won "Best of Vegas" two years in a row (2009 and 2010) in the Las Vegas Review Journal reader's poll,[7][8] and their music video 'Going to Vegas' received the 32nd annual Telly award.[9] Brent and the Sin City Sinners as well as being the house band, won the Publisher's Pick award at the 2010 VRMA Awards.
ALLEY CATS LV, The Saints of Las Vegas, Original Sin LV, etc.[edit]
Muscat is one of the characters in the book Sex Tips from Rock Stars by Paul Miles, published by Omnibus Press in July 2010.[10]
Alley Cats IV[edit]
Muscat, executive producer Shion Francois, and Japanese guitarist Takashi O'Hashi (Cats in Boots, SEIKIMAII II, The Outsiders) formed ALLEY CATS LV from 2016. Also the member of this band are Zachary Throne on vocal and bass and drummer Stephen Mills.[11]
In early 2017, they released their first self titled Ep, which was followed up by a tour in Japan. After the tour the band returned to the studio to record its second EP[12] with the single Speed Racing Superstar.
In December 2017, Brent took a "hiatus" from Alley Cats.[13]
The Saints of Las Vegas[edit]
Brent also formed the band Saints of Las Vegas, with Anthony Serrano as the lead singer. On February 7, 2018, the Saints released the single "TOMEKA".[14] They followed that up on March 15, 2018, with the single and lyric music video for "Panic Room".[15]
Original Sin LV[edit]
In 2017, Brent joined Todd Kerns along with the most well known line up of the Sin City Sinners in a limited number of shows.[16] They followed up this limited engagement with an August 31, 2018, gig at the world-famous Count's Vamp'd RockBar & Grill.[17]
Radio show[edit]
Muscat hosted his own radio show "Mondays with Muscat"[18] on lvrockradio that featured local music and musicians.[19]
He also co-hosted "Sinful Sundays" with Dirk Vermin on radiovegas.rocks[20]
Discography[edit]
- Faster Pussycat
- Faster Pussycat (1987)
- Wake Me When It's Over (1989)
- Live and Rare (1990)
- Whipped! (1992)
- Phil Lewis
- More Purple Than Black (1999)
- Liberators
- Access Denied (2000)
- Bubble
- How Bout This (2000)
- Various Artists – 11th Street Tales: A Tribute to Hanoi Rocks (2000)
- L.A. Guns
- Rips the Covers Off (2004)
- Underground Rebels
- Insult to Injury (2007)
- Sin City Sinners
- Exile on Fremont Street (2010)
- Broken Record (2010)
- A Sinners Christmas (2011)
- ALLEY CATS LV
- ALLEY CATS LV (2016)
- Speed Racing Superstar (2017)
- The Saints of Las Vegas
- Tomeka, Single (Jan. 2018)
- Panic Room, Single (Feb. 2018)
- Rock n Roll Groupie, Single (March. 2018)
References[edit]
- ^ "Faster Pussycat – Biography – Metal Storm". www.metalstorm.net. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ Brent Muscat open letter from Blabbermouth.net http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=70935[permanent dead link]
- ^ 2007 Brent Muscat European tour from Blabbermouth.net http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=70774[permanent dead link]
- ^ Blabbermouth.net news article on the end of the name dispute http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=76197[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Sin City Sinners | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace.
- ^ "Sin City Sinners – A Look Back at the Five Releases from the Band So Far! - ZRockR Magazine". zrockr.com. January 15, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "Best Lounge Performer | Best of Las Vegas". Archived from the original on December 28, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ Sin City Sinners
- ^ "Band | the Sin City Sinners". thesincitysinners.com. Archived from the original on November 11, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
- ^ http://sextipsfromrockstars.com SexTipsFromRockStars.com
- ^ "Alley Cats LV – Kansai Finder". Kansai Finder. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "Alley Cats LV EP – First Release From the New Band! - ZRockR Magazine". zrockr.com. April 22, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "Alley Cats LV taking sudden hiatus after guitarist Brent Muscat declines to do Japan tour – Sleaze Roxx". sleazeroxx.com. December 9, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ bravewords.com. "BRENT MUSCAT And THE SAINTS OF LAS VEGAS Debut New Single "Tomeka"". bravewords.com. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ bravewords.com. "BRENT MUSCAT And THE SAINTS OF LAS VEGAS Present "Panic Room" Lyric Video". bravewords.com. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "Original Members Of Sin City Sinners Back Again Under The Name Of Original Sin". Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ bravewords.com. "ORIGINAL SIN Featuring TODD KERNS, BRENT MUSCAT Announce One-Off Show". bravewords.com. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "Mondays with the Muscat Archives – LV ROCKS ONLINE RADIO". LV ROCKS ONLINE RADIO. Archived from the original on July 29, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "Brent Muscat of The Saints Of Las Vegas (and ex-Faster Pussycat) Interview – Sleaze Roxx". sleazeroxx.com. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "RADIOVEGAS.ROCKS Announces "The Voices Of Rock" Feat. Phil Varone's Newest Show 'Unphiltered' | Metal Addicts". Metal Addicts. July 29, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
External links[edit]
- Blogs N' Roses (blogsnroses.com) interview with Brent
- Brent's official Metal Sludge Extravaganza Tour Diary (archived)
- Brent and Faster Pussycat in C.C. Banana's own Metal Sludge Extravaganza Tour Diary
- Brent Muscat official page
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- L.A. Guns members
- Liberators (American band) members
- Living people
- Musicians from Hollywood, Los Angeles
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