Brent Muscat
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Brent Muscat is a guitarist who has played in various bands, including Faster Pussycat
, Sin City Sinners
, Donner Party, L.A. Guns
, the Liberators
, Bubble, Superficial/Sinthetics, Adler's Appetite
, Sin City All Stars, and The Underground Rebels. With L.A. Guns
he was a touring guitarist and appears on the two bonus live tracks on Rips the Covers Off
. While headlining the Metal Sludge
Extravaganza Tour with Faster 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
and Brett Bradshaw
along with Kurt Frohlich on vocals and Todd 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. 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.
After a short name dispute with Taime Downe
Brent dropped his claim and dissolved his incarnation of the band.
Brent Muscat currently lives in Las Vegas and has his own band called Sin City Sinners
.
Las Vegas' own Sin City Sinners features Brent Muscat (x-Faster Pussycat) Todd Kerns
(Age of Electric), Michael "Doc" Ellis (Jimmy Crespo
Project) 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".
Muscat also occasionally plays in the Vegas-based 70s glam rock tribute Glam Star, which features his former Faster Pussycat bandmate Kurt Frohlich and Yellow Brick Road drummer James Sloan. Muscat's Sinners bandmate Todd Kerns sometimes appears as a guest with them as well.
Brent is one of the characters in the book Sex Tips from Rock Stars
by Paul Miles to be published by Omnibus Press in July 2010.
Faster Pussycat
Faster Pussycat is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1986. The group was most successful during the late 1980s with their self-titled debut album, their 1989 gold album Wake Me When It's Over and the 80,000 selling Whipped! in 1992.-The roots of Faster Pussycat...
, Sin City Sinners
Sin City Sinners
Sin City Sinners is a group of prominent musicians who perform self-penned originals and rock and roll covers at key venues throughout Las Vegas, Nevada...
, Donner Party, L.A. Guns
L.A. Guns
L.A. Guns is the name of a hard rock group formed in Los Angeles, California, of which two rival incarnations currently exist due to numerous line-up changes. The first incarnation of the group was formed, by Tracii Guns, in 1983 but disbanded in 1985 following its merger with fellow Los Angeles...
, the Liberators
Liberators (band)
The Liberators were a band featuring singer Phil Lewis, guitarist Brent Muscat, keyboardist John Juster, bassists Adam Curry and Eric Stacy, and drummer Dave Moreno.*Phil Lewis and Brent Muscat also played together in L.A...
, Bubble, Superficial/Sinthetics, Adler's Appetite
Adler's Appetite
Adler's Appetite, previously Suki Jones, is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2003. As of 2011, the lineup consists of Patrick Stone , Michael Thomas , Lonnie Paul , Chip Z'nuff and Steven Adler...
, Sin City All Stars, and The Underground Rebels. With L.A. Guns
L.A. Guns
L.A. Guns is the name of a hard rock group formed in Los Angeles, California, of which two rival incarnations currently exist due to numerous line-up changes. The first incarnation of the group was formed, by Tracii Guns, in 1983 but disbanded in 1985 following its merger with fellow Los Angeles...
he was a touring guitarist and appears on the two bonus live tracks on Rips the Covers Off
Rips the Covers Off
Rips the Covers Off, some copies of which are titled Rips Off the Covers, is an album by Phil Lewis's version of L.A. Guns, their first with guitarist Stacey Blades....
. While headlining the Metal Sludge
Metal Sludge
Metal Sludge is a glam metal, hard rock and heavy metal website founded in 1998. It has spawned various tours as well as an album...
Extravaganza Tour with Faster Pussycat
Faster Pussycat
Faster Pussycat is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1986. The group was most successful during the late 1980s with their self-titled debut album, their 1989 gold album Wake Me When It's Over and the 80,000 selling Whipped! in 1992.-The roots of Faster 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
Eric Stacy
Eric Stacy is a bassist who has played in various bands, including Champagne, Faster Pussycat, Bubble, the Liberators, and Supercool....
and Brett Bradshaw
Brett Bradshaw
Brett Bradshaw is a drummer who played with the bands Faster Pussycat and Blackboard Jungle.He briefly played in a second version of Faster Pussycat, along with longtime members Brent Muscat and Eric Stacy and two new members: Kurt Frohlich on lead vocals and Todd Kerns on rhythm guitar.-...
along with Kurt Frohlich on vocals and Todd Kerns
Todd Kerns
Todd Kerns and grew up in Lanigan, Saskatchewan is a Canadian musician who has worked with several successful Canadian bands, most notably Age of Electric...
.
On April 21, 2007, Muscat circulated via MySpace an open invitation to Taime Downe and Greg Steele to reunite with him, Stacy and Bradshaw. 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.
After a short name dispute with Taime Downe
Taime Downe
Taime Downe is an American musician who first became notable as the lead singer of 1980s sleaze rock band Faster Pussycat.-Biography:Downe grew up in Seattle, Washington, the oldest of four children. He became interested in music at a very early age, and in high school he formed a band named The...
Brent dropped his claim and dissolved his incarnation of the band.
Brent Muscat currently lives in Las Vegas and has his own band called Sin City Sinners
Sin City Sinners
Sin City Sinners is a group of prominent musicians who perform self-penned originals and rock and roll covers at key venues throughout Las Vegas, Nevada...
.
Las Vegas' own Sin City Sinners features Brent Muscat (x-Faster Pussycat) Todd Kerns
Todd Kerns
Todd Kerns and grew up in Lanigan, Saskatchewan is a Canadian musician who has worked with several successful Canadian bands, most notably Age of Electric...
(Age of Electric), Michael "Doc" Ellis (Jimmy Crespo
Jimmy Crespo
James "Jimmy" Crespo Jr. is an American guitarist. He was the lead guitarist for the hard rock band Aerosmith from 1979 until 1984. Jimmy co-wrote Rock in a Hard Place with Steven Tyler...
Project) 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".
Muscat also occasionally plays in the Vegas-based 70s glam rock tribute Glam Star, which features his former Faster Pussycat bandmate Kurt Frohlich and Yellow Brick Road drummer James Sloan. Muscat's Sinners bandmate Todd Kerns sometimes appears as a guest with them as well.
Brent is one of the characters in the book Sex Tips from Rock Stars
Sex tips from rock stars
Sex Tips from Rock Stars: In Their Own Words is a book by Paul Miles that quotes answers from twenty three rock stars to many questions on a broad range of sexual topics...
by Paul Miles to be published by Omnibus Press in July 2010.
External links
- Brent Muscat official website (link now seems to be defunct and up for buying)
- 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