News : Lynch Mob and Faster Pussycat 2008 Australian tour

American rock legends Lynch Mob and Faster Pussycat are set to team up this December and rock Aussie audiences on their first national tour of Australia, together.

Just Say Rock press release

Australian rock audiences are set for a live double bill promising the best of 1980s rock, when guitar virtuoso George Lynch (ex-Dokken) and his all-star band Lynch Mob tour Australia for the first time.  Lynch, responsible for penning some of Dokken’s classic hits and blistering guitar riffs, is joined by original Lynch Mob vocalist Oni Logan, bassist Marco Mendoza (White Snake,ex-Thin Lizzy, Blue Murder) and Scott Coogan (Ace Frehley Band, Brides Of Destruction) on drums.  The night will feature a mix of Dokken classics as well as Lynch Mob favourites.  To add to the stellar line up, let’s introduce the one of the kings of sleaze metal, none other than Hollywood’s Faster Pussycat, as very special guests!!

George Lynch’s inspiring career dates back 30 years and as a founding member of Dokken, he was a key creative force during the band’s peak period.  He formed Lynch Mob in 1989 when Dokken disbanded as his guitar-driven project.  His highly influential guitar work can be heard on Lynch Mob’s critically acclaimed albums, including debut Wicked Sensation (1990) and recent release Revolution (2003) and on Dokken classics Tooth and Nail (1984) and Under Lock and Key (1985).  20 years on, Lynch Mob continue to thrill audiences and guitar enthusiasts worldwide, and recently embarked on a US tour with fellow 80s hard rock icons Cinderella and Warrant.

Faster Pussycat were one of the original bands to emerge from LA’s glam metal scene with big hair, pouting lips and sleaze… with a touch of humour to match.  Their landmark 1989 album, Wake Me When It’s Over delivered the hits House of Pain and Poison Ivy, and the band, to the rest of the world.  As the brainchild of original and charismatic vocalist Taime Downe, Faster Pussycat often performed at Downe’s iconic Cathouse Club in LA, an institution for metal bands in the day, and strongly featured in the metal rockumentary Decline of the Western Civilization Part 2: The Metal Years.  They established themselves on the live scene with tours alongside Kiss, Aerosmith and Motley Crue.  They reunited in 2001 after a nine year split, and emerged with a revamped line up (Downe on vocals, guitarists Michael Thomas and Xristian Simon, bassist Danny Nordahl and Chad Stewart on drums) and a darker image.  Their 2006 comeback album, The Power and The Glory Hole, is a glam-industrial production with an unashamedly heavy S&M influence.

The mega-star line up of Lynch Mob – ex-Dokken guitar slinger George Lynch, Oni Logan, Marco Mendoza and Scott Coogan  – and one of sleaze rock’s most exciting and evolving bands, Faster Pussycat, star in The Hard Rock Party Tour.  A night to let your hair down, leave your worries at home and rock out like the past 18 years never happened!!!

Tickets for Sydney onsale now, the rest of Australia will follow next week.

Lynch Mob and Faster Pussycat – The Hardrock Party Tour 2008

PERTH – Monday 8th December – Capitol, Perth
Tickets: www.justsayrock.com.au, BOCS tickets, www.moshtix.com.au

MELBOURNE  – Wednesday 10 December – The Hi Fi Bar
Tickets: www.justsayrock.com.au, Metal Mayhem: (03) 9621-1666, www.thehifi.com.au

SYDNEY – Thursday 11 December – The Metro Theatre (All Ages)
Tickets: www.justsayrock.com.au, www.themetrotheatre.com.au

BRISBANE – Friday 12 December – The Arena
Tickets: www.justsayrock.com.au, www.oztix.com, The Arena Box Office