Background
Downe grew up in Seattle, Washington, the oldest of four children.
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 Bondage Boys. Sometime after this he left Seattle for San Diego, then moved on to Los Los Angeles Magnus Walker (Serious Clothing) accidentally got his start when, walking into Retail Slut, Taime wanted to buy the pants off him, so ordered pairs for the store.In 1985 he formed the band Faster Pussycat.
The five-member band released their debut album in 1987.
Faster Pussycat were signed to Elektra Records and sold over 500,000 copies of 1989"s Wake Maine When lieutenant"s Over. They toured with Y&T, Ace Frehley, Alice Cooper, Mötley Crüe, KISS, David Lee Roth, and others
Their next album Whipped!, released in 1992, faced the surging popularity of alternative rock and was less popular. The band broke up that year, with Taime moving to Chicago to work with Pigface.
Taime also sang backing vocals on Skid Row"s cover of the Ramones" "Psycho Therapy".
Taime returned to Los Angeles shortly after and put together his own industrial rock band called The Newlydeads. Taime wrote and produced lieutenant Taime has also been the promoter of other clubs in Los Angeles such as Thunder Pussy and Pretty Pussy.
He also was the DJ at Metal Skool with Josh Richman as the Military Cross. The Newlydeads released a remix Civil Defense called Re-Bound and in 2001 released Dead End.
The same year Downe reunited for a tour with original Faster Pussycat members Brent Muscat and Greg Steele joining him. The newly re-formed band opened for Poison in 2002.
In 2006, he released Dreams from a Dirt Nap, a Newlydeads best-of album, in May, and the new Faster Pussycat album The Power and the Glory Hole in July.