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The rumors of Metal Sludge's demise may have been premature—not only is the site back from the land of the hacked, it's actually being updated. This morning, it led us to an interview with Faster Pussycat lead singer Taime Downe, who had a lot to say about former members of the band (like L.A. Guns and Ratt and too many other hard-rock bands, there are two versions of the group currently touring the country; Downe's is the more "gothy" one), but this bit stood out even more for its answer than for its question:

KNAC.COM: When your drummer mailed himself that heroin while you guys were on the road, did it occur to you at the time that it was as dumb as it sounds right now?

TAIME: Yeah, brilliant move—it was just pathetic. What was even dumber was that Eric Stacy (former bassist, Faster Pussycat) did it the following year when he went on vacation to Pennsylvania with his girlfriend. He did the exact same thing that Mark Michals (former drummer) got busted for. Mark had been warned a million times about his heroin problem getting us in trouble. That was the final straw. That was also Eric's warning. Then the same thing happened to Eric a year later. He went out and did the exact same thing. That's how fuckin' bright he is.

What sort of tagline can you add to that? Perhaps the only follow-up can be a song that is rendered kind of more icky by those revelations:

Faster Pussycat - Bathroom Wall [MP3, link expired]
Taime Downe Feature [KNAC.com, via Metal Sludge]