Riki Rachtman's Cathouse Hollywood Podcast
A Music History podcast by Riki Rachtman
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From 1986-1992 The Cathouse was at the epicenter of the Hollywood Rock scene. Some of the biggest bands in rock would play unannounced shows at the Cathouse but it wasn't the performances by bands like Guns n Roses, Motorhead, Alice Cooper, Pearl Jam, Faster Pussycat, Black Crows (the list goes on) that put Cathouse on the map. It was the sleaze and debauchery, the raunch and roll. Riki Rachtman former host of MTV's Headbangers Ball owned the Cathouse. He opened it with his roommate Taime Downe from the band Faster Pussycat with the premise of getting free drinks and meeting girls.
Riki enforced a no camera rule at the Cathouse so anything could and did happen. These stories have never been told......Until now
Each episode of Cathouse Hollywood Riki recaps 1 night at the Cathouse and he recounts the night with a participant or witness to what took place that evening. His guest could be a a musician that sold 5 million records or the girl that worked the coat check. It doesn't matter at Riki Rachtman's World Famous Cathouse we were all Rock Stars
Recent Episodes
Remembering OZZY w RIKI RACHTMAN
Published: July 23, 20252025 MOTORHEAD SPECIAL w Mikkey Dee,Riki Rachtman
Published: May 7, 2025Riki Rachtman does the Henry Rollins Meet&Greet
Published: April 23, 2025EP.9 What was it really like at Cathouse 1986 JUNKYARD tells all
Published: September 30, 2024EP.1 The Hollywood Rock scene in 86 and what led to CATHOUSE ROCK CLUB (Taime Downe)
Published: September 23, 2024Ep.8 Nothin but a good time ? GUEST JACKASS Jeff Tremaine & Why Riki hates the term Hair Metal
Published: September 3, 2024
