Cathouse Live

Riki Rachtman’s ‘Cathouse’ returns to Southern California for one night only

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‘Riki Rachtman’s World Famous Cathouse’ will return to Southern California for one night only at Irvine Meadows, Saturday, August 15 in Irvine, CA. Rachtman created the original rock dance club that dominated the Hollywood scene from 1986-1993.

The initial music lineup for “Cathouse Live” features some of the defining rock artists of the ’80s and ’90s, including an All-Star Jam, Extreme, Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, Sebastian Bach, Dokken, Faster Pussycat, Stephen Pearcy (the voice of RATT), Saigon Kick, Gilby Clarke, Dangerous Toys, L.A. Guns, Junkyard, Trixter, Autograph, Black ‘N Blue, Tracii Guns, Enuff Z’ Nuff, BulletBoys, Bang Tango, Jetboy, Pretty Boy Floyd, Tuff and Little Caesar.

“Cathouse Live” will feature band performances on two stages, VIP Meet and Greets, a vendor village, a chopper motorcycle show, tattoo shops, go-go dancers, and more.

“I recently started a Cathouse Hollywood Facebook page and everyone was asking ‘Why don’t you do another Cathouse?’ I loved the idea and mentioned it on Twitter. So many bands told me that they wanted to be a part of it, that I knew that I had to bring it back on a much larger scale. It was too big for a club, so we decided to do a festival,” Rachtman explains. “The music scene isn’t what it was like back then—that type of decadence. We’re going to bring the debauchery of the Cathouse back to Southern California! SoCal needs this kind of rock festival so people will have the chance to go out, have fun and enjoy a great rock show in all its excess. Cathouse was a very successful weekly nightclub for six years, so we’re trying to pack all those years of Cathouse into one night for Cathouse Live. All I want is for those who go to have a good time and say, ‘That was the BEST ROCK FESTIVAL EVER.'”

Tickets for the show are on sale at www.CathouseLive.com and start at just $15 plus fees.

Two lucky unsigned bands will have the chance to play at Cathouse Live At Irvine Meadows via the Cathouse Live Battle of the Bands, held Tuesday, July 14 at the infamous Whisky A Go-Go on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, CA. The grand prize winner will open the main stage and the runner up—as chosen by celebrity rock judges—will open the second stage at Cathouse Live.

Website: www.CathouseLive.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CathouseLive
Twitter: @cathouselive (https://twitter.com/cathouselive)
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Having released albums under Digital Nations, a label founded by Steve Vai, music critic Louis Raphael has remained deeply connected to the pulse of the San Francisco music scene. Following his tenure as the San Francisco Music Examiner for Examiner.com and AXS.com, he embarked on creating Music in SF® to authentically highlight the vibrant offerings of the city's music scene.

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