Riki Rachtman's Cathouse Hollywood Podcast
Prior to becoming the host of MTV's Headbangers Ball TV/Radio host Riki Rachtman created the Cathouse. From 1986-1992 The Cathouse became the most notorious Rock club in Hollywood. Some of the biggest bands in rock and roll not only made Cathouse there home but they would play unannounced shows. Guns n Roses, Alice Cooper, Pearl Jam,Megadeth The list is impressive but it was the raunch ,roll, sleaze and debauchery that happened at the Cathouse that made this club LEGEND. With a no camera policy most of the Tales from the Cathouse were never told. UNTIL NOW Each episode Riki takes us back not only to the Cathouse but outside of its confines to an era of Ranch and Roll, Sleaze and Deabuchery. A rock n roll history lesson not told by reporters but by those that truly experienced it . Some of the biggest names of Rock n Roll called Cathouse home and they are doing the same thing on this podcast One Episode might be a band that sold millions of records or the girl that worked the coat check. It didn't matter at the Cathouse we were all rock stars
Episodes
Riki Rachtman worked with OZZY OSBOURNE many times through the past decades. Most notably on the show Riki hosted on MTV Headbangers Ball. On news of Ozzys death Riki without any notes or script turned on the microphone and recorded the following thoughts
You can support this podcast simply by purchasing Cathouse or Headbangers Ball shirts at www.cathousehollywood.com
Riki Rachtman is on a motorcycle ride called #RikisRide25. The...
UPDATED 8TH OF MAY 2025- Riki had released portions of this episode a few years ago but this is filled with UPDATES, NEW STORIES and rare audio audio of Motorhead playing the final night of Cathouse. Lemmy was a good friend of Riki Rachtman's. Even before Riki hosted Headbangers Ball and you will hear some never before told tales about one of the all time great rock bands . Riki also has a conversation with Motorhead drummer Mikkey...
This is not your normal Cathouse Hollywood podcast. Riki Rachtman has been very succesful with his spoken word tour One Foot In The Gutter. Many times he has said that Henry Rollins is an influence. Riki also thought that he never met the former Black Flag singer. Riki was wrong and he attends a Henry Rollins meet and Greet as a fan
A few years ago Riki Rachtman was in Eagle Pass Texas in a storage room with the band JUNKYARD. There was a recorder and once it was turned on the Cathouse stories poured out. What was it like walking into the Cathouse the first year in 1986. Was it really Sex Drugs Rock n Roll? Guns n Roses ,Janes Addiction the notorious Cathouse Arizona. All that and more.
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This is episode 1 of the Cathouse Hollywood Podcast- It was posted before but we are currentley going through the archives and editing and remixing every episode
This episode we go back to 1990. Pat Muzinga from Junkyard will share with Riki the story about how one of the biggest rock bands in the world paid to play the Cathouse 1 month before going to number 1. This was the only band to ever pay to play the Cathouse.
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Nothin But a good time Exec Producer joins Riki Rachtman to talk about the docuseries .Plus Riki shares why he hates hairmetal & tells us what "glam" bands really influenced the scene PLUS What band that started in 1979 had all the early Cathouse bands as fans. Everybody loved them from Guns n Roses to Faster Pussycat. Who do you think that band was?
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