

The Stray Cats will rock again, says band frontman Brian Setzer.

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California businesswoman who faked connections to Kobe Bryant, Taylor Swift, sent back to prison for fraud Setzer was talking to the Orange County Register about his upcoming 13th Annual Christmas Rocks! Tour with The Brian Setzer Orchestra, when the band that made him famous came up. He confirmed that he’s been talking to bassist Lee Rocker and drummer Slim Jim Phantom about touring again.

“Yeah, you know what, we will do it,” Setzer said. “Yes, we will.”

The Stray Cats, which formed in 1978 in New York, did well during the early 1980s, with hits like “Rock This Town” and “Stray Cat Strut.” The parted ways in the mid-80s, but have occasionally reunited over the years, the last being briefly in 2008.

Setzer, 57, didn’t offer details, but did say it’s time.

“We want to play together again,” he said. “We’ve gotta do that again. We’re a special band, we really have good chemistry. I don’t know when we’ll do it, but hopefully before I lose my pompadour.”

Setzer had kind words for his former, and likely future, bandmates, saying Slim Jim just rocks and of Rocker “There’s nothing else like him, he’s the best bass player.”

“I miss it,” he said.“Especially now, I mean let’s face it, we’re not kids anymore. We’re getting older and when we talk about the stuff that we did and that feeling we had of taking over the world, as silly as that sounds now, it really takes us back and now I’m like, ‘Oh Gosh, we’re still here!’ We’re still here and we can play our asses off, so, let’s play!”