Last night while watching a documentary on The Clash, I was reminded of those rock 'n' roll kitties called Nameneko from back in the '80s. Joe Strummer had a headband just like the kitties (or perhaps he was mimicking Kamikaze pilots; who's to say?), and it sent me back, oddly enough, to kitty-time.

I didn't have MTV in the '80s, so instead I stayed up all night on the weekends watching Friday Night Videos and Night Flight. Night Flight aired these cute videos of kittens dressed in leather jackets and Japanese headbands, and rocking out on tiny instruments. I loved the kitties, and videos, and staying up way too late binging on '80s music and offbeat movies (Night Flight also aired what some sticks-in-the-mud would've called "B Movies," like Diane Lane's "Ladies and Gentleman, the Fabulous Stains" or "Smithereens.") Good times, '80s teen style, baby!

Check out those rockin' kitties below!