The Cats

There are multiple bands called The Cats, including... 1. a Dutch pop band, successful in the 1970s 2. a British reggae band 3. a Scottish rock 'n' roll band 4. a Russian dubstep collective (stylized as Th3 Cats) 1. The Cats were a pop band from the Dutch fisherman's town of Volendam, The Netherlands. Active from 1966 to 1985, The Cats may be regarded as the most important band (alongside [artist [BZN) in the so-called Palingsound ('Eel Sound') genre, as the music of Volendam is often referred to. Initially called The Blue Cats, The Cats had five Dutch #1 singles, one platinum and thirteen gold albums in their home country and they were particularly successful in Germany also. Some of their best known singles are 'Lea' (1968), 'One Way Wind' (1971), 'Let's Dance' (1973) and 'Be My Day' (1974). An AOR pop band in the 1960s and early 1970s, the band's sound drifted more towards MOR after the mid-1970s. The band consisted of singers and guitarists, Cees Veerman (1943-2014) and Piet Veerman (1943). Jaap Schilder (1943) played guitar and piano. Bass player was Arnold Mühren (1944). Theo Klouwer (1947-2001) was the drummer. The band's story was marred by internal conflict in later years. Post-1985 some of the core members were no longer on speaking terms. Piet Veerman left the band in the 1980s and had a major Dutch (and German) solo hit with the song 'Sailing Home'. 2. John Ogetti Kpiaye was born in 1948 in the East End of London to an English mother and Nigerian father. He lived in the countryside from the age of 4 to 12. He attended Phoenix School for asthmatics in Mile End and Daneford Modern in Bethnal Green. He left school at 15 and began working as an apprentice welder. In 1966 his mother bought him his first guitar which he quickly taught himself to play. At that time he was into ska and rock steady as well as soul and he began learning those styles. A year later he quit his job, formed a band called The Hustling Kind (later the name changed to The Cats) and decided to try and make it as a musician. He hasn’t looked back since. Success was soon to come. In 1968 Kpiaye thought it would be a good idea to do a rock steady/reggae rendition of the classical composition Swan Lake. He worked out a piano melody line on his sister’s piano at home and his band recorded the tune. They made history as the first British reggae group to have a top 50 entry in the UK singles chart. This led to tours in the UK and Europe but by 1971 the group had split up. 3. The Cats are three Scottish guys who love to play good old-fashioned rock and roll. If it’s not Andy’s rocking vocals or big old bull bass that get you moving, it will be Fraz’s flying fingers on his Gretsch guitar, or Sandy’s pounding drums We are THE CATS and we are three rockers that love to entertain anyone who dares to stand in our way. The name of the game is Rock n Roll done the old fashioned way (the way your papa told you about). Music is all about one thing and that is ENTERTAINMENT. When we are playing and we get somethin going with our audience there is nothin better and we've had no complaints so far. They just love the Pounding Drums, Flying Guitar, Bull Bass, and Rockin Vocals. We love all our fellow cats and kittens gettin down to our sounds. As Eddie Cochrane would say Cmon Everybody! 4. The CATS are an EDM project from Russia, with the symbiosis of the bass styles - Dubstep, Trap, Drum'n'Bass and Progressive. The combined forces of Olga Lucky, DJ TaraZ and Temmy Lee united as a full-on live bass music band. Th3 Cats is based on the contrasts of the band member's musics styles. . Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.