.: Biography 1999-2005 :.
The band was born in April 1999.
The heart of CATHOUSE is a formation of three American hard rock elements, of which today only the guitar-player RIKKI, the historical member of the band, remains.
In September 1999 the bass guitar player GENE was engaged and after several auditions, also the talented MARK BLUESMAN joined the band as soloist at the guitar to complete the group with 5 elements.
The CATHOUSE band started live performing the following year. With the first performances the first changes in the group also began. The band found, infact, its definitive stability only with the début of DD CAT - as vocalist in May 2001 - and SEXY RAKE in Summer 2002, to complete the current formation.
Since it started performing, the band has given about 80 concerts. Its performances are based on a typical 80s Californian street-glam repertory, characterized by a strong guitar impact and by a sound that can be easily remembered also by the people who do not like this kind of music.
During 2005 the band changes its musical direction towards a sound that is more closed to the modern street-rock like Velvet Revolver and Brides of Destruction always keeping Guns n Roses as their point of reference.
The CATHOUSE can boast among their experiences some important performances as well: they supported both the FASTER PUSSYCAT (from L.A.) and the BANG TANGO (from Sweden) in Milan. Furthermore the CATHOUSE took part in some festivals, like the GLAM ATTAKK in Turin (an Italian national show), of which the American SHAMELESS were the headliners. Then the band participated at the GLAM SHOT FESTIVAL in Bologna (at the Parco Nord Arena), were some of the best Italian bands of this kind of music performed as well.
After 4 years of intense activity, in July 2004, the CATHOUSE recorded and mixed their first EP titled IN PUSSY WE TRUST, in only 8 days at the record studios Suonovivo in Bergamo. This first recording summarizes the first 2 years of the band with the 5-element formation and presents some of the songs that were written in the period 2002-2004. The EP was presented in December 2004.
On march 2005 the CATHOUSE were contacted by the American label Perris Records
thus joining "Hollywood Hairspray IV" compilation with their song "Rock is all you need".
The same label decided to add "In Pussy We Trust" in its catalogue so that
the band achieved worldwide distribution.
So far "In Pussy We Trust" has been broadcast in France, UK, United States,
Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Greece and of course Italy.
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