Guttercats are a Coventry based, UK Band! Been around in various forms since the early 90's!
Featuring various ex-members of The Long Range Weather Forecast and Fridays Angelz, Malias, Splif Vica and current, up and coming reggae band, Kifaru
A Bit of History.....
The Gutter Cats, only started out as a bit of fun with me and my friend Iain. We thought we'd support a mates band, Shady Deal, who later went on to become Betty Swollox (check out their MySpace page), and do some acoustic and vocal cover tunes. We enjoyed it so much that we began to form a band along the way. So during the next few gigs. Stevo was signed up and another guy called Fred (real name Steve, we couldn't have 2 Steve's in the band), (so he was rechristened 'Fred' after the band 'Right Said Fred', for obvoius reasons! Check out the current Daz Washing Powder advert on TV). After Iain left we proceeed to find another guitarist... one was Paul and another a friend of Stevo's , Will. He lasted a couple of gigs before finding another guitarist called Paul, who we renamed Finn.Confused you will be as in a later line-up Paul (now with Kifaru) also joined us on guitar for a short lived line-up towards the late 90's split.
The history of The Gutter Cats is a chapter in it self. I've begun writing it but it's incomplete and memories are needing a jolt to complete it! (Come on guys...type some thoughts down please) So after many gigs, demo's, fallouts, line-up changes, hillarity we called it a day. We actually split the band up, one night, while on stage after one too many shandies, ending in fisticuff's, before getting back together for a couple of reunions /farewell gigs.The last time the band played was at Stevo's wedding in 2003.
A new version of the Guttercats, reformed, for fun back in September 2007, to see if the old magic was still there, borrowing members of Kifaru. .....
And so the band continued working on the new project....Kifaru Vs The Guttercats (This is a side project to the band Kifaru, so in due course we will play some gigs but Kifaru is the No1 priority).
Summer 2008.... The current line-up is made up of 2 members of Kifaru, 2 ex-members of Malias and 2 ex-members of The Gutter Cats! Andy, Stevo, Jason and T.L.......now all it needs is a little refinery in the engine dept, a show to put together, and a few gigs lined up for late summer??? and the band will be out playing in a pub near you soon!!
CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR A SUPPORT GIGS in the Coventry area.
(Above)Kifaru Vs The Guttercats - Fallen Angel - Rehearsals Febuary 2008.
Kifaru Vs The Guttercats
Video of Old Gettin' Older, from our Rehearsal, November 2007. (Above)
All My Love..... A video from Sept 2007... Andy Guttercat joined Kifaru for a nights rehearsal (below) and the rest is now history......
(Above) The Gutter Cats live during the 90's, with the line-up of Andy, Stevo, Fred Paul and Finn.
On Sat 13th Sept i have the Hemsby bound TRASHVILLE SLAMMERS AND THE REFORMED MOONSHINE BOYS on at the Green Lane Social Club, Leasowes Avenue, Coventry...Also the Rollin Rock record hop...only £5.00 ON THE DOOR..It should be a great night...This is not our usual venue as that is being refurbished but this is a great little club with lots of parking...
PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE HAS CHANGED FROM THE CHARTERHOUSE CLUB TO THE GREEN LANE SOCIAL CLUB
Just a line to remind you Bill Fadden and the Rhytmnbusters are playin' at our little old club tommorrow...The Albany Social Club, Earlsdon Street, Coventry...On the decks we have the Rollin Rock record hop...Our last night attracted 150 please help make this as big a success
