Guttercats are a Coventry based, UK Band! Who have been around in various forms since the early 90's!The band has had a revolving door of musicians with the only two constants being Stevo Kifaru and Andy Guttercat.
The band features various ex-members of The Long Range Weather Forecast, Fridayz Angelz, Malias, Splif Vica and current, reggae band, Kifaru..
And so onto a bit of history.....Take a deep breath...
The Gutter Cats, only started out as a bit of fun with Andy Guttercat and his friend Iain. We thought we'd support a mates band, Shady Deal, who later went on to become Betty Swollocks (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 on drums. Another guy called Fred joined us on bass (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!)
After Iain left we proceeded 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 band split.
The history of The Gutter Cats is a chapter in it self. Writing has begun 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 and 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. One of these last gigs was at Stevo's wedding in 2003. Regrouping the line-up of Stevo Fred Paul and BlackPool and Andy
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 began as a side project to the band Kifaru, the hope was to play some gigs, as Kifaru were the No1 priority). During this time also a chance meeting in Tesco's of Andy and TL Guttercat and some shopping trolley chat.... TL guttercat was invited down to rehearsals for a jam... and the rest is history...
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.......
During August 2008 the band played a storming return to form set, with their 1st gig supporting Kifaru . But the band as they were, were suddenly thrown into disarray with the shock decision of Jase, quitting, the Guttercats, in order to put all his energy into his other band, Kifaru!
Original bassist Fred and new boy, Jamie were approached with a view to filling the vacant bass spot.... And so followed rehearsals during October and November with both guys invited to join the band, on bass and 2nd guitar respectively. During those rehearsals though it was becoming quite apparent that Fred just wasn't fitting in with the bands current format. Fred had been away from playing in a band/the Guttercats (aside from the few reunions) for about 12 years.
The band decided that the only way forward was to disband at the end of November 2008 and re-evaluate things in 2009.
January 2009, Spurred on by a support gig with the David Lee Wrath band in February, the band re-formed, minus Fred...
The band started looking and auditioning for a replacement bass player during January..... and decided on, Jan (the Terminator), as the new bass player. Jan has played in several bands in the Northampton area including being in the band Splif Vica along with Tone and Jamie in 2007.
So the band has gone almost full circle line-up wise and also a gig supporting Betty Swollocks was played in April 2009, which was just like old times.
During April, Jamie stepped down from the band due to some personal issues. We carried on rehearsing as a 4-piece.....
Two days before the Betty Swollocks gig and 25 mins before rehearsals Jan was replaced by stand in bass player/guitarist Blackpool (Paul)..... Jan had handed in his notice earlier in the day and expected to fulfill rehearsal and gig commitments until the end of May.... but due to personal and musical differences he was dumped the same day.....
Pete whom we had auditioned at the same time as Jan, joined us on bass during June and rehearsals are back in full swing. Also during July Blackpool returned to play 2nd guitar with us bringing the band back up to a 5-piece.
August 2009.... more unrest in the camp as Pete quit, and was replaced on bass by Aidan, due to disagreements and personality clashes....
So onwards and upwards....Aidan was christenened Old No7 Guttercat...
The band had a return to form gig, at the Rising Sun in Coventry on the 30th August, with an encouraging and highly entertained audience, even with some minor technical problems...The band ripped the place up and got 3 encores...
Watch this Space in coming weeks for more news for an updated page with new photo's etc...........
The Guttercats and Guttergirlz at the Sheldon Marquee 28th February 2009 (below).
(Below) All My Love..... A video from Sept 2007... Andy Guttercat joined Kifaru for a nights rehearsal and the rest is now history......
(Below) The Gutter Cats live and in the studio, during the 90's, with the line-up of Andy, Stevo, Fred Paul and Finn.
we just wanted to thank you for adding us as friends, we are a new band from Birmingham and are working on material as we speak. The songs we are due to record over the next few months are bangin!! (There no ego in there at all, my words are chosen carefully and on the basis of 'would I buy this music myself....?') So we hope you like 'Like I Care!?' and 'Spitting Teeth' so far!! Keep your eyes peeled for updates on our Blog and the occasional bulletin, and feel free to drop by and leave us comments!!
Thrashcan Promotions proudly presents.. Friday September 11th 2009 @ The Golden Cross, Coventry, 8 Hay Lane, CV1 5RF. 3 awesome live acts.. Headliners from Leamington Spa LEFT TO BLEED (As seen at Bloodstock Festival 2009!) + support from INTERNAL CONFLICT from Leicester (also as seen at Bloodstock Festival 2009!) + GLASS ARTERY from London.
Doors 8pm.. £2 before 9pm, £3 after.. Get there early, 1st band hitting the stage around 8:30pm. There is also a Facebook event page for this show.. Check it out HERE. Hope to see you there.. Spread the word! For more info on Thrashcan promotions check out thrashcan.co.uk
Hi!, we have just uploaded 2 live and raw recordings that were recorded at our first rehearsal as a 5 piece through 1 mic set up in the middle of the studio, so that you get a true raw feel! This is the first time all 5 of us had played together and it all just clicked straight away, so hopefully we will be out there live by the end of the year! The trax are Last chance saloon and Sweet little fix. Keep in touch Marc
On Saturday September 19th we are holding Coventry's first Rockabilly alldayer at the Massey Ferguson Club, Banner Lane, Coventry.....The line up is The Hicksville Bombers, Rudy La Crouix, The Groovediggers(booked for next Hemsby), Lisa George(Hemsby 42) and my band the Moonshine Boys(Hemsby 29)...We have three Dj's and a Raucous Records stall, Rockabilly Crafts and Big Girls Blouse hair accessories..There is a wide range of hot food available in the concert hall...There are Premier Inn's and Guest houses nearby..Huge Beer Garden next to the Concert room...Tickets are £15 in advance from me on 07908 719996 or via our website contact page on 07908 719996... try and make it if you can...It would be great to see you there....The Covabilly team ,
Where: Kasbah Primrose Hill St Coventry Midlands View Map
The
Talks, Dub Jam Force, Motherless and Marble Skyes celebrate 30 years
since the release of The Clash's London Calling album - 4 bands for
£4.00 - that's a quid a pop!
Hi from Junkyard Dogz from Telford, Midlandz, UK! New rough demo available on Myspace, looking for a drummer, hence programmed drums. Demo is very much in the early Faster Pussycat vein. Now also on Facebook, please join us as friends on there too (watch out for a namesake band... We are the ones with the mirrored guitar picture). Keep in touch, Junkyard Dogz
If you ever liked London Calling by The Clash then this gig at Kasbah is a 30th year celebration of its release. No covers, all the bands playing their own original sets. Motherless are playing, and The Talks headlining. Hope to see you guys.
SACRED MOTHER TONGUE LIVE FRIDAY 10th JULY 2009 @ THE GOLDEN CROSS, COVENTRY, 8 HAY LANE, COVENTRY, CV1 5RF. DOORS 8pm. £3 in. ADVANCE TICKETS JUST £2.50 NAVAILABLE FROM THE VENUE ITSELF OR VIA ME BY EMAILING ME TO info@absoluteink.co.uk OR MESSAGE ME ON MYSPACE. PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL ACCEPTED AND YOU CAN COLLECT YOUR TICKET ON THE NIGHT! SUPPORTED BY THIS MEANS WAR. CHECKOUT THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE HERE http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105462934016&ref=ts AND LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE COMING AND INVITE YOUR MATES!
