Cat the Dog were an English indie rock band formed in Brighton, East Sussex in 2005, consisting of Chris Melian (vocals/guitar), Andy Newton (drums), Dan Logan (bass guitar), and Daryl Pruess (lead guitar),[1][2] all of whom attended Brighton Institute of Modern Music.[citation needed]
Chris Melian and Andy Newton moved in 2004 from Toronto to England. The band signed with Virgin Records after only three shows and BMG Music Publishing signed Cat the Dog to a long-term publishing deal.[citation needed] They were managed by Rob Swerdlow, Mark Nicholson and Dave Nicoll, who are also behind fellow Brighton band The Kooks.[citation needed]
Cat the Dog supported The Automatic and The Kooks, and recorded with producer Jack Douglas at Hook End Studios in Reading.[citation needed] They released singles "I'm a Romantic"[3] and "Gotta Leave",[4] and managed to get airplay on MTV's Spankin' New Music.[5] In November 2007 the band were involved in a near fatal car crash while travelling to their gig and had to escape from their van by breaking a window and climbing out.[6] They soon split up in December 2007 after a tour with Zico Chain.[citation needed]
Immediately after the split, in January 2008 bassist Dan Logan briefly joined The Kooks in place of Max Rafferty;[7] the latter would then form The Third Man with Cat the Dog drummer Andy Newton.[citation needed] In 2009, Cat the Dog vocalist Chris Melian joined the group The Hot Melts.[8]
References
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- ^ Lester, Paul (7 August 2007). "No 159: Cat The Dog". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ Reed, Becky (5 September 2007). "Cat The Dog". Click Music. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ Harper, Jamie. "Cat The Dog - Gotta Leave (Virgin)". Archived from the original on 3 December 2007.
- ^ Cooksley, Jo (14 August 2007). "Cat The Dog review". BBC. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ Bychawski, Adam (19 November 2007). "Cat The Dog in near-fatal car crash". NME. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
- ^ "Kooks bassist quits the band". NME. 30 January 2008. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008.
- ^ Wright, Jade (20 August 2009). "The Hot Melts - the next big thing". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 29 January 2023.