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 formation. Its performances are based on a typical 80’s 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.
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 years of the band 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.
Late 2005 the band's musical trend takes a new turn, abandoning the glam-rock style, and moving on to sounds more in line with street-modern rock, along the lines of bands such as Velvet Revolver, Brides of Destruction, yet keeping bands like Guns'N'Roses and AC/DC as reference points.
So far "In Pussy We Trust" has been broadcast in UK, United States, Spain, France, Portugal, Argentina, Greece and of course Italy, getting some good commercial response.
The CATHOUSE, in March 2007, are invited to take part in the "Garage
Bands" tv program (produced by Endemol), and one of their performances will be recorded and broadcasted during the following months.
In April 2009 the CATHOUSE celebrate ten years of activity, and celebrate the event with a party-concert that sees on the stage, as well as its components, many musicians in the north-Italian underground circuit.
During the spring of 2010, the frontman DD CAT and the band follow different paths.
After 9 years of music, the two parties go their own ways and there begins the search for a substitute. In April the CATHOUSE end their collaboration with former DD CAT with a final farewell concert.
After a series of hearings, in May 2010 the new singer MANUEL joins in for good.
Active for years in various groups in the underground national scene, the frontman brings new life and motivation, helping to enrich musical awareness of the band.
Since it started performing, the band has given about 100 concerts.
The CATHOUSE can boast among their experiences some important performances as well: they supported both the FASTER PUSSYCAT (from L.A.) and the BANGO 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), where some of the best Italian bands of this kind of music performed as well.
Currently CATHOUSE are writing new songs that will make part of a forthcoming full length.
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