Catwitch
Band members
- Current line-up
- Keiran O'Reilly (vocals)
- Lawrence Rhoads (guitar)
- Robert Charlton (bass)
- Glenn James (drums)
- Kent Ross (keys)
- Andrew Shepherd (guitar)
- Former members
- Riley Strong (guitar) (2003 - 2007)Desecrator
- Rudi Paoletti (keys) (2004 - 2005)
- Quaagar X (bass) (2003 - 2005)
- Josef Stanley (guitar) (2004 - 2005)Jolt,
- Aaron Salt (guitar) (1996 - 2000)
- Hanny Mohammed (guitar) (1996 - 2000)
- Paul Tipping (bass) (1996 - 2000)
- Mike Forsberg (drums) (1996)
- Helen Sabo (drums) (1996)
Website
Formed
Melbourne, VIC, 1992
Band information
Catwitch is a Melbourne band that blended some late LA sleaze influence with contemporary power metal, Goth rock and vampiric imagery with mixed results. Live, Catwitch became known for rather theatrical performances, a facet highlighted by a questionable TV documentary about them that was aired on the ABC but musically their albums so far have shown Catwitch to be a solid band with good musicianship. The line-up for the first album at least was O'Reilly and Charlton plus Paul Tipping (bass), Aaron Salt (guitar) and Hanny Mohammed (guitar). Tipping later joined Cryptal Darkness and Mohammed is now with Black Majesty.
After the second album the band virtually ended when only O'Reilly was left but in late 2003 Catwitch re-emerged with Charlton back in the group along with four new members, Josef Stanley (guitar)Jolt, Rudi Paoletti (keyboards), Riley Strong (guitar) Desecrator and bassist Quaagar X,Ion Drive and a musical direction now geared solidly toward Goth metal. The Faces album appeared in November 2004.
Since then the band's line-up has changed again. Charlton switched to bass, James joined on drums, Ross on keyboards and Shepherd on guitars with original guitarist Lawrence Rhoads returning to the band.
Catwitch recently returned to the studio and released a new E.P Burn late 2007, And are set to release their fourth as yet untitled album along with a live DVD in 2008.
Discography
Albums:
| 1997 | Phobophilia | self release | |
| 2000 | This Haunted Lullaby | Icon | |
| 2004 | Faces | self release |
Single:
| 2003 | The Hidden | self release |
EP:
| 2007 | Burn | self release |
