| The Go-Katz | |
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The Go-Katz |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Loughborough, England |
| Genres | Rockabilly Psychobilly |
| Years active | 1987 – present |
| Labels | Raucous Records [1] |
| Website | Gokatz.com [2] |
| Members | |
| Howard Raucous Steve Clark Janson Diamond Dan Clark |
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| Past members | |
| Moff (Mark Moffat), Beaker (Giles Brett), Dave Fawkes, John Basford, Jez Jordan, Graham Bateman, Billy Oxley | |
The Go-Katz are a British psychobilly band formed in Loughborough, Leicestershire in 1986. The original members were Howard Raucous (real name Howard Piperides) on vocals, Beaker (real name Giles Brett) on guitar, Andy Young (guitar), Moff (real name Mark Moffat) on Double Bass, and Wolf (real name John Basford) on drums. The band members have formerly made up Loughborough bands The Exorcists and The Go-Go Dakotas.
The original line-up recorded a vinyl 7" EP called "The Go-Katz EP" released on Raucous Records in 1987. They also issued several tracks on psychobilly compilation albums from Raucous, Kix 4U Records (Netherlands) and Rockhouse Records (Netherlands).
The original lineup disbanded in 1988, when Beaker and Wolf departed, and new drummer Dave Fawkes was brought in. Under this line-up, which lasted until 1990, they released tracks on Raucous Records (UK) and Fury Records (UK).
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After more than a decade of inactivity, the Go-Katz resurfaced in 2003 in St Petersburg, Russia, with founder member Howard Raucous backed by members of Russian surf/psychobilly band The Bombers. With this line-up they occasionally gigged in St Petersburg and recorded "When A Stranger Calls", a cover of a Meteors song for the tribute album "Sympathy For The Devil".
Meanwhile interest in 1980s psychobilly bands increased, leading to a UK reformation in 2005, again with Howard Raucous being the only original member, with musicians from rockabilly trio The Top Cats drafted in. This lineup lasted until 2008 to play psychobilly events around Europe.
The revised Go-Katz line-up was finally settled in May 2009 and is now Howard Raucous on vocals, Steve Clark (ex-Top Cats) on drums, Dan Clark (ex-Hangmen) on Double Bass, and Janson Diamond (ex-Hellrazors) on guitar.