The Family Cat
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London, United Kingdom (1988 – 1994)
1. Family Cat (no ‘The’) are a band from Richmond, VA. http://familycat.bandcamp.com/
2. The Family Cat were an alternative rock band formed in London in 1988. Members included Paul Frederick (vocals/guitar), Stephen Jelbert (lead guitar), Tim McVay (rhythm guitar), John Graves (bass) and Kevin Downing (drums). Their debut single, Tom Verlaine, was named ‘Single of the Week’ by NME. The band released an LP and two full-length albums before disbanding in 1994.
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Furthest From the Sun
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Magic Happens
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Tell 'em We're Surfin'
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Place With A Name
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gothicaljordan
The page is being all mucked up by a similarly named band that refers to themselves as a "second-rate Godsmack" now, awesome. It would be really cool if Last.fm could separate bands with similar/the same names a bit better...
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iyers
They seemed to play in Bristol about once a month in 1990/91...great band
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bretonbanquet
I worked with Tim McVay briefly about 10 years ago. Very nice bloke. More cheerful at 7am than I ever was.
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spiralon
yes showburner! hugely underrated... criminally so. i could listen to a mere handful of their songs on repeat for a day at least
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spiralon
people dont know what to listen to from this band.... tom verlaine (and most of the top tracks here) sucks next to: endless cigarette, gabriel's wings, fire music--to name a few. still some good ones in there "colour me grey" "game show" "prog one" "furthest from the sun" anyway, maybe im crazy, but dont trust magic happens to be their far and away best (i feel the opposite to be the case). instead, tell em we're surfin and furthest from the sun. just a huge fan... maybe i'm on to somethin maybe not
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viragom
Why aren't any of those tags useful?
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paulwe_uk
i'm typing this from memory, but I used to have a red t-shirt with luminous writing. It said something like 'you have to be a real square not to dig the nutty noisy family cat' !!!!!!
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man_d
Maybe a little late, but they're obviously cool enough for the NME now.. just heard Tom Verlaine on NME radio.
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AJ_Weberman
Whatever happened to the fambly cat?
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Amerikanen
Do I remember me?
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showburner
By far and away the most under-rated British band of their time. Saw them more times than was healthy - although sixteen is clearly bonkers, Eightholedocs - and they never once let me down. Which is more than can be said for a lot of other bands, both before and since. Miles "Size Of A Cow" Hunt, I'm looking at you...
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coops1989
Three of them were from Cornwall, one from Devon and the lead singer was from Southampton, hence the Saints references in Steamroller. "And The Saints were playing at home today"
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Eightholedocs
saw the cat a massive 16 times. they were fantastic - unfortunately they just werent cool enough for the then relevant NME and therefore never went huge. nice bunch of blokes as well.
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jim_bomb
It's true All other bands are dogshite! Don't get that stuff about the Madchester desk though. They weren't baggy in the slightest and came from Cornwall, as far as I can remember
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VinylTap
For anyone interested in sharing recommendations (music and/or haircuts), The Madchester Desk.
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