The Cat Empire

In Late 1999, pianist Ollie McGill and songwriter/percussionist Felix Riebl decided to start a band from a rooftop in St Kilda. Ryan Monro was called and asked to join on bass shortly afterwards, and the trio had its first rehearsal in a red library at Felix's parents house. In a tea break, the question of a name arose, and the picture drawn by Max (Felix's brother) on the kitchen fridge provided an answer. There were three cats wearing crowns and one had a gun, and the title was 'The Cat Empire'.
2000 was spent playing gigs, mainly at a gallery, a restaurant, and a jazz club. Later in the Year Felix met Harry Angus at Dizzy's Jazz club, and he started playing trumpet and singing for...

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