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Infobox musical artist | name = Catch| image = Catch (band).jpg| caption = Catch in Bangkok,Thailand| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = England | genre = Alternative rock|Alternative Pop music|Pop | years_active = 1997–1999| label = Virgin Records|Virgin | associated_acts =| website =| current_members = Toby Slater Wayne Murray Ben Etchells Catch , famous for the 1990s pop music|pop song "Bingo", were an indie music|indie -pop musical ensemble|group consisting of Toby Slater ( singing|vocalist and keyboardist ), Wayne Murray ( bassist and vocals) and Ben Etchells ( guitarist ). The band were signed to Virgin Records and released two single (music)|singles - "Bingo", which reached #23 in the UK Singles Chart , and "Dive In", which got to #44.cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 98
History
Reputedly formed when Slater, Murray and Etchells kissed the same girl at a party; Catch were, in fact, formed from the ashes of Brattish, Slater's first band, formed in 1994/95, which also included Etchells. Brattish rehearsed the Catch material extensively, paid for by interested A& R men, but never concert|gigged . Slater also was a driving-force behind the short-lived "Romo" movement in the autumn/winter of 1995, Disc jockey|DJ -ing at "Arcadia".
"Bingo" was Catch's biggest chart-topper|hit , and resulted in the band appearing on Light Lunch , The Paul Ross Show (performing three songs live), and many Saturday morning Television|TV shows. Bingo was also playing on The ITV Chart Show when ITN interrupted programming to report on the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=QGj5uHX0wlo YouTube footage of ITV's Breaking News Slater also Television presenter|presented some shows on MTV around this time. An album was quickly released in Indonesia due to the band's popularity there, but was never released in the United Kingdom|UK due to Slater being unhappy with it at the time. The band visited Jakarta for a promotional tour and performed acoustically for fan (person)|fans .
Despite finding success in the Far East , the band achieved only one Top 40 hit single in the UK, and disbanded after completing their only album . A UK album was due for release, with different tracklisting to the Indonesian issue, but this was never released. It is not known whether the UK album was fully completed or not, a working title was believed have been Victim Support .
Slater moved to Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles and began a solo (music)|solo career. Returning to London he formed a group featuring former members of the UK band Salamanda, and began recording and gigging, under his own name. The Toby Slater Band released one Compact Disc|CD single "Consumption" and other mp3 s via the website , but gigging activity stopped in 2003. During this time Slater set up a discussion list to inform fans of the band's activity, which was still active fairly recently. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/careinthecommunity/ Groups.yahoo.com
More recently Slater has formed a band under the name Kunta Kinte , but have now changed their name to Tough Love.
Discography
Singles
"Bingo" (#23 UK, September 1997)
"Dive In" (#44 UK, February 1998)
Albums
Catch (Indonesian only release - now out of print).
References
reflist
External links
http://www.toughloveband.com Tough Love
http://www.kuntakinte.co.uk Kunta Kinte
http://www.whiterussians.co.uk/ White Russians
http://www.myspace.com/aboycriedwolf Boy Cried Wolf
http://www.tobyslater.com TobySlater.com
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