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Biography

Katchafire is a New Zealand Roots reggae|roots reggae band from Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton , New Zealand .

Katchafire formed in 1997 as a Bob Marley tribute band and later began writing and performing their own songs. They have released four albums: Revival (Katchafire album)|Revival (2003) which featured the highest-selling New Zealand single of 2003, "Giddy Up"; Slow Burning (2005) '' Say What You're Thinking (2007) and On the Road Again (Katchafire album)|On the Road Again (2010)
Katchafire began recording their third album, ''Say What You're Thinking'', as a seven-piece at Auckland 's York Street Studio 's toward the end of 2006.

The band has toured Australia , the United Kingdom|UK , Europe , the USA , and New Caledonia , and has played at festivals with international reggae acts such as Mr Gang, Horace Andy , Moonraisers, Gentleman and was the only Pacific act to tour with artists Arrested Development (group)|Arrested Development , Wailers Band|The Wailers , Maxi Priest and UB40 as part of the 2008 Raggamuffin. Their name was inspired by the Bob Marley and Wailers Band|The Wailers album Catch A Fire .

The band released their fourth studio album, On The Road Again , which has been inspired by their recent worldwide touring. retrieved 15-09-2010

Band members

The band's original line-up consisted of Grenville Bell (guitar), Haani Totorewa (keyboards, vocals) Tere Ngarua (bass guitar), Thompson Hohepa (guitar, vocals) Logan Bell (guitar, lead vocals) and Jordan Bell (drums).

Katchafire has been through many changes over the years with Tere Ngarua replaced by Ara Adams-Tamatea on bass and the addition of Jamey Ferguson (keyboards, sax, lead vocals) and Leon Davey (vocals, percussion).

For the second album Slow Burning the band was augmented by horn section Le Sexion with Feal (saxophone), Mols (trumpet) and Thomas (trombone) from reggae band Mr Gang of France (See album cover inlay credits).

There were further line-up changes in 2006: Ara Adams-Tamatea left the band to become the group's booking agent and original bass player Tere Ngarua re-joined the group as bassist, Thompson Hohepa also left the band.

Discography

Albums

Date of Release	Title	Label	Charted	Country
2003	Revival	Shock/ BMG	5	-
2005	Slow Burning	Mai/ Shock	5	-
2007	'' Say What You're Thinking	EMI	5	-
2010	On the Road Again	Lion House Records	3	-

Featured appearances

Katchafire have appeared on a number of compilations since 2002 in New Zealand . The following is a list of these albums that have featured tracks by Katchafire .

Release !!Album !!Label !!Track
2002
2003
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007

Singles

Year	Single	Album	NZ Singles Chart
2002	"Giddy Up"	Revival	4
2002	"Get Away"	Revival	8
2002	"Who You With"	Revival	10
2003	"Colour Me Life"	Revival	-
2003	"Bounce"	Revival	-
2003	"Seriously"	Revival	-
2004	"Rude Girl"	Slow Burning	-
2005	"Hey Girl"	Slow Burning	-
2006	"Frisk Me Down"	Slow Burning	-
2007	"Say What You're Thinking"	''Say What You're Thinking	-
2008	"Love Letter"	''Say What You're Thinking	-
2009	"Working"	''Say What You're Thinking	-
2010	"Slow Down" feat. Rebel Souljahz	Bring Back The Days	-
2010	"Just You & Me" feat. Na Wai	-	-
2010	"On The Road Again"	On The Road Again	-
2010	"Groove Again"	On The Road Again	-

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