First, let's introduce the band:
Scot Givens-keyboards, bass, guitar, vocals
Nick Mitchell-guitars and vocals
Albert Ramnath-bass and vocals
Marty Romie-bass, guitars
Jay Scott-drums and vocals
2005 through 2007 have turned out to be the most active years ever for Skeptical Cats concerts.
Nick left behind a "straight job" career
in the IT field at the beginning of 2005 to focus on music 100%
of the time. Since then the band has firmly ensconced itself in the heart
of the Dayton live club scene, gigging
regularly at The Trolley Stop
and The Dublin Pub in the Oregon District in Dayton,
as well as picking up many private parties and club dates in the surrounding
suburbs. The Nick and/or the band have also been playing a lot of Police
and Firefighter events, like the annual F.O.P. convention, the Dayton
Policeman's Ball, the Dayton Firefighters 9/11 memorial concert and many
others.
The two major highlights of 2007 were Nick's
solo Pub Tour of England, Wales and Scotland in April, and the band's show
at the Fraze Pavilion in Kettering on July
18. The Fraze show was the first for the band in the new lineup--Albert on
guitar, newcomer Marty Romie on bass, and the addition of Danny Sauers on sax
for a few tunes. The band played a wide ranging set in front of hundreds
of happy people at sunset...it truly was a great evening!
For 2008 the band is planning on adding 40-50 new songs to the catalog, and
focusing on new original material for the first time in a few years. Scot
has just finished a solo album demo under the name of Joey and the Marsupials
entitled "All God's Children Have A Uvula". Many of the songs
from this solo project will be worked into the live show by the band, along with
new songs that Nick has been working on. A CD of new material is planned
by Summer 2008. The band is also planning on a full schedule of shows
throughout the year, including some traveling outside of the Tri-State region if
possible. Nick is working on booking some solo dates in Florida and
Arizona this winter, and will be returning to England in the Spring for another
solo tour.
The band has also been kicking around the idea of releasing a retrospective of the 1993-2003 era
Skeptical Cats material, with a working title of "Many
Beers Ago". Albert has moved to the Scottsdale, Arizona area and is working
with his brother Erik on many new projects in Erik's Highland
Studios.
Ye Olde News Bits
And now...let's recap some ancient history, shall we? Click on a band
member's link at the top of the page to read more information than you would
ever hope to know about the musical history of the individuals that are Skepcat!
The late 1990's were good to Skeptical Cats. If you'd like to go even further back into the past, click
here for a history of the band and all of it's
past incarnations.
The band kicked off 1997 by releasing Record Record at the New Year's Eve concert at Bogart's in Cincinnati, sharing the bill with Howlin' Maggie (Sony) and
Chainsaw Kittens (Mercury).
With the tune "Upside Down" from this release, Skeptical Cats were chosen out of 180 bands to be
included on the WOXY 97X XPOSURE Top 20 Compilation CD.
The song "Slight of Hands" was included on the compilation "Metal Machine Muzak" on the super
cool Italian record label Gamma Pop. Gamma Pop is
sold out of this recording, but Nick still has a handful tucked away!
The band has received repeated airplay locally on WOXY 97X, WYSO and WTUE, and on Cambridge University
Radio in England by the legendary Jimmy Possession.
Record Record charted on the Elitaire 40 (Elite Top 40) list on
Radio Centraal in Belgium, peaking at #14 after 6 weeks on the chart
(Albert screams, "we're HUGE in Belgium and Italy!!!"). The album received repeated airplay on
radio stations in the U.S., Europe, China and South America as well.
Some old show highlights from the mid-late 90s (watch out for the cobwebs here folks):
Howard's Club H, Bowling Green, Ohio
The Union, Athens *with Ditch and Norton's Orchestraville
A set of the band's music appeared on the "Canal Street Live" TV series on the MediaOne Network
Barley's Underground, Columbus *With the acapella group
Forte
Swindlefish, Athens, Ohio
The Garage at Caddy's (remember Caddy's?) Cincinnati, *opening for The Why Store
Hoster's Brewing Company (remember Hosters?), Columbus
Disc-Go-Round Grand Opening, Beavercreek, Ohio
Canal Street Tavern, Dayton, Ohio *with Rubido
WTUE's Live Livewire Concert, Dayton
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