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Jaya The Cat (new record out!)

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Originally from Boston (U.S.), now based in Amsterdam, Jaya the Cat have a career that is as distinctive as is their musical style. They have been strikingly described as Boston’s answer to Joe Strummer’s call to arms, playing an integrated combination of dub, ska, rock steady guitars, the odd touch of metal, and a resultant sound best described as ‘punk reggae’. Lyrically, the band hits home with songs concerning the issues of day to day living combined with outright critique on politics. Jaya The Cat embody the integrity, passion, and attitude that define punk rock and reggae.
For the last five years they have been burning up stages across Europe and the USA, and are currently working on new songs for a third studio album as well as expanding their live show to include keyboards and an onstage bartender / percussionist. When not on the road, the band has been in and out of ‘Source Studios’ in The Hague, cutting new tracks under the guiding ear of producer Oscar Bor, and working for a new release late august 2007 on I Scream Records!

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Music:

Member Since: 12/8/2004
Band Website: jayathecat.com
Band Members: The Germ - Drums
Geoff - Vox & Guitar
Jan Jaap - Keys/Bass
Steven - Bass
Pockets - Guitar

Also with...

Brian - Guitar
Alejandro - Guitar
Yanko - Guitar
Russ - Bass

Influences:

Sounds Like: Jaya the Cat fan/live video's

Record Label: I Scream Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

june news

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Posted by Jaya The Cat (new record out!) on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:38:00 PST

may news

Tour After a short break it's time to do some extensive touring. First we will hit the Balkan countries where we've never played before, plus 2 shows in Bulgaria and one in Hungary. Very exiting. Afte...
Posted by Jaya The Cat (new record out!) on Thu, 08 May 2008 08:27:00 PST

march news

New single GoodmorningSo the next single from "More Late Night Transmissions with.." will be Goodmorning. Hopefully it will be on the radio in Holland, Belgium, Germany and France. If we need your hel...
Posted by Jaya The Cat (new record out!) on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:14:00 PST

rant about our new songs

so i was asked by a dutch magazine who are featuring 'more late night transmissions with...' to write a short explanation of each of the songs on the album, and i guess jay translated it into dutch fo...
Posted by Jaya The Cat (new record out!) on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:10:00 PST

January news

EuroSonicJaya the Cat will be playing EuroSonic in Groningen on Friday the 11th of January! The venue is Cafe Tramps (on the Peperstraat, nearby to the FEBO) and showtime is 00.15. It's a small bar so...
Posted by Jaya The Cat (new record out!) on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:55:00 PST

november news: new record online @ myspace!

our new record will be in the stores the coming weeks. if you can't find it order it trough your favorite record store. on-line you can order the cd in europe trough i scream records europe store. fo...
Posted by Jaya The Cat (new record out!) on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:25:00 PST

october news

and yes, the record is pushed back to half november. the label wanted to have more time to prepare good promotion for the new record. sorry folks.  austria and germany shows coming up in december...
Posted by Jaya The Cat (new record out!) on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:32:00 PST

september news

Guess what, our record is late again! It never ends.. but the good news is it will come out on the 8th of October in the Benelux and an European release is planned for end October. We've also released...
Posted by Jaya The Cat (new record out!) on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:31:00 PST

august news


Posted by Jaya The Cat (new record out!) on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:30:00 PST

july news

the title of our new record will be 'more late night transmissions with...' and will be released the first week of september in europe true i scream records/spv. expect an us release in 2008 including...
Posted by Jaya The Cat (new record out!) on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:46:00 PST