Katze

1. Katze, a Japanese glam rock band from the late 80's. Formed in 1986, the group soon signed to the major label, Teichiku, under the Baidis subdivision. Sounding similar to the likes of JRock pioneers Boowy, the group found some minor success with the release of their debut album, "Blind", which was released in October of 1988. Although their initial success was lackluster, just a year later, the group became mainstream rock stars, with their second album, 1989's "Stay Free", breaking the Oricon top 30 at number 21. Their success would continue to rise, and the group's third and fourth albums, "Good Times Bad Times" and "Love is Here", both broke the Oricon top 15 (at numbers 6 and 11 respectively). The group's 1991 live album, "God Save the Rock 'n Roll", would prove to be their most successful album in their catalog, reaching number 4. However, despite their growing fame, the group ended up splitting later that year. Although the group were active for five years, their flamboyant glam image seemed to play an early part of the visual kei movement, which would become mainstream just a few years later, thanks to the likes of X Japan, Luna Sea, Buck-Tick, Color and By-Sexual. 2. Katze, German indie rock band formed in 1999 in Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The group is made up of Klaus Cornfield (guitar, vocals), Karen Kramatschek [aka Miss Kadeedja] (bass, vocals, 2008-present), Philip Vesper (drums, guitar, 2007-present), Paul J. Greco, (bass, 1999-2003), Minki Warhol (keyboards, stylophone, glockenspiel), Daniel Schaub (drums, 1999-2005), Udo "Ufo" Stowitz (drums, 2005), Johann von Schubert (drums, 2005-07). 3. Katze — Old High German kazza, originally *katta, Late Latin catta, feminine of cattus.