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 For more than 10 years now, the
Cadcatz have been on the road with Rock’n’Roll and Rockabilly, and have made a name of themselves through many gigs at clubs, parties and festivals throughout Europe as well as through a number of releases on
records, CDs and compilations that have been very successful in the Rock'n'Roll scene.
They present Rockabilly, Rock'n'Roll as well as Surf instrumentals in the sound of the
50s and early 60s. They are still well-known from the 1993 CD "Rockabilly Party", especially in
Augsburg (Germany), where their "Your baby tonight" from the 1989 EP "Many Miles" became a local hit which was played by many Augsburg radio stations in the A-rotation (i.e. every hour).
With songs by artists such as Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Dick
Dale, Link Wray as well as a number of self-penned songs their blend of Rockabilly, Rock’n’Roll and Surf guarantees a tremendous party atmosphere at their concerts. The Cadcatz style is
characterized especially by the varied rhythms and a "Shadows"-like guitar sound.
 The new CD "The Drifter" contains 13 previously unreleased songs, 8 of which are new recordings - including one live
track - while 5 songs were already recorded in 1995. On this new CD the band mixes Rock’n’Roll, Rockabilly and Surf for the first time. Apart from typical
Rockbilly/Rock'n'Roll tunes that have been characteristic for the Cadcatz, the new CD also contains Surf instrumentals as they are known, for example, from the movie "Pulp
Fiction". This new mixture is also a result of the changed line-up. The bass player Helmut Reith (Schuffi) and the drummer Walter Güldenpfennig (Tex) left the band in 1998
to join the country band "Cadillac Cowboys”.
The guitarist Axel Schuch then built up the new band and broadened the range of styles. The drummer Wolfgang
Braun, ex-member of the "Unemployed Ministers" joined the band, which was then completed by Gerhard Rampp, who plays the double-bass and the bass guitar.
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