August 19, 2025 • 12 mins
The music industry is a fickle one.
Try as an artist may to strike that elusive winning formula, more often than not, it is timing, or luck, or a combination of both which will ultimately decide the course your musical journey takes. Bands can try unsuccessfully for years to crack the market, churning out quality material time and time again with little or no return.
But then that one moment of magic can change it all. That chance encounter. The right planets aligning at exactly the right time. Which is precisely what happened for Melbourne-based punk/pop band KTV last year, when a simple acceptance to an offer made about putting one of their old singles on a compilation album paid immediate dividends.
After originally forming in the late 1990s, KTV released two EPs, played a tonne of gigs and won music industry competitions at the time. They played shows with high-profile artists including Killing Heidi, Magic Dirt, Deborah Conway, Vika and Linda, and Kisschasy, amongst others. After numerous line-up changes, the band ran out of steam in 2001. Singer/songwriter/guitarist, Kat O went on to form Kathematics, who had a song featured in an American TV show, as well as many other bands.
Fast-forward to 2025, and KTV are back in action with original member Philip Yarra on bass/vocals, who recently toured with UK Ska legends, Bad Manners and the drumming prowess of John Hastings. Armed with a back catalogue of original 90s-inspired pop/punk classics, as well as Kat’s new tunes, KTV are currently making a dent on the local live scene and are keen to get back in the studio to record. HEAVY caught up with Kat late last week to find out more.
One of the things we spoke about was the early days of the band.
"It was around the time when Killing Heidi had their Reflector album out and was number one, they were the number one band in Australia," Kat recalled. "Back when bands were actually number one in Australia (laughs). Those were great days, because that unfortunately doesn't happen anymore. Anyway, we got to support them at the Prince of Wales, and that was a really huge show for us, plus we did gigs with Deborah Conway and Vika and Linda in front of thousands of people at the Arts Centre. There were some really, really big shows, and we played with some of our heroes as well. The scene was amazing back then."
In the full interview, Kat reflects on the KTV's past successes, including supporting major acts and winning competitions. She expressed the excitement and nerves surrounding their recent first show back, highlighting the strong chemistry amongst the members.
We discussed how a compilation CD featuring their demo track reignited interest in the band and addressed the challenges of reforming after a long break, including busy schedules and changes in the music industry. Kat discussed their plans for new music, which will blend nineties-inspired indie punk and grunge elements, while also revisiting older songs. KTV also announced upcoming gigs and encouraged fans to follow them on social media for updates, plus more.
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Try as an artist may to strike that elusive winning formula, more often than not, it is timing, or luck, or a combination of both which will ultimately decide the course your musical journey takes. Bands can try unsuccessfully for years to crack the market, churning out quality material time and time again with little or no return.
But then that one moment of magic can change it all. That chance encounter. The right planets aligning at exactly the right time. Which is precisely what happened for Melbourne-based punk/pop band KTV last year, when a simple acceptance to an offer made about putting one of their old singles on a compilation album paid immediate dividends.
After originally forming in the late 1990s, KTV released two EPs, played a tonne of gigs and won music industry competitions at the time. They played shows with high-profile artists including Killing Heidi, Magic Dirt, Deborah Conway, Vika and Linda, and Kisschasy, amongst others. After numerous line-up changes, the band ran out of steam in 2001. Singer/songwriter/guitarist, Kat O went on to form Kathematics, who had a song featured in an American TV show, as well as many other bands.
Fast-forward to 2025, and KTV are back in action with original member Philip Yarra on bass/vocals, who recently toured with UK Ska legends, Bad Manners and the drumming prowess of John Hastings. Armed with a back catalogue of original 90s-inspired pop/punk classics, as well as Kat’s new tunes, KTV are currently making a dent on the local live scene and are keen to get back in the studio to record. HEAVY caught up with Kat late last week to find out more.
One of the things we spoke about was the early days of the band.
"It was around the time when Killing Heidi had their Reflector album out and was number one, they were the number one band in Australia," Kat recalled. "Back when bands were actually number one in Australia (laughs). Those were great days, because that unfortunately doesn't happen anymore. Anyway, we got to support them at the Prince of Wales, and that was a really huge show for us, plus we did gigs with Deborah Conway and Vika and Linda in front of thousands of people at the Arts Centre. There were some really, really big shows, and we played with some of our heroes as well. The scene was amazing back then."
In the full interview, Kat reflects on the KTV's past successes, including supporting major acts and winning competitions. She expressed the excitement and nerves surrounding their recent first show back, highlighting the strong chemistry amongst the members.
We discussed how a compilation CD featuring their demo track reignited interest in the band and addressed the challenges of reforming after a long break, including busy schedules and changes in the music industry. Kat discussed their plans for new music, which will blend nineties-inspired indie punk and grunge elements, while also revisiting older songs. KTV also announced upcoming gigs and encouraged fans to follow them on social media for updates, plus more.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Yeah, so KTV on thet on the singer, songwriter, guitarist.
We've got Philip Yarra on bass and backing vocals and
John Hastings on drums.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
That's the current lineup. And the band was around late
nineties originally in its original.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Form and only reformed probably late last year, late twenty
twenty four. And yeah, we're currently gigging and we started
playing shows just recently and they've been going pretty well.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Fantastic, Kat, thanks for joining us today.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Yeah, no problem, Thanks for having me Crease, it's great to.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Have a chat. It is.
Speaker 4 (00:43):
Indeed now, as you say, TV returned to the stage
late last month for the first time to speak the
out and one.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
So how was that the show? How was it getting
it out of the way, Yeah, yeah, it was good,
it was.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
It was a little bit nerve racking, I guess.
Speaker 5 (00:56):
I mean, you know, we've all been in a lot
of other bands as well, but in between, but yeah,
KTV was a band that did pretty well back in
the day, so it was great to kind of bring
back some of the old songs and stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Yeah, And like I know, you would have done a
lot of practice lead up to it, but on the
actual night, Like how did you go.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
With the chemistry? Like it did it come straight back
as soon as he's fired up?
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Or yeah, yeah, because Philip and I have been well
we started in bands like when we're in our twenties
and we kind of like played you know, we played
all the gigs, you know, like only to the mixer
and five people in the room and you know all
that sort of stuff, you know, but like, yeah, the
chemistry was fantastic and we've got like John on drums now,
(01:40):
who's who. Philip and John were in a band together before,
so they knew each other and yeah, it's just a
lot of fun and it's like going home, I suppose nice.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Now, the story of KTV goes back past the turn
of the century, so that's established a bit of a
timeline here, Like the band formed in Melbourne in the
late nineties and it.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Is following there. So what were the early years of
the band.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Like, well we did we were around around the time
when Killing Heidi had their Reflector album out and was
number one. That was the number one band in Australia,
you know, back when, back when, remember when, back when
bands were actually number one in Australia. You know what
I mean, Like that was great days because that unfortunately
doesn't happen anymore anyway. So so yeah, we we got
(02:27):
to support them at the Prince of Wales and that
was like a really.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Huge show for us.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
We also there was a competition that the Push put
on push play record.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
We won that as well, and we.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Did like co profile gigs with Deborah Conway VI Queen
Linda in front of like I don't know, thousands of
people at the Art Center. Like there was some really
really big shows and we played with some of our
heroes as well, Magic Dirt, you know, Mola, other Kiss Chase,
the other bands like that that were you know, doing
stuff at the time. So so yeah, like we did
(03:01):
well at the time, definitely, and the scene was amazing
back then.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
You know, it was a lot different, wasn't it. Yeah, Yeah,
it's amazing there.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Like pretty much every one of those bands you just
mentioned then they're still going. So it's like it shows
that the old school of music nothing against the new
music coming out at all, but the old school rock
sensibilities of Australian bands is probably stronger than anywhere in
the world.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yeah, yeah, totally, I reckon it. Is and yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I mean, you know, Animal's obviously doing really well overseas,
and that's fantastic for them because when they used to
play you know, the Bendi back in the old days
and started out here and everything, and they've become massive.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
I just wish it would happen to more bands.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Yeah, I think the future coming up, I think it will.
We're starting to get noticed on more of a global stage,
I think. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Yeah, yeah, I reckon too.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Yeah yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
So you guys break up again it or break up
in two thousand and one after numerous lineup changes at
that stage. So was it that was a plan to
be a permanent separation or was it all left open
to the possibility one day.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Well, at the time, it kind of seems like it
was done and we all went on and did different
projects and stuff. So it was really just, yeah, I
kind of didn't expect it to reform.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
I guess it was kind of the band that I
had done.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
I don't know, so I suppose I had the most
success in and you know, as I've been a musician
for quite a long time, you kind of always look
back and look at your biggest success and wonder why
you haven't achieved it again, I suppose, but we had
an opportunity because we were put on a compilation CD
for Sound as Ever and our demo Gemo track was
picked up and there was a bit more bit of
(04:39):
interest in the band, so and I was in between
bands at the time, so it kind of made sense
to a few people in the industry told.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Me, yeah, put it back together, this is a great
time to do it. So, yeah, we did.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Didn't You mentioned that compilation track like it was an
old demo of your son High Street and it was
a compilation of a lost nineties these songs.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
I guess it was, so that led to increased like
people listened to the band again.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
But did that come as a shocks you, Like, you've
obviously known it was done on the compilation, but when
it was received so well and touch so many people,
was that a bit of a shock.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Yeah, it was really good because it really like it
never made.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
We had two EPs out initially and it never made
for some reason, any of the EPs, and I really
listened to it and I was like, I don't know
why what happened?
Speaker 2 (05:26):
You know?
Speaker 1 (05:27):
And they remastered it so it sort of sounds better
than the original and it was great to sort of
hear it again. And yeah, it was like a real
buzz because I didn't really think that track was ever
gonna do anything, so it was great to kind of
have it out there.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
Yeah, And was it an easy decision to reform or
do there have to be a few behind the scenes
conversations go on?
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Well, I was trying to.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Well, we did sort of reform late last year with
another drama but here because which was an original member
of KTV as well as Philipps.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
But he's in a lot of tribute bands. He's really busy.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
He's a full time I'm musico doing that, so he
couldn't commit. And Philip also is pretty famous. He's in
like he's in Looney Tunes and Agents of Reverb and
Miss Cartonic. He just played with Bad Manners on the tour.
He was the touring guitarists, so he's pretty busy too.
So the fact is fitting this band in he's pretty amazing.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
I know, you guys well beat in other bands in
the meantime, but the music scene would have changed considerably
over the twenty five years that this band was away,
So wasn't an adjustment trying to slide this band back
into the music machine again.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Yeah, I think yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
I mean, like we said, like back in you know,
in those days, like the scene was, the scene was
really different, and like the I think the one thing
I miss is the street press, Like I had beaten
in press and the actual physical you know, street press
was so just so on.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
The wall I posted on the Telegraph files I thought, oh.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Yeah, yeah, and they were so supportive of indie bands,
like you didn't have to be really big, like they
would put your photo in or review your single and
stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
And I just feel like since it's gone digital, like it's.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Really just there's just nothing really out there, and unless
you're like already really well known, like it's really hard
to kind of get your name out there. I mean,
so it's it's yeah, it's a lot hard to work,
like for bands starting out these days, Like it's just yeah,
they just don't know how great it used to be.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
It doesn't And did you have like before you has
made it official, like did you have any discussions about
the direction the band was going to take in or
was it just a given that you were going to
keep going the same way you were?
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Yeah, I think so like, there was a lot of
material because the band kind of you know, only went
for about four years or so, and there was a
few different lineup changes, but there was a lot of songs,
a lot of songs being written at the time, and
a lot of different material that we.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Kind of could pick and choose.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
So at the moment, we've got a set of I
don't know, like twelve eleven whatever songs, but there's so
many others that we can kind of pick and choose
from when we you know, want to want to you know,
work on anything else, and plus you know, there's new
songs being written as well, So yeah.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
I believe you're actually planning to head in to the
studio surely to record some of that.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Yeah, there's a song of us that was released in
like the previous band Philip and I were in. Actually
it's called Melt, and it always had a really great response.
Our friends always really loved it and commented on it.
But it was kind of like it was on an
album that was like a it sounded more like a
demo like it didn't it didn't have.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
That great sort of production sound. So we want to
get it out there the way it should be.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
You know, so we're gonna, yeah record that hopefully soon
and release it as our sort of first comeback single.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
Yeah, is it just a single plan for the stage
where he planned on doing a bit more?
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Yeah, oh more would be great, but I had this
stage probably just a single just to kind of get
something new back out there.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
That's like like our focus.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Yeah, they started to touch on this a little bit.
Speaker 4 (09:01):
But moving forward, are you going to you plan to
rework or revisit the songs you.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
Had from back in the day or do you plan
on writing.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
New material and sort of moving forward from this point.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
I think it's gonna be a bit of both because
like because like because we had two EPs and I
don't think we're there might be one song that we're
doing from those EPs, so there's a lot of songs.
And also because John's kind of knew the drummer, he's
kind of new to this, so he's kind of great
in that, Like we're going to ask him, like what
stands out to you on these EPs because we're too
(09:32):
close to the song, so he might say, look, this
is you know, sounds really good because he's got like
a fresh pair of ears, so that sort of really
works too. So I think a bit of both old
stuff and new stuff combined.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
I reckon, Yeah, I want to say I'm going to
be like, for those who are familiar with KATV.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Well, it's basically nineties inspired, so just see it's kind
of like I mean, i'd say pop punk, but it's
not really pop punk like. It's kind of indie punk,
bit of grunge like and a nineties kind of sound.
I mean a while ago, I got told that my stuff,
the stuff I write's a bit similar to the Breeders.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Yeah, so you think.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
You think about like the Breeders and like, I don't know,
but are you Blondie? I mean, stuff like that, but
then also more current current stuff. So it's a bit
difficult to.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
Kind of like narrow it down. But I mean it's
melodic and it's kind of got grungey guitars and stuff.
So so yeah, I mean a lot a lot of
people seem to like it.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
So that's good. I think your timing is perfect too,
because the music that you.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Would have been making back around the turn of the
century is actually starting to come back in now, so
it's not it's not going to sound outdated when you
start doing it again.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, because my daughter's twelve and she loves
Olivia Rodrigo and I was so wrapped when she took
the Breeders on tour, which I thought was so cool,
and her young audience became fo fans of the Breeders
because she's really into that sort of music. And she
just got Robert Smith and Wiezer on played Glastonbury and
reading I think got them on stage.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
And like, I thought that was really cool. So it
just shows that younger artists.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Coming up are like, yeah, they're really big fans of
stuff from back then, and it's great.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
It is indeed.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
Now you mentioned the comeback gig that you played last month,
but I believe you've got a couple more games coming up.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Yeah, we do.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Our next gig is at the Last Chance Rock and
Roll by.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
We're playing there on September.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
There's sixth, so that's a Saturday, and that's a matinee.
So we've got Absalom and Jess Shreds playing with us.
So it goes from three to five in the ARVO
and we're on at about five and October. We're still
working some stuff out. Hopefully we'll record in November. We've
got some really really high profile, amazing shows that I'm like,
(11:48):
just keep a secret for now.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
I don't know right at all.
Speaker 4 (11:52):
We can people go to find out about these shows
when you are ready to do announce them.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Yeah, so we've got Instagram and Facebook and we're just
got YouTube down as well. So basically just KTV is
a bit hard to search because of karaoke television and
it's kind of on the internet is everywhere. But if
you just search Kate k TV underscore band on install
and just k TV band is eventually going to come up,
(12:18):
and our colorful logo is there, which.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
I'm going to show you, but I have to get up.
Speaker 4 (12:29):
Right well, thanks very much for your time. Welcome Chris,
seen and hopefully you make it up your bridge, but
I can come in a.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Bere and check you out.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Yeah, it'd be great. Great to see. Thanks Thanes, Chris
Yeah, so KTV on thet on the singer, songwriter, guitarist.
We've got Philip Yarra on bass and backing vocals and
John Hastings on drums.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
That's the current lineup. And the band was around late
nineties originally in its original.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Form and only reformed probably late last year, late twenty
twenty four. And yeah, we're currently gigging and we started
playing shows just recently and they've been going pretty well.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Fantastic, Kat, thanks for joining us today.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Yeah, no problem, Thanks for having me Crease, it's great to.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Have a chat. It is.
Speaker 4 (00:43):
Indeed now, as you say, TV returned to the stage
late last month for the first time to speak the
out and one.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
So how was that the show? How was it getting
it out of the way, Yeah, yeah, it was good,
it was.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
It was a little bit nerve racking, I guess.
Speaker 5 (00:56):
I mean, you know, we've all been in a lot
of other bands as well, but in between, but yeah,
KTV was a band that did pretty well back in
the day, so it was great to kind of bring
back some of the old songs and stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Yeah, And like I know, you would have done a
lot of practice lead up to it, but on the
actual night, Like how did you go.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
With the chemistry? Like it did it come straight back
as soon as he's fired up?
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Or yeah, yeah, because Philip and I have been well
we started in bands like when we're in our twenties
and we kind of like played you know, we played
all the gigs, you know, like only to the mixer
and five people in the room and you know all
that sort of stuff, you know, but like, yeah, the
chemistry was fantastic and we've got like John on drums now,
(01:40):
who's who. Philip and John were in a band together before,
so they knew each other and yeah, it's just a
lot of fun and it's like going home, I suppose nice.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Now, the story of KTV goes back past the turn
of the century, so that's established a bit of a
timeline here, Like the band formed in Melbourne in the
late nineties and it.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Is following there. So what were the early years of
the band.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Like, well we did we were around around the time
when Killing Heidi had their Reflector album out and was
number one. That was the number one band in Australia,
you know, back when, back when, remember when, back when
bands were actually number one in Australia. You know what
I mean, Like that was great days because that unfortunately
doesn't happen anymore anyway. So so yeah, we we got
(02:27):
to support them at the Prince of Wales and that
was like a really.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Huge show for us.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
We also there was a competition that the Push put
on push play record.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
We won that as well, and we.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Did like co profile gigs with Deborah Conway VI Queen
Linda in front of like I don't know, thousands of
people at the Art Center. Like there was some really
really big shows and we played with some of our
heroes as well, Magic Dirt, you know, Mola, other Kiss Chase,
the other bands like that that were you know, doing
stuff at the time. So so yeah, like we did
(03:01):
well at the time, definitely, and the scene was amazing
back then.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
You know, it was a lot different, wasn't it. Yeah, Yeah,
it's amazing there.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Like pretty much every one of those bands you just
mentioned then they're still going. So it's like it shows
that the old school of music nothing against the new
music coming out at all, but the old school rock
sensibilities of Australian bands is probably stronger than anywhere in
the world.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yeah, yeah, totally, I reckon it. Is and yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I mean, you know, Animal's obviously doing really well overseas,
and that's fantastic for them because when they used to
play you know, the Bendi back in the old days
and started out here and everything, and they've become massive.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
I just wish it would happen to more bands.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Yeah, I think the future coming up, I think it will.
We're starting to get noticed on more of a global stage,
I think. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Yeah, yeah, I reckon too.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Yeah yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
So you guys break up again it or break up
in two thousand and one after numerous lineup changes at
that stage. So was it that was a plan to
be a permanent separation or was it all left open
to the possibility one day.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Well, at the time, it kind of seems like it
was done and we all went on and did different
projects and stuff. So it was really just, yeah, I
kind of didn't expect it to reform.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
I guess it was kind of the band that I
had done.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
I don't know, so I suppose I had the most
success in and you know, as I've been a musician
for quite a long time, you kind of always look
back and look at your biggest success and wonder why
you haven't achieved it again, I suppose, but we had
an opportunity because we were put on a compilation CD
for Sound as Ever and our demo Gemo track was
picked up and there was a bit more bit of
(04:39):
interest in the band, so and I was in between
bands at the time, so it kind of made sense
to a few people in the industry told.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Me, yeah, put it back together, this is a great
time to do it. So, yeah, we did.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Didn't You mentioned that compilation track like it was an
old demo of your son High Street and it was
a compilation of a lost nineties these songs.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
I guess it was, so that led to increased like
people listened to the band again.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
But did that come as a shocks you, Like, you've
obviously known it was done on the compilation, but when
it was received so well and touch so many people,
was that a bit of a shock.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Yeah, it was really good because it really like it
never made.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
We had two EPs out initially and it never made
for some reason, any of the EPs, and I really
listened to it and I was like, I don't know
why what happened?
Speaker 2 (05:26):
You know?
Speaker 1 (05:27):
And they remastered it so it sort of sounds better
than the original and it was great to sort of
hear it again. And yeah, it was like a real
buzz because I didn't really think that track was ever
gonna do anything, so it was great to kind of
have it out there.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
Yeah, And was it an easy decision to reform or
do there have to be a few behind the scenes
conversations go on?
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Well, I was trying to.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Well, we did sort of reform late last year with
another drama but here because which was an original member
of KTV as well as Philipps.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
But he's in a lot of tribute bands. He's really busy.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
He's a full time I'm musico doing that, so he
couldn't commit. And Philip also is pretty famous. He's in
like he's in Looney Tunes and Agents of Reverb and
Miss Cartonic. He just played with Bad Manners on the tour.
He was the touring guitarists, so he's pretty busy too.
So the fact is fitting this band in he's pretty amazing.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
I know, you guys well beat in other bands in
the meantime, but the music scene would have changed considerably
over the twenty five years that this band was away,
So wasn't an adjustment trying to slide this band back
into the music machine again.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Yeah, I think yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
I mean, like we said, like back in you know,
in those days, like the scene was, the scene was
really different, and like the I think the one thing
I miss is the street press, Like I had beaten
in press and the actual physical you know, street press
was so just so on.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
The wall I posted on the Telegraph files I thought, oh.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Yeah, yeah, and they were so supportive of indie bands,
like you didn't have to be really big, like they
would put your photo in or review your single and
stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
And I just feel like since it's gone digital, like it's.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Really just there's just nothing really out there, and unless
you're like already really well known, like it's really hard
to kind of get your name out there. I mean,
so it's it's yeah, it's a lot hard to work,
like for bands starting out these days, Like it's just yeah,
they just don't know how great it used to be.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
It doesn't And did you have like before you has
made it official, like did you have any discussions about
the direction the band was going to take in or
was it just a given that you were going to
keep going the same way you were?
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Yeah, I think so like, there was a lot of
material because the band kind of you know, only went
for about four years or so, and there was a
few different lineup changes, but there was a lot of songs,
a lot of songs being written at the time, and
a lot of different material that we.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Kind of could pick and choose.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
So at the moment, we've got a set of I
don't know, like twelve eleven whatever songs, but there's so
many others that we can kind of pick and choose
from when we you know, want to want to you know,
work on anything else, and plus you know, there's new
songs being written as well, So yeah.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
I believe you're actually planning to head in to the
studio surely to record some of that.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Yeah, there's a song of us that was released in
like the previous band Philip and I were in. Actually
it's called Melt, and it always had a really great response.
Our friends always really loved it and commented on it.
But it was kind of like it was on an
album that was like a it sounded more like a
demo like it didn't it didn't have.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
That great sort of production sound. So we want to
get it out there the way it should be.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
You know, so we're gonna, yeah record that hopefully soon
and release it as our sort of first comeback single.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
Yeah, is it just a single plan for the stage
where he planned on doing a bit more?
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Yeah, oh more would be great, but I had this
stage probably just a single just to kind of get
something new back out there.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
That's like like our focus.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Yeah, they started to touch on this a little bit.
Speaker 4 (09:01):
But moving forward, are you going to you plan to
rework or revisit the songs you.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
Had from back in the day or do you plan
on writing.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
New material and sort of moving forward from this point.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
I think it's gonna be a bit of both because
like because like because we had two EPs and I
don't think we're there might be one song that we're
doing from those EPs, so there's a lot of songs.
And also because John's kind of knew the drummer, he's
kind of new to this, so he's kind of great
in that, Like we're going to ask him, like what
stands out to you on these EPs because we're too
(09:32):
close to the song, so he might say, look, this
is you know, sounds really good because he's got like
a fresh pair of ears, so that sort of really
works too. So I think a bit of both old
stuff and new stuff combined.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
I reckon, Yeah, I want to say I'm going to
be like, for those who are familiar with KATV.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Well, it's basically nineties inspired, so just see it's kind
of like I mean, i'd say pop punk, but it's
not really pop punk like. It's kind of indie punk,
bit of grunge like and a nineties kind of sound.
I mean a while ago, I got told that my stuff,
the stuff I write's a bit similar to the Breeders.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Yeah, so you think.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
You think about like the Breeders and like, I don't know,
but are you Blondie? I mean, stuff like that, but
then also more current current stuff. So it's a bit
difficult to.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
Kind of like narrow it down. But I mean it's
melodic and it's kind of got grungey guitars and stuff.
So so yeah, I mean a lot a lot of
people seem to like it.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
So that's good. I think your timing is perfect too,
because the music that you.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Would have been making back around the turn of the
century is actually starting to come back in now, so
it's not it's not going to sound outdated when you
start doing it again.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, because my daughter's twelve and she loves
Olivia Rodrigo and I was so wrapped when she took
the Breeders on tour, which I thought was so cool,
and her young audience became fo fans of the Breeders
because she's really into that sort of music. And she
just got Robert Smith and Wiezer on played Glastonbury and
reading I think got them on stage.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
And like, I thought that was really cool. So it
just shows that younger artists.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Coming up are like, yeah, they're really big fans of
stuff from back then, and it's great.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
It is indeed.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
Now you mentioned the comeback gig that you played last month,
but I believe you've got a couple more games coming up.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Yeah, we do.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Our next gig is at the Last Chance Rock and
Roll by.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
We're playing there on September.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
There's sixth, so that's a Saturday, and that's a matinee.
So we've got Absalom and Jess Shreds playing with us.
So it goes from three to five in the ARVO
and we're on at about five and October. We're still
working some stuff out. Hopefully we'll record in November. We've
got some really really high profile, amazing shows that I'm like,
(11:48):
just keep a secret for now.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
I don't know right at all.
Speaker 4 (11:52):
We can people go to find out about these shows
when you are ready to do announce them.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Yeah, so we've got Instagram and Facebook and we're just
got YouTube down as well. So basically just KTV is
a bit hard to search because of karaoke television and
it's kind of on the internet is everywhere. But if
you just search Kate k TV underscore band on install
and just k TV band is eventually going to come up,
(12:18):
and our colorful logo is there, which.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
I'm going to show you, but I have to get up.
Speaker 4 (12:29):
Right well, thanks very much for your time. Welcome Chris,
seen and hopefully you make it up your bridge, but
I can come in a.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Bere and check you out.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Yeah, it'd be great. Great to see. Thanks Thanes, Chris
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