The Catmen
  Cutting Through The Red Tape [1990]
Nervous Nerdcd060
She's The World ~ It's Too Late ~ I Keep Thinkin' Of You ~ Why Would I Lie ~ Gone Ridin' ~ I Still Can't Get Away ~ I've Lost The Race ~ I Need You Tonight ~ I'm Gonna Make Her Mine ~ Loving You ~ You Turn Me On ~ I Think She Will ~ Little Devil ~ I Can't Go On ~ I Can't Live Without You ~ I'm Still In Love With You.

The Catmen, were a neo-rockabilly trio from Holland that played a very smooth kind of melodic neo-rockabilly. Cuttin’ Through the Red Tape was their second album. Their music could be best described as Restless meets Chris Isaak even if their singer isn’t as good as the Californian boy, but their rendition of Gone Riudin’ is quite good. They worked hard on the melodies and vocal arrangements too helped by Pete Gage in the producer’s seat. Mark Harman of Restless plays guitar on two tracks. Not bad but like many album, they should have reduced the number of songs to concentrate on the superior material and avoid repetition (16 songs of lost love are way too much).

Fred "Virgil" Turgis