Talk:The Cat Empire

Name and logo
'' The band's name was created by Felix Riebl's younger brother, Max, and its distinctive cat's eye icon was created by Ian McGill, Ollie McGill's father. ''

Untitled
Hey, I'm pretty sure I remember reading somewhere that Max Riebl was the one who drew Pablo (the cat eye) and called him Cat Empire and that was how it all came about. I have no idea where I read it though. -Char
 * created - wouldn't coined be more apposite? Was the band's name derived from the lead singer's first name? Albatross2147 05:51, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

'They are Also known for Unusualy kind treatment of Their Fans, doing things like sending out Personaly messaged and autographed Postcards to members of Their Volunteer Promotional Teams(Nicknamed the "Street Team") across Australia.'

Isn't this a little personal?
 * *snort* 'nicknamed the street team'... yeah, like every promo team for every band in the world... riana 09:46, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

There seems to be some overlap between here and The Cat Empire (album) -- Chuq 02:00, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Could also put in something about Oli and Harry being members of The Conglomerate (http://www.theconglomerate.com.au/) - Fry

triple j
i haven't listened to any other station in about 5 years, but the hottest 100 poll surely cannot be called 'one of the biggest music polls in the world'. i would delete this, but i'll wait to see if someone can correct me. riana 09:46, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It's by far the most significant music poll in Australia. Where it figures in the world I don't know, maybe you can find out? Stevage 16:57, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Screw it, I'll leave it. It definitely is the biggest poll in Australia, and I suppose that oughta be good enough for the rest of the world =) riana 14:57, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Removed the comment, It is a point of view, and unnecessary. Ghostieguide 07:21, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
 * It actually IS one of the biggest, if not THE biggest, music poll in the world. I'll try to find some stat that shows this. -- Chuq 08:06, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

9 piece band?
Aren't they better described as a 6 piece band with 3 recurring guest musicians? It's just weird to say they're a nice piece band made up of the following six members...Stevage 20:22, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

The band's website's FAQ says "with six members in the band..." FAQ Page, so I would think that it's better to describe them as Stevage suggests.

Also, while I do not claim to be a complete Cat Empire guru, I always thought they came from Melbourne. What's the deal with Cootamundra? Is this in fact where the band originated? Their FAQ page would seem to suggest they come from Melbourne, but it doesn't specifically say it, so I'm happy to believe that they came from elsewhere, if there's any proof for it. Is there? --Byron Vickers 09:00, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Okay, no-one objected to those suggestions, so I'm going to go ahead and do it. Besides, I'm pretty sure that the reason for its current condition lies behind this edit. The same IP address also did this one, which is similar, albeit slightly more humorous. In light of this, I think it's fine for me to change it back. If anyone has reason for it to be otherwise, do it by all means, but please explain why here. --Byron Vickers 10:50, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

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Felix Riebl
I'm new to this article, but I came across something strange that may or may not be intentional. Any link for Felix Riebl in this or any other article, as well as being typed in the search box, directs to The Cat Empire and not to Riebl's individual article. If he doesn't have an individual article(which would seem strange to me seeing that background singer Ollie McGill and drummer Will Hull Brown have their own pages), that's fine, but I wish there was one. :( If any Felix Riebl article exists, someone please fix this. Thanks, sorry if I wasted anyone's time. Hyuugamoto (talk) 01:42, 8 March 2008 (UTC)


 * 6 years later... but note WP:NMUSIC which indicates that a stand-alone biography on Felix Riebl is not justified unless he has sufficient solo activity to warrant this. Until there is significantly more sourced content available to support a stand-alone Felix Riebl article, it should redirect here. Dl2000 (talk) 16:42, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * linking back here is generally problematic. the word should not be wikilinked in this article. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom  16:53, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

logo
can someone explain how their logo was developed and when? --74.179.116.216 (talk) 12:46, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Recent edits
I've recently added information to this article, including a number of references, and removed some material (especially from last prose section) even though it had references: some were fan blogs speculating about the Cinema album.

I believe the article still has problems. Two main ones are:
 * 1) Guest musicians list: is this really necessary? It seems to be over-kill. I've adjusted its formatting into two columns but it is still difficult to read.
 * 2) Other releases, Bootlegs, and Live website releases: shouldn't only official releases be listed? Again, this seems to be over-kill.

I've left these in the article as I would like another opinion on whether they should remain.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 14:48, 6 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't think the majority of the guest musician section is necessary at all, especially since most of it is unsourced (please revert me if you disagree). I'm not going to just remove it all, because I'm not familiar enough with the subject to say what parts are notable not (in particular the Empire Horns, Strings, and Dancers).
 * I have created The Cat Empire discography and moved the bulk of the information over there. I'm not sure about the info on extraneous releases—I think it's fine for now, as it isn't as obviously petty (to me) now that it is off on it's own page.
 * Nice work, this article is looking much better. &mdash;Akrabbimtalk 14:09, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

New Charity Album?
Not sure whether it is needed here or not, but The Cat Empire recently released a Charity Album 'Asylum' consisting of unreleased tracks from The Cat Empire as well as side projects and solo releases. A website for the album has been set up at http://www.tunesforchange.org/. Anyone think this might be worth adding here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.169.72.57 (talk) 10:29, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Cite Errors
I am not good at Wikipedia citations, but I have noticed that in the references section there are cite errors listed in bold red font. Might be worthwhile to fix it. It could be only my browser (Chrome) rendering the page incorrectly, but I'd doubt it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.169.72.57 (talk) 10:37, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

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Pictures
There are some pictures from 2011 at the wrong place. --Fan-vom-Wiki (talk) 20:33, 4 November 2023 (UTC)