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Christopher Melian (born Dec 11, 1985 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian musician. Formally the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for Indie Rock band Cat the Dog who were signed to Virgin Records after only 3 shows.

Biography
Christopher James Melian was born in Sydney Australia, then moving to Toronto where he spent most of his childhood. He attended Brighton Institute of Modern Music where he studied with drummer Andy Newton and guitarist Daryl Pruess. This is where he found and put together future band along with Dan Logan

After finishing at BIMM and forming Cat The Dog with Andy Newton, Dan Logan, and Daryl Pruess he played a show with The Kooks in Brighton and they were able to get on the same management team as them. This lead to a record deal with Virgin only a few shows shortly after. During this time they signed a long term publishing deal with BMG Music Publishing and recorded their unreleased debut album with Jack Douglas in Reading at Hook End Studios. The band were played on MTV's Spanking New Music. In November 2007 the band were involved in a near fatal car crash while traveling to their gig and had to escape from their van by breaking a window and climbing out. They split up shortly after in December 2007 after a tour with Zico Chain

In 2009, he played on tour with the group The Hot Melts signed to Epitaph Records replacing guitarist Jonny Green. He features in the video for the single, Red Lips and is pictured on the cover and inside sleave of the self-titled album, The Hot Melts song Edith appears on the Colin McRae: Dirt 2