David Ashley (bass, lead vocals)
Peter Alexandre (keyboards, vocals)
Eddie Zeeman (drums, lead vocals)
Mitchell James (guitars, vocals, saxophone)
1985 Craven A, the cigarette company, sponsored Talent Quest '85 which they hoped would lead to young music entities they could underwrite tours for that would hit the 18-24 youth market with their cigarette advertising. Two acts spring from this search that eventually wound up with record deals -- Belinda Metz and Cats Can Fly.
Cats Can Fly were originally formed in 1982 as a standard Top-40 cover band. With the Craven A contest helping them offset the expense of touring they were able to get bigger profile gigs at which time A & R reps were beginning to line up at the door.
They were recruited and groomed by CBS A & R guru David Bendeth and their self-titled debut album on Epic Records in 1986 was produced by Lou Pomanti and Lenny DeRose. The album boasted two successful synth-pop hits in "Flipping To The A-side" and "Lies Are Gonna Get Ya".
However, in a huge corporate house cleaning, many acts, including Cats Can Fly were dumped by CBS Records and the band soon split up.
Eddie Zeeman would find a steady job as part of Andy Curran's Soho 69.
Singles
1986 Flippin' To The 'A' Side (Epic/CBS)
1985 Lies Are Gonna Get Ya (Epic/CBS)
Albums
1986 Cats Can Fly (Epic/CBS)
[the cassette version contained one bonus track]
Video
Compilation Tracks
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