About this item
- Title
- Katchafire
- Content partner
- AudioCulture
- Collection
- AudioCulture
- Description
In June 1997 an unnamed Bob Marley tribute band performed at the Te Ao Marama Festival on Raglan’s Poihakena Marae. Earlier in the year the five-piece group of young reggae lovers had started jamming Marley songs in the Hamilton garage of the Bell family. For future gigs they would fashion the title of a Marley album, Catch A Fire, as their moniker. Katchafire was born.
- Format
- Article
- Date created
- Published: 27 Jan 2019 Updated: 31 Aug 2023
- Creator
- John Dix and AudioCulture
- URL
- https://www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/katchafire
- Related subjects
- Mai Music / Zojak World Wide / Katchafire Enterprises LTD. / Universal / EMI / Logan Bell - vocals, guitar, bass / Jordan Bell - vocals, drums / Grenville Bell - guitar, vocals / Thompson Hohepa - guitar, vocals / Tere Ngarua - bass, guitar / Jamey Ferguson - saxophone / Leon Davey - percussion, vocals / Ara Adams-Tamatea - bass / Haani Totorewa - keyboards, vocals / Wiremu Barraball - guitar, talkbox
What can I do with this item?
Check copyright status and what you can do with this item
Check informationReport this item
If you believe this item breaches our terms of use please report this item
Report this itemDigitalNZ brings together more than 30 million items from institutions so that they are easy to find and use. This information is the best information we could find on this item. This item was added on 04 February 2022, and updated 15 June 2025.
Learn more about how we work.
Share
What is the copyright status of this item?

Creative Commons
This item appears to be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (BY-NC) 3.0 CC International license.

More Information
AudioCulture has this to say about the rights status of this item:
AudioCulture content covered by Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial 3.0 New Zealand Licence includes written content in Profiles, Stories, Labels and Scenes. You can learn more about the rights status of this item at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Images, audio and video are NOT included in this licence and are NOT available for distribution.
You can learn more about the rights status of this item at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
What can I do with this item?
You must always check with AudioCulture to confirm the specific terms of use, but this is our understanding:

Non-infringing use
NZ Copyright law does not prevent every use of a copyright work. You should consider what you can and cannot do with a copyright work.

Share it
This item is suitable for copying and sharing with others, without further permission.

Modify it
This item is suitable for modifying, remixing and building upon, without further permission.

No commercial use
You may not use this item commercially.
What can I do with this item?
Check copyright status and what you can do with this item
Check informationReport this item
If you believe this item breaches our terms of use please report this item
Report this itemDigitalNZ brings together more than 30 million items from institutions so that they are easy to find and use. This information is the best information we could find on this item. This item was added on 04 February 2022, and updated 15 June 2025.
Learn more about how we work.
Share
Related items
Loading...