Name Catfish Bottleman | ||
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Genres street music, rock, alternative variety Website catfishthebottleman.com Role Rock band · catfishandthebottlemen.com Origin Llandudno, United Kingdom (2007) Members Van McCann, Benji Blakeway, Bob Hall, Johnny Bond, Billy Bibby, Jon Barr Albums The Balcony, Kathleen And The Other Thr, The Beautiful Decay EP Profiles | ||
Years active 2000 (2000)–present Record labels Communion, Island Records | ||
Catfish the Bottleman is a busker and musician from Sydney, Australia. He is known for playing music with drums and tuned beer bottles and is also a singer and songwriter. The nickname "Catfish" was given to him in 2000 when he first started playing because of an unusually styled spiky beard reminiscent of the whiskers of a catfish.
Career
Catfish the Bottleman's real name is Michael Bevan. In 2015, Van McCann of Catfish and the Bottlemen cited Catfish the Bottleman as the inspiration behind his band's name. Catfish met the band that named themselves after him at the studios of Triple J radio in Sydney in January 2015.
According to Catfish the Bottleman's website, he first started busking while travelling in Ireland, the UK and the Canary Islands by playing a vacuum cleaner.
He was a finalist on Australia's Got Talent in 2008. He has made several other television appearances including on Sunrise, The Footy Show and Rude Tube.