Flatcat (band)
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Flatcat is one of Belgium
's biggest DIY punk rock
bands. Founded by the Luyckx brothers in 1993 they have been rocking numerous countries ever since, including two successful Brazilian headlining tours reaching an average of 300-1500 people each concert.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
's biggest DIY punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
bands. Founded by the Luyckx brothers in 1993 they have been rocking numerous countries ever since, including two successful Brazilian headlining tours reaching an average of 300-1500 people each concert.
Lineup
- Dieter 'minx' Meyns: guitar, vocals
- Wim Luyckx: drums
- Dirk Luyckx: guitar
- Alexander Jonckheere: bass, backing vocals
Accomplishments
- Did two Brazilian tours in 2001 and 2002
- Videoclip "Beautiful in Venice" aired on MTV Brazil in 2002
- Flatcat is the first band ever to sell out the Magdalenazaal (1200 p.) in BrugesBrugesBruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....
, their hometown - "Hear Tonight" Number 9 spot in "De AfrekeningDe AfrekeningDe Afrekening is a Belgian radio and record chart broadcasting program featured on Studio Brussel . During the program, thirty top-rating alternative tracks are played, with the chart being assembled by the program's audience via a voting poll system.Two or three times each year, StuBru will...
", Belgium's most respected alternative radio hitlist in 2004. Also included on the "De Afrekening vol. 33" chart compilation (Universal) - Videoclip "Wait and see" gets A-rotation on TMF (MTV Belgium) in 2004
- Flatcat was on the lineup of french Alternative Festival "BetiZFest"
- Flatcat sells a performance together with Nailpin for Tsunami 1212 on JIM TV and TMF in 2005
- "Rockstar Fantasy (Break It)" in De AfrekeningDe AfrekeningDe Afrekening is a Belgian radio and record chart broadcasting program featured on Studio Brussel . During the program, thirty top-rating alternative tracks are played, with the chart being assembled by the program's audience via a voting poll system.Two or three times each year, StuBru will...
for no less than 13 weeks in 2005. Also included on the "De Afrekening vol. 38" chart compilation (Universal).
Albums
- Four Lessons To Drive (2001, split release with BelvedereBelvedere (band)Belvedere was a Canadian Punk Rock band formed in 1995. Originally not meant to play a show, they gained a cult following in Canada's punk scene...
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and Predial, released on Highlight Sounds, Brazil only). - Better Luck Next Time (2002, released on Eye Spy Records in EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and Highlight Sounds in South AmericaSouth AmericaSouth America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
). - Flatcat/Five Days Off (2004, split release with Five Days Off, released on Eye Spy Records and Funtime Records).
- So This Is When We Grow Up (2006, released on Eye Spy Records).
Singles
- Better Luck Next Time (2002)
- Hear Tonight (2004)
- Wait And See (2004)
- Rockstar Fantasy (Break It) (2005)
- So This is When We Grow Up (2006)
- My Heart is Bulletproof (2007)
Contributions
- 1996 Best of Belgium I (Green Leaf Records)
- 1999 Elements (Funtime Records)
- 1999 Best of Belgium II (Green Leaf Records)
- 2000 "Mr. Popular Guy" on Summer’s Gone (Janez Detd single)
- 2001 Club Zed (Headcore Records - FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) - 2001 Funtime Records Sampler + Magazine
- 2001 100% Skate (Century Media - Brasil)
- 2001 Caddy of the Year (Below Par RecordsBelow Par RecordsBelow Par Records is an Australian independent record label established in 2000 by three sixteen year old Sydney high school students, Jai Al-Attas, Mark Catanzariti and Steven Chalker.In 2001, Matt Hawkes replaced Steven Chalker as the third partner...
) - 2002 Skateboard movie Soundtrack (Tribo Magazine Brasil - with Bob Burnquist)
- 2003 LDG Records
- 2004 De AfrekeningDe AfrekeningDe Afrekening is a Belgian radio and record chart broadcasting program featured on Studio Brussel . During the program, thirty top-rating alternative tracks are played, with the chart being assembled by the program's audience via a voting poll system.Two or three times each year, StuBru will...
33 - 2004 Essentieel Belgisch (TMF Vlaanderen)
- 2005 DMAC compilation (DMAC)
- 2005 De AfrekeningDe AfrekeningDe Afrekening is a Belgian radio and record chart broadcasting program featured on Studio Brussel . During the program, thirty top-rating alternative tracks are played, with the chart being assembled by the program's audience via a voting poll system.Two or three times each year, StuBru will...
38 - 2005 Airboard Movie Soundtrack (SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
)