An all maori ethnic reggae band from Hamilton Aotearoa who adapted their name from the Bob Marley and The Wailers album 'Catch a Fire', originally a five piece Bob Marley tribute band formed in mid 97' by manager then Grenville Bell now the bands lead guitarist, original members consisting of Haani Totorewa (Keyboards, Vocals) Tere Ngarua (Bass), Thompson Hohepa (Guitar, Vocals) and Grenvilles two sons Logan (Guitar, Lead Vocals) and Jordan Bell (Drums).

The band has been though many changes over the years with the new talents of Ara Adams Tamatea (Bass), Jamey Fergusson (Keyboards, Sax, Lead Vocals) and Leon Davey (Vocals, Percussions) all highly respected and appraised musicians stepping into fill positions, a move that gave Katchafire their distinct trademark sounding kiwi reggae vibe and tightly bonded musical flow.

With the groups popularity growing even more globaly, Katchafire has toured from Australia, Saipan, Guam, New Calidonia, Italy, Amsterdam to the U.K and have recently completed a successful tour of Hawaii and the U.S California coast as well as a busy local itinerary which has the band working 2 to 3 days of the week every week.

A unique sound from a unique band, a soleful taste of reggae that soothes, kiwi driven roots flavor added with Subtleties of the groups musical influences. Katchafire continue to reach beyond their boundries to audiences, cultures and listeners everywhere.

Band Members:

Logan Bell - Guitar, Vocals
Jamey Fergusson - Keyboard, Saxophone, Vocals
Leon Davey - Percussions, Vocals
Haani Totorewa - Keyboards, Vocals
Jordan Bell - Drums - Vocals
Tere Ngarua - Bass
Grenville Bell - Lead Guitar