<P> Original drummer Jon Barr was replaced by Robert "Bob" Hall in 2010 . Hall was introduced to the band by a North Wales - based producer who was working with the band at the time. . Jonathan Bond "Bondy" joined the band in August 2014 replacing Bibby . </P> <P> The band derives its name from McCann's first childhood musical memory: that of an Australian street busker in Sydney, playing beer bottles strung to a wire who goes by the name Catfish the Bottleman . He was called "Catfish" because of an unusually styled spiky beard he had when he first began playing in 2000 . McCann was reunited with Catfish the Bottleman in January 2015 at the studios of Triple J radio in Sydney . </P> <P> The band signed to Communion Records in 2013, and released their first three singles "Homesick", "Rango" and "Pacifier" the same year . In 2014, the band signed to Island Records and on 17 March, released the single "Kathleen", produced by Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Adele). All the singles were premiered by Zane Lowe and added to the playlist on Radio 1 . "Kathleen" ranked at number one on MTV's hottest tracks in April 2014 . </P> <P> In summer 2014, Catfish and the Bottlemen performed at a number of festivals in the UK and Europe, including Reading and Leeds, Latitude, Kendal Calling, Y Not Festival, Strawberry Fields Festival, T in the Park, Pinkpop and Ibiza Rocks . They also played at New York's Governors Ball . On 19 June 2014, the band announced the release of their debut studio album The Balcony . </P>

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