RIP Kieran O’Reilly from Catwitch
I’m sad to hear of the passing of Catwitch singer Kieran O’Reilly due to cancer. Catwitch played a benefit gig for him on July 23, although Kieran was too ill to attend.
I used to catch Catwitch gigs a lot around town back in my goth days, and Kieran was unmistakable if you happened to see him in the audience at a gig. Dude had vampire fangs long before it was cool.
Catwitch were always a killer live band and it’s hard to find a video that does them justice, but “Burn” comes pretty close.
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