3 Legged Cat are:

		Paul Chisnell, drums & vocals
		Mick Hodgetts, bass & vocals
		Adrian Hall, guitar & vocals
		Andy Holleran, guitar & vocals 

3 Legged Cat was formed in 1997 from 4 people who all worked at The Post Office in Chesterfield. Ade and Paul are old friends having been at college together in 1974. It was there that Paul bought his first drum kit and Ade bought his first electric guitar. They formed a band called Gehenna, which played original progressive rock for a number of years before disbanding in 1980.

Of the other 2 members of 3 Legged Cat, it was Adam, the original bass player, who pushed things along suggesting that the four got together and "played" in Paul's sound-proofed extension. Adam had heard Andy play guitar somewhere or other and, not surprisingly, was very impressed.

It soon became apparent that this band was going to be wasted just playing for their own benefit, and played their first date at a friend's party. It went down an absolute storm though they would be the first to admit that they've settled down an awful lot since and have improved both as musicians and performers.

When Adam left in 1999 to spend more time with his growing family, Mick was drafted in after a round of auditions and brought a wealth of experience to the role having played in local bands from the age of 17. It also helped that his taste in music broadly matches that of the other 3.

Andy is the baby of the band. He grew up listening to Deep Purple, however, so he's not that young and cut his musical teeth playing for Cover Story in Leeds. The band were voted best cover band in the area - again not really a surprise given Andy's talent on the guitar.

Paul, too has played extensively - most notably with Haze, a progressive rock outfit from Sheffield who produced a number of albums and played in such hallowed halls as the Marquee in London and Sheffield City Hall. In fact Paul still does the occasional Haze gig (particularly when offered an overseas tour) and also plays in a Haze acoustic offshoot - Treebeard (which features not only the other 2 members of Haze of but also another old friend from Gehenna).

So now we have 4 musicians with a common core love of rock music which branches out into jazz, blues, progressive rock and whatever you call the stuff that Satriana and Steve Vai are producing. It's a healthy mix and makes for the sort of material that you may not expect to hear from a band playing some of the smaller venues.