Chris Melian and Andy Newton moved in 2004 from TorontotoEngland. The band signed with Virgin Records after only three shows and BMG Music Publishing signed Cat the Dog to a long-term publishing deal.[citation needed] They were managed by Rob Swerdlow, Mark Nicholson and Dave Nicoll, who are also behind fellow Brighton band The Kooks.[citation needed]
Cat the Dog supported The Automatic and The Kooks, and recorded with producer Jack Douglas at Hook End Studios in Reading.[citation needed] They released singles "I'm a Romantic"[3] and "Gotta Leave",[4] and managed to get airplay on MTV's Spankin' New Music.[5] In November 2007 the band were involved in a near fatal car crash while travelling to their gig and had to escape from their van by breaking a window and climbing out.[6] They soon split up in December 2007 after a tour with Zico Chain.[citation needed]
Immediately after the split, in January 2008 bassist Dan Logan briefly joined The Kooks in place of Max Rafferty;[7] the latter would then form The Third Man with Cat the Dog drummer Andy Newton.[citation needed] In 2009, Cat the Dog vocalist Chris Melian joined the group The Hot Melts.[8]
