Dead Cat Bounce was an Irish comedy troupe made up of Demian Fox (drums), Shane O'Brien (bass) and James Walmsley (guitar and lead vocals).
[3] In late 2007 Fox, O'Brien and Walmsley were living together in Dublin and began to write a sketch show which they performed in the Project Arts Centre in January 2008.
[4] In April 2008 the group premiered a second show Dead Cat Bounce...Radio Play in Dublin’s Sugar Club.
[10] The band made a number of music videos, most notably "Rugby" which was first aired on the RTÉ show Republic of Telly and became the fifth most viewed YouTube clip in Ireland in 2011.
Dead Cat Bounce First performed in January 2008 in the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, and brought to the Edinburgh Festival 2008, this self-titled show was made up of a series of twelve sketches set in the same hotel room.
It was also the first show in which Dead Cat Bounce played together as a band and included the songs ‘Golf!’ and ‘Damn Girl’ which would later feature in their RTÉ pilot.
[13] Dead Cat Bounce...Caged Heat First performed in Whelan's, Dublin on 10 February 2011, this show toured Australia, Ireland and the UK and was brought to the Edinburgh Festival 2011.
[14] Dead Cat Bounce...Howl Of The She Leopard First performed at the Soho Theatre, London in February 2012, this is the band's most recent touring show.
In November 2011, Dead Cat Bounce made their first feature film called Discoverdale which is shot as a fly-on-the-wall documentary which follows the band on their lead singer's quest to be reunited with his long-lost father, who he believes is rock legend David Coverdale from Whitesnake.
[19][20] At 2:17 pm on 7 December 2011, Fox, O'Brien and Walmsley were made members of Whitesnake by David Coverdale for a full sixteen seconds, joining an illustrious alumni of over 60 rock musicians.
In 2011 Dead Cat Bounce were the house band for Late'n'Live in the Gilded Balloon and played 25 straight nights from 3 – 5 am at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.