Headcat was formed in 1999 and featured Lemmy, (
Bass/Acoustic Guitar), Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats, Phantom, rocker, and Slick, Swing Cats, Love Hope and Strenght Acoustic Band),
(Drums), & Danny B. Harvey (13 Cats, Action Dogs, Levi Dexter & the Ripchords, Lonesome Spurs, Mad Violets, The Devils Daughters, The Rockcats, The Wild Hyenas, Trigger and the Thrill Kings, Twenty Flight Rockers)., (
Guitar). Headcat was formed after recording the Elvis Presley tribute album
Swing Cats, A Special Tribute to Elvis Presley.
in July 1999 and featured the members as contributors. After the recordngs they stayed in the studio and Lemmy grabbed an acoustic guitar and started strummin some of his old favorites by Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, and Johnny Cochran. The rest of the guys all joined in as they all knew them as well.
The name Headcat comes from combining the names Motorhead and The Stray Cats (similar to what Motorhead did with Girlschool, "Headgirl" in the '80's).
In 2006 the band released their first album "
Fools Paradise" which was a re-release of an album called "
Lemmy, Slim Jim & Danny B" recorded in 1999 but didn't include a couple songs on
Fools Paradise as well as the tracklist being in a different order. the album featured songs from such artists as Buddy Holly, Jimmy Reed, Johnny Cochran, T-Bone Walker, Lloyd Price, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash.
on recordings Lemmy played acoustic guitar as well as on
'Rockin' the Cat Club" the only live album that they have, and for future gigs played his signature Rickenbacker citing; 'I'm just not that good on guitar." Before that re-elease a DVD of a live performance was released on April 25th 2006 the album was recorded on January 13 2004, and was released in 2006 on a limited vinyl release of 322 copies. Filmed at Slim Jim's Cat Club on the sunset strip and featured 17 live songs as well as interviews with the band.
Rockin' the Cat club
Rockin the Cat Club
Originally released on Rock-A-Billy Records Cat. no. CCR 0105 in 2006.
Cleopatra CLO- 0311 Clear Vinyl as well as pink vinyl and came with two postcards
No Balls Records
NBR 099 Germany 2018, Orange vinyl, comes in a hand stamped sleeve inside a spray painted cover. 27 Copies
No Balls Records
NBR 099 Germany 2018, gray marbled vinyl comes in a hand stamped sleeve inside a spray painted cover. 22 Copies
No Balls/Black Cat Records NBR 098- bclp 005 Europe, 100 copies
Fools Paradise
No Balls Records NBR 018 Germany Clear Vinyl, 450 copies
No Balls Records NBR018 Germany, clear vinyl, 50 copies with a silk screened additional glass cover.
Cleopatra Records CLP 2426 US, 2008, red
vinyl, 500 copies with button and sticker
Cleopatra Records CLP 7319 US 2011, US, Red, Blue, & White vinyl 500 copies each with sticker and button, CD DLX DVD DLX Limited 5637-2 US, includes poster and DVD in carboard box.
Cleopatra Records CLP 1754, US, 2014, Delux CD + DVD Re-release of ''Rockin the Cat Club"
Rock-a-Billy Records CLP 1642-2 US, CD, 2008
WALK the WALK, TALK the TALK
Niji Etertainment Group NEG 007, Eurpoe CD 2011,
Icarus Music ICARUS 835, Argentina, CD, 2011
Niji Entertainment NEG 007, US, CD, 2011
Hellion Records HEL 0798, Brazil, CD, 2011
Randall Records RAN 099, Germany, LP, Gatefold, Also 100 Red vinyl, 100 Blue vinyl, 100 Green vinyl 2012
Steamhammer, SPV 085-21982-CD Europe, CD, 2000
Cleopatra CLP0826-2, CD, US, 2000
The original album of Lemmy, Slim Jim, and Danny B.
The album that would end up being "Fools Paradise"
