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Katchafire set to kick off 2017 with tour including concert at Sacred Hill

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28 Dec, 2016 01:00 AM3 mins to read

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Kathafire will play at Sacred Hill.

Kathafire will play at Sacred Hill.

From humble beginnings as a Bob Marley tribute band in Hamilton, Katchafire have emerged as New Zealand's premier roots-reggae band.

They have gone from strength to strength releasing five albums and appearing on countless compilations since forming in the late 90s.

After having toured extensively around the world, Katchafire are once again bringing their barbecue vibes around the country, stopping at Sacred Hill on January 3.

They will be joined by Aaradhna, Sons of Zion, and their brothers in arms KORA.

Lead vocalist Logan Bell said they were looking forward to returning to Hawke's Bay, after playing here regularly over the years.

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"We always love coming back to Hawke's Bay. A couple of the boys in the band are actually from Flaxmere, so it's just really great vibes in the camp at the moment to be home and to be spending it with our families and our fans that actually kicked it all off here for us.

"Come and check out the vibes, you're going to get four top notch bands," Bell said.

"It's going to be like a big family affair, we will have a reunion backstage and I'm sure we'll all mash it up and do something special, do a finale song for our people."

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The five-piece band have just recently released their latest single, Burn it Down and put a single on Stir It Up - Aotearoa's Tribute To Bob Marley.

"It's been a huge year for the brothers - I'm just stoked to be home really."

The group has toured America, Europe the United Kingdom, Australia, Indonesia and Hawaii this year.

"We're professional musicians, so we do this fulltime for a living and we are offshore most of the year, just frequenting spots that we've managed to break into. Some of these places are notoriously very hard to break into especially for a little old reggae band from Kiwi land and you know we're just stoked that people want to come out to our shows and watch us, he said.

"It also sort of keeps us fresh and not too overly played in our home country."

Alongside Logan, the current lineup consists of Jordan Bell (drums, vocals), Grenville Bell (lead guitar), Tere Ngarua (bass) and Hani Totorewa (keyboards, vocals).

Brothers Logan and Jordan Bell grew up with their father, Grenville, whose love of music was passed down.

"A lot of my early influences, especially at high school were kind of like punk, alternative rock, Green Day, Nirvana and Pearl Jam and I also used to get into Bad Brains; so my musical palate is quite open," Logan Bell said.

"Obviously we love reggae music and we chose that as the genre to immerse our style around and I think it's the same for a lot of the guys in our camp; the bass player loves heavy metal rock and our percussionist probably plays D'Angelo the most on his iPod, so we have quite a wide musical palate in the camp and yet we're a lover of all styles of music."

Despite the look of the band changing somewhat over the years, the same love of music and drive to unite people together still exists.

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"If our music brings people together, especially people from all walks of life, I think that's our job done. We just want people to love each other and treat each other with respect."

Tickets can be purchased online at https://aaaticketing.co.nz/event/16450dcc097fc2f99a861c5e30fe9e17

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