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Katchafire are an all Māori New Zealand roots reggae band from Hamilton, New Zealand.
NEWS: New Katchafire Album Coming October 2010 - Rip It Up Magazine retrieved 15-09-2010 and the compilation Best So Far (2013) Legacy (2018).
The band has extensively toured Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, New Caledonia, the Pacific Islands, Guam, Indonesia, Brazil including their home country of New Zealand and have played on the same bills as The Wailers, The Marley's, Steel Pulse, Third World, UB40, Shaggy, Lauryn Hill, Fiji, and Horace Andy to name a few.
As a result of commitments with other bands, family and religion, lead singer Jerry departed from the band Katchafire with Logan stepping into the position becoming the band's new and current lead singer.
With the addition of James "Jamey" Ferguson (Vocals, Keyboard, Saxophone) and departure of Tere Ngarua opened opportunity for Ara Adams Tamatea (Bass, Band Management) and Leonard "Leon" Davey (Percussion, Vocals) not long after which allowed Grenville Bell to step out of the Management duties and continue his role as the bands Lead Guitarist and the brand "Katchafire" was realised .
The band went through yet another change in line-up as Ara stepped down from his role as manager/bass player continuing only as the bands New Zealand booking agent, with original bass player Tere Ngarua returning and Logan taking over the band management.
The current line-up:
Former Band Members:
| 2003 | Revival | Mai Music | 5 |
| 2005 | Slow Burning | Mai/Shock | 12 |
| 2007 | Say What You're Thinking | EMI | 5 |
| 2010 | On the Road Again | EMI/Lion House Records | 3 |
| 2013 | Best So Far (compilation) | VP Records/Greensleeves | 3 |
| 2018 | Legacy | Universal NZ/Zojak Worldwide | 8 |
| 2002 | Simply the Best Reggae Album | Warner Music | "Bounce" |
| "Collie Herb Man" and "Giddy Up" | |||
| "Get Away" (Remix) | |||
| "Get Away" | |||
| "Frisk Me Down" | |||
| "Giddy Up" | |||
| "This World" |
| 2002 | "Giddy Up" | 4 | Revival |
| "Who You With" | 10 | ||
| 2003 | "Get Away" | 8 | |
| 2004 | "Rude Girl" | — | Slow Burning |
| 2005 | "Hey Girl" | — | |
| 2006 | "Frisk Me Down" | — | |
| 2007 | "Say What You're Thinking" | — | Say What You're Thinking |
| 2008 | "Love Letter" | — | |
| 2009 | "Working" | — | |
| 2010 | "Slow Down" feat. Rebel Souljahz | — | Bring Back The Days |
| "Just You & Me" feat. Na Wai | — | Non-album single | |
| "On the Road Again" | — | On the Road Again | |
| "Groove Again" | — | ||
| 2016 | "Burn It Down" | — | |
| 2017 | "Addicted" | Legacy | |
| "Way Beyond" | |||
| 2018 | "Love Today" | ||
| "100" | |||
| 2019 | "Fyah in the Trenches" | ||
| 2020 | "Circle Back" | — | rowspan="6" |
| 2021 | "Karawhiua" | — | |
| "Whaingaroa" | — | ||
| 2022 | "Always with You" | — | |
| 2024 | "Magic (What She Do)" | — | |
| "Commit" | — |
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