Kat Orgovany

Kat Orgovany is a singer/songwriter and guitarist who has been playing in punk/grunge/powerpop/alternative rock bands since 1995. kat's various bands have supported Sleater Kinney, Killing Heidi, Deborah Conway, Vika and Linda, Clare Bowditch and Stonefield.

Kat's bands are as follows:

Kill Krush Destroy was Kat's first Indie rock band where she was the singer/songwriter. The band formed in 1995 and released a CD album titled Kill Krush Destroy in 1996 and a CD EP titled Shut Up and Play in 1997. The band played many shows around Melbourne and were well received, almost becoming the house band on the ABC TV show, Recovery. The band folded in 1998.
KTV soon followed in 1998. The band released two CD EP’s: Channel Surfing in 1999 and High Volume Definition in 2000. They supported Killing Heidi at the Prince of Wales for their Reflector album launch in 2000 and in the same year played The Arts Centre Lawn stage supporting Deborah Conway and Vika and Linda after winning The Push’s Push, Play, Record competition. The band also won heats of the 'Goo Uncovered'and 'Hard Rock Café' band competitions and impressed musicians like Adalita from Magic Dirt and Helen from Moler who were fans. KTV’s song "High Street" is on the new Sound As Ever Flannel Files compilation CD which has led to the band recently reforming.
Kathematics formed in 2004 and released their self-titled debut EP in 2004, Do The Math EP in 2005, Add it Up EP in 2006, Splat EP in 2007, Divorce, Death, Departure album in 2008 and Cry When I Win/Liar split single in 2009. The band released their CD EP’s on Melbourne label Australian Records and Queensland label Smashed Records. Their song "You Suck", from the Splat EP, was featured in a Disney TV show in the U.S called Huge in 2010. The band performed many shows in Melbourne and interstate until folding in 2010.
Kill TV shared a similar name to KTV and formed in 2013, coming close to signing to a Seattle record label. The band released their debut EP Soulcatcher in 2014. The EP featured their debut single "Never Gonna Change" which scored airplay on Triple M. The band went on hiatus in 2016 and briefly reformed in 2018. In 2023 the band reformed and released two singles, "Blindside" and the Rowland S. Howard classic, "Shivers".
The Kat O Army formed in 2017 as a vehicle for Kat's heartfelt punk songs. The band released their first single "Victim of Truth" in 2017, "I Don’t Wanna Fight" single in 2018, Love, Pain and Politics EP in 2018, "I’ll Meet You At The Milk Bar"single in 2019, "Garage Girl" single in 2019, "Rosie" single in 2020 and their final single, "Youth and Beauty" in 2021 which was the year the band folded.
KTV is Kat’s current band.

Kat has played gigs at St Kilda music venues including: Greyhound Hotel, Prince of Wales Hotel, The Vineyard, Joey's Nightclub, The Espy, The Fyrefly, Inkerman Hotel.

"I grew up in the St Kilda area and spent a lot of time at Acland Street cake shops and on Fitzroy Street getting ice-cream at Leo’s. I also spent many weekends at St Kilda beach and Luna Park as a kid with my family.

A fond band memory I have is supporting Killing Heidi at their Reflector album launch to a full house at The Prince of Wales Hotel when they were number one in Australia. We also supported Magic Dirt at The Prince many times in the early 2000s."

Kat O, backstage a the Prince of Wales Hotel, 2001 - Source: Kat O

"I remember KTV played The Greyhound a lot when we started out in 1998-1999. There was a new band night there mid-week that Neil Wedd ran and he gave us a great review of our show. After that, we played the Greyhound a lot and had the launch of our EP Channel Surfing there. I loved playing there and adored the bandroom backstage with the lights around the mirror. Later, I remember going to Drag shows at the Greyhound which were always heaps of fun. My last gig there was with Kathematics in 2008. It was in the front bar and was packed. Everyone was dancing. Such a great memory of a wonderful venue."

Kat O, The Vineyard, 2013 - Source: Kat O