Josh Steed

Josh is a performer, poet, musician, teacher, singer & seer. Also a shop-keeper, a librarian, sign-maker, graphic designer and a piss-artist. His previous aliases include 'JD Steed', 'The Celebrated Mr K', 'The Scarecrow', 'J. Smart', & 'John Steed, the bowler-hatted secret-agent on his final mission for Mother'. Josh also writes, under the pseudonym of 'The Jester' ... http://jesterspeaks.blogspot.com He is a founder member of 'The Family of Cats', an unashamedly eclectic collective, who've been leaving London audiences slack-jawed & speechless since 2011 ... http://reverbnation.com/thefamilyofcats 'The Cats' ensemble also showcases the incomparable song-smithery & soaring, expressive voice of art-rock diva 'Sarah Cat', previously known as 'Polly Substance', 'Lucy Fur' &, less frequently, 'Sarah Longman'. All of the Family of Cats are 29 years young, but some have been 29 longer than others. If Sarah & Josh are The Mama & The Papa of the Family? Then enigmatic TV superstar 'Geisha Davis' is the Cats' Baby-spice. Some call her 'Jamila', or simply 'J.', though her friends call her 'The Black Dove' - except on Sundays, when she is improperly undressed as 'The White Horse'. "I don't know why, but I like you, Geisha. I'm really interested to see what you do next. You're through to the next round" Simon Cowell [on Geisha's controversial, censored performance of her radical reworking of 'Humpty Dumpty' on BGT] The four CATFEST fundraising events raised a grand for Poorly Paws Cat Rescue, ensuring that self-professed 'mad-cat lady' Deana has been able to carry on her saintly work, caring for lost kittens & helping each one find a 'forever home'. Prior to the Family of Cats, Josh was 'Mr. K', the original frontman with three-piece electro-fetish-hypnotika outfit 'Organ Donner'.

London, ENG