Everyone agrees that the “KAT” nickname for Karl Anthony-Towns sucks and needs to stop being used. Right? Right.
What some lesser-informed people may not realize it that there is a deeper hidden meaning to the nickname, an additional connotation that somehow makes it even worse. Somehow. Is such a thing even possible?
I’m talking about, of course, the musician known as “The Great Kat”, who is perhaps the most tasteless guitar shredder ever. And, knowing the tendencies of guitar shredders, that’s saying a lot. She may not be all that bad technically, but damn does she write the worst excuses for “songs”. And that’s when she writes original stuff, most of the time she just takes some popular classical piece and butchers the hell out of it with garbage riffs and mindless guitar noise arrayed over the top. You though Malmsteen was a talentless hack? He sounds like frickin’ Hendrix compared to this chick.
As a side note, the Polish thrash-metal band “Kat” still rocks really hard and makes Karl’s nickname slightly cooler. Not cool enough to use, though. Someone think of something better.