Cato Salsa Experience was an indie rock band from Oslo, Norway. The group formed around jam sessions at lead singer Cato Thomassen's house.^[1] The group began playing locally and released a vinyl EP before Emperor Norton Records, an American label, signed them and released their 2002 full-length, A Good Tip for a Good Time. Later in the 2000s, the group began recording albums with The Thing.

Following the beginning of Cato Thomassen's full-time musical partnership with ex Madrugada singer Sivert Höyem in 2009, the band is seemingly now defunct.

Members

• Cato (Salsa) Thomassen - vocals, guitar
• Christian Engfelt - bass
• Jon Magne Riise - drums
• Nina Bjorndalen - keyboards

Discography

• Saso Calsa (Garralda Records, 2000)
• A Good Tip for a Good Time (Emperor Norton, 2002)
• Sounds Like a Sandwich, with The Thing and Joe McPhee (Smalltown Supersound, 2005)
• Fruit Is Still Fresh (Sony Japan, 2006)
• No. 3 (Rogue Australia, 2006)
• Two Bands and a Legend, with The Thing and Joe McPhee (Smalltown Supersound, 2007)
• Two Bands and a Legend: I See You Baby, (EP) with The Thing and Joe McPhee (Smalltown Supersound, 2007)