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Catherine was an alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois that was active from 1985 to 1998. They were signed to TVT Records.
In the early phases of their career, the band was frequently dismissed as being “little more than a second-rate Smashing Pumpkins knockoff”. The fact that drummer Kerry Brown was married to Smashing Pumpkins bassist D’Arcy did little to weaken this allegation, along with the notable point that the two bands would occasionally borrow members from one another in the recording studio and rehearsal space which they shared. Although their earlier releases bore a slight resemblance to The Smashing Pumpkins, Catherine eventually discovered their own sound over time.
The original band lineup slowly came together during the late ’80s and early ’90s, with founding members Neil Jendon and Jerome Brown providing the band with their name (for reasons unknown; even to them). Along with a drum machine, they were joined by bassist Cliff Fox for their first release, the Sparkle/Charmed 7” single, which was put out on the local Limited Potential label.
With the addition of drummer Kerry Brown (no relation to Jerome) soon afterward, the drum machine was shelved. New guitarist Mark Rew also came aboard, and the group released the Billy Corgan-produced “Sleepy” EP in 1993. The EP was embraced in college markets, which prompted the group to sign with TVT for their debut album, “Sorry!”, later in the same year.
In the early phases of their career, the band was frequently dismissed as being “little more than a second-rate Smashing Pumpkins knockoff”. The fact that drummer Kerry Brown was married to Smashing Pumpkins bassist D’Arcy did little to weaken this allegation, along with the notable point that the two bands would occasionally borrow members from one another in the recording studio and rehearsal space which they shared. Although their earlier releases bore a slight resemblance to The Smashing Pumpkins, Catherine eventually discovered their own sound over time.
The original band lineup slowly came together during the late ’80s and early ’90s, with founding members Neil Jendon and Jerome Brown providing the band with their name (for reasons unknown; even to them). Along with a drum machine, they were joined by bassist Cliff Fox for their first release, the Sparkle/Charmed 7” single, which was put out on the local Limited Potential label.
With the addition of drummer Kerry Brown (no relation to Jerome) soon afterward, the drum machine was shelved. New guitarist Mark Rew also came aboard, and the group released the Billy Corgan-produced “Sleepy” EP in 1993. The EP was embraced in college markets, which prompted the group to sign with TVT for their debut album, “Sorry!”, later in the same year.
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bleeKwOw wrote:
you should start with the self-titled EP 'catherine'. then you go on with 'Rumor Has It: Astaroth Has Stole Your Eyes' and finally with 'The Naturals'. 'Inside/Out' is pure shit. Definitely not worth a listen.
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bobo9390 wrote:
what album should I start with? The similar artists lead me to believe I may enjoy this band.
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hikiko-otaku wrote:
lol @ the tags
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laurenkremaley wrote:
This isn't Screamo. [2]
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rezazereza wrote:
FUCK!!!
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dinosaur_act wrote:
Can we please just pretend this "metalcore" band and its mildly retarded fans don't exist and dedicate this page to the original Catherine band from Chicago?
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Fatty3 wrote:
All you people asking for the pages to be split have not understood how last.fm works. It just reads off the info from your ID3 tags. How is last.fm to tell whether a particular song you just played belongs to Catherine 1 or Catherine 2? It couldn't. So there's no sense in asking for pages to be separated, because all the plays amount for the same name, no matter what.
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aFonderReel wrote:
"Bailar" is still a banger
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Zanzani wrote:
chicago > sacramento
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earthcrossing wrote:
Oi, I can get as cocky as I like about the '90s Catherine thanks! :P
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Vote4cake wrote:
>"fuck this unoriginal screamo shit. " This isn't Screamo.
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Vote4cake wrote:
Both Catherines are great.
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rustedempire wrote:
there is no way the page can be split...
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inKannabis wrote:
90s Catherine all the way!!!!
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inKannabis wrote:
please separte the page
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Like_The_Angel wrote:
90's catherine is a joke. please separate the pages [3]
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KosTeT72RUS wrote:
сцуки, жгут!)
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laurenkremaley wrote:
lolllll @ everyone dissing both Catherines. why can't last.fm just separate the two? seems logical to me.. this is just stupid.
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Dangerhound wrote:
90s Catherine! fuck this unoriginal screamo shit.
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Break_Loli_core wrote:
Silly enough for you ?
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MakeMeABnormal, SingLoco, foryouearth and 8 other people added Catherine to their libraries. Tuesday afternoon
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hirosh1ma tagged Catherine with christian, screamo and metalcore. 14 days ago
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MikeHatcher, ruedi70 and AlexInge added Catherine to their libraries. 14 days ago
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Student-kun tagged Catherine with ‘mainstream metalcore’. last month
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Student-kun tagged Catherine with ‘metalcore’. last month
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