Catherine Wheel

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Great Yarmouth, England (1990 – 2000)

Catherine Wheel were a four-piece alternative rock band from Great Yarmouth, England. The band was active from 1990 to 2000, experiencing fluctuating levels of commercial success, and embarking on many lengthy tours.

Biography

Catherine Wheel formed in 1990, comprised of singer/guitarist Rob Dickinson (cousin of Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson), guitarist Brian Futter, bassist Dave Hawes, and drummer Neil Sims. Hawes had previously played in a Joy Division-influenced band called Eternal. They took their moniker from the firework known as the Catherine wheel, which in turn had taken its name from the medeival torture device of the same name. The band was often included in the “shoegaze” scene, characterized by bands that made extensive use of guitar feedback and droning washes of noise, as well as their continous interaction with extensive amounts of effects pedals on the stage floor (the source of the term “shoegazing”).

The band performed a Peel session in early 1991 while still unsigned; two 12” vinyl EPs were released on the Norwich based Wilde Club Records, named after the regular weekly Wilde Club gigs run by Barry Newman at Norwich Arts Centre. They signed to major-label Fontana Records after being courted by both Creation Records and the Brian Eno-run label Opal Records.

1	Black Metallic full track	332
2	I Want to Touch You full track	232
3	Crank full track	203
4	Texture full track	174
5	Shallow full track	119
5	Indigo is Blue full track	119
7	She's My Friend full track	115
8	Wish You Were Here full track	109
9	Flower to Hide full track	107
10	Kill Rhythm full track	105
11	Broken Head full track	104
12	The Nude full track	100
13	I Confess full track	98
14	Bill and Ben full track	96
15	Tumbledown	87

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plasticlachesis wrote:
Saturday afternoon

eat my dust... you insensitive f^ck. *swoon*

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lucas_issa wrote:
Thursday morning

Ferment FTW!

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A_Cool_Monkey wrote:
last month

In my personal opinion Catherine Wheel has got to be one of the best band to have ever existed. Not a single bad album. Favorite song is probably Heal, followed closely by The Nude.

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Mikk84 wrote:
last month

I really wish he wasn't Bruce Dickinson's cousin for some reason

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Astral_JL wrote:
last month

intravenous? nowhere is good movie :)

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trigger_hippie wrote:
last month

Happy Days ftw!

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Pro-dux wrote:
last month

This band would be huge had they continued. Extremely unappreciated.

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k2core wrote:
July 2008

i got totally hooked by "happy days", which one of my relatives gave it to me, along with the guitarist's autobiography!

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OneSalient wrote:
July 2008

Now listen here.

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as_yet_untitled wrote:
July 2008

the singer the cousin of the singer from iron maiden a. altho he's nowhere as good as bruce he ok n if i like his cousins band that means i'll like this band lol odd taste i no

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Sleepynaut wrote:
June 2008

I remember loving "Black Metallic" and "I Want To Touch You" when they played on 120 Minutes so long ago...so how in Hell did "Ferment" slip past me? This album is gorgeous!

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flashbleu wrote:
June 2008

Broken Nose so far down? That track is a KILLER.

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eatmorepossum wrote:
June 2008

i fucking LOVE this band.

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Tredmond656 wrote:
June 2008

I think they were perhaps the best guitar band of the 90s. Ferment has amazing guitar work. Adam and Eve is kind of underrated, though. It's a little patchy but certainly more sonically experimental than their other works.

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TheGambler wrote:
June 2008

this band should have been much, much bigger than they were...unfortunate

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AmandaBaylie wrote:
June 2008

love this band

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jmontana66 wrote:
June 2008

@StDionysus: hell yes, that's an amazing album. first time i heard it, i think i asked at least three times, "wait, this is catherine wheel? really?" i love the ferment-era, but they ROCK on adam & eve. totally different sound.

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micahnewman wrote:
May 2008

Wow, a lot of listeners. On another note, lincredible is either smoking something or being oh so drily sarcastic.

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CURED wrote:
May 2008

wishville doesn't sound very shoegaze. ferment is as shoegaze as they got.

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drgarciasiglic wrote:
May 2008

Catherine wheel was my favorite band in the nineties, and mr. rob dickinson create music that is a heavy influence in latinoamerican bands

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