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Catherine Wheel
583,411 plays (42,252 listeners)
Great Yarmouth, England (1990 – 2000)
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.
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I Want to Touch You
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Crank
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Texture
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Shallow
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Indigo is Blue
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She's My Friend
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Wish You Were Here
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Flower to Hide
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Kill Rhythm
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Broken Head
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The Nude
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I Confess
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Bill and Ben
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plasticlachesis wrote:
eat my dust... you insensitive f^ck. *swoon*
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lucas_issa wrote:
Ferment FTW!
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A_Cool_Monkey wrote:
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:
I really wish he wasn't Bruce Dickinson's cousin for some reason
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Astral_JL wrote:
intravenous? nowhere is good movie :)
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trigger_hippie wrote:
Happy Days ftw!
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Pro-dux wrote:
This band would be huge had they continued. Extremely unappreciated.
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k2core wrote:
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:
Now listen here.
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as_yet_untitled wrote:
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:
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:
Broken Nose so far down? That track is a KILLER.
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eatmorepossum wrote:
i fucking LOVE this band.
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Tredmond656 wrote:
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:
this band should have been much, much bigger than they were...unfortunate
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AmandaBaylie wrote:
love this band
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jmontana66 wrote:
@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:
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:
wishville doesn't sound very shoegaze. ferment is as shoegaze as they got.
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drgarciasiglic wrote:
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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- the_angel_kuro and CorpsDeLacet added Catherine Wheel to their libraries. 10 hours ago
- crouchingleech tagged Catherine Wheel with ‘shoegaze’. yesterday morning
- CarrieLauth added Catherine Wheel to CarrieLauth’s library. yesterday morning
- stnksrbtks tagged Catherine Wheel with ‘shoegaze’. yesterday evening
- johnecampos and HMSTerror added Catherine Wheel to their libraries. yesterday evening
- deepredbells tagged Catherine Wheel with ‘seen live’. Saturday evening
- justinwilder, madredmoonshine, sopangreene and 13 other people added Catherine Wheel to their libraries. Saturday evening
- Grunge_FrEaK tagged Catherine Wheel with ‘shoegaze’ and ‘alternative’. Thursday afternoon
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- LisaBlackFlagg tagged Catherine Wheel with ‘shoegaze’. Tuesday morning
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