Catatonia
Welsh band Catatonia made their breakthrough in the mid-90s with a series of energetic singles that combined attitude with highly melodic hooklines. Indeed, their first four releases each secured a Single Of The Week nomination from either the New Musical Express or Melody Maker. The band was originally formed in 1992 in Cardiff, Wales, when guitarist Mark Roberts met Cerys Matthews (b. 11 April 1969, Cardiff, Wales) while she was busking acoustic Jefferson Airplane songs outside Debenhams' department store. With the addition of Paul Jones (who had played with Roberts in Y Criff), drummer Dafydd Ieuan (b. 1 March 1969, Bangor, North Wales) and keyboard player Clancy Pegg, the band recorded two EPs for the Welsh independent label Crai Records, September 1993's "For Tinkerbell' and May 1994"s "Hooked". In August 1994, they released a third single, "Whale", on the Rough Trade Records' Singles Club. With a good deal of press interest the band relocated to London for the "free drinks' A&R men were offering them. Their next single, February 1995"s "Bleed", was released on the Nursery (Trident Music) label before the band was signed to Warner Brothers Records subsidiary Blanco y Negro by Geoff Travis (Rough Trade's founder). Ieuan and Pegg had left by this point, to join Super Furry Animals and Crac respectively. Owen Powell was drafted in as an additional guitarist while Aled Richards took over on drums.
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Albums
- (2000) Equally Cursed And Blessed (US formats)
- (2000) Equally Cursed And Blessed
- (1998) International Velvet
- (1998) International Velvet
Top Tracks
- Road Rage
- Mulder and Scully
- Dead From The Waist Down
- Don't Need the Sunshine
- International Velvet
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