Catherine Wheel

Formed: Apr, 1990 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
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Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Shoegaze
Group Members: Rob Dickinson, Brian Futter, Dave Hawes, Neil Sims, Ben Ellis
Biography: By using their influences as a mere launching pad and consistently developing their many strengths, Catherine Wheel was able to outlast all of their early peers. With their initial singles and first album, the band from East Anglia fit snugly with the remainder of bands that the British press eventually ...Read full biography
Chrome
Released: 1993
Label: Island Def Jam
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The original title, Crank, would have been apt. Producer Gil Norton (Pixies, Echo & the Bunnymen) was brought in to toughen this band's sound and set them apart from the wave of U.K. upstarts who were ...Read full review
Ferment
Released: 1992
Label: Island Def Jam
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Centered around re-recorded versions of four songs from the band's two Wilde Club singles and the seven minute lovelorn "Black Metallic" - which was referred to as the "Like a Hurricane" of the ‘90s - ...Read full review
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