David Catching
Encyclopedia
David Catching (born June 7, 1961) is an American
musician from Memphis, Tennessee
.
for well-known hard rock bands Eagles of Death Metal
, Queens of the Stone Age
, Tex and the Horseheads, The Ringling Sisters, earthlings?
, and Mondo Generator
. He is also a member of Yellow#5, and the Gnarltones. He regularly appears on the music improv series, The Desert Sessions
. He is also listed as a guitarist with Masters of Reality
.
He also appears as guitarist/organist on the two albums of the Mark Lanegan Band. In the early '80s, he was in a band called Cock Rock, that played at the legendary Antenna Club.
Recently Catching has been associated with the desert country rock band, Smith & Pyle
. He contributed to their debut album "It's OK to be Happy" which was recorded at Rancho de la Luna
and released in 2008.
Catching is also a co-owner and founder of The Rancho De La Luna
recording studio in Joshua Tree, California
, and currently resides in Joshua Tree and lists New Orleans, Louisiana
as a second residence.
through a simple tuner and distortion pedal and Supro amplifer with a 2x12 cabinet. He also uses a Ampeg Dan Armstrong guitar when playing with Eagles of Death Metal
. He is also endorsed by and uses coiled red Bullet Cable During recordings he also uses some of Jesse Hughes's
Maton
s.
With Earthlings?, he uses his 1958 Fender Stratocaster
or his 1972 double cutaway Gibson Les Paul
through a tuner, a distortion Rat pedal, Cry Baby
, BOSS Digital delay
, Phase 90
into a Silvertone Twin 12
and Fender Super Reverb
amplifiers.
frontman Alex Turner
sported a tanktop which read "Dave Catching is a fucking legend" on 8/8/09 at Lollapalooza
.
United States
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musician from Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
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Recording career
Catching has played the guitarGuitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
for well-known hard rock bands Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. Despite their band name, Eagles of Death Metal are not a death metal band. Hughes stated that a friend was introducing Josh Homme to the death metal genre...
, Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
, Tex and the Horseheads, The Ringling Sisters, earthlings?
Earthlings?
Earthlings? are a psychedelic rock band based in Joshua Tree, California. The band includes members from Queens of the Stone Age, Desert Sessions, Eagles of Death Metal, Kyuss, Masters of Reality, Goatsnake, The Twilight Singers, Gutter Twins, Yellow#5, Legal Weapon, Sea Hags, Modifiers, Orquesta...
, and Mondo Generator
Mondo Generator
Mondo Generator is an American metal/punk hybrid band founded in 1997 by Nick Oliveri. The name of the band originated when Brant Bjork spray-painted the words on the side of Oliveri's Sunn amplifier. Mondo means "world" in Italian...
. He is also a member of Yellow#5, and the Gnarltones. He regularly appears on the music improv series, The Desert Sessions
The Desert Sessions
The Desert Sessions are a musical collective series, founded by Josh Homme in 1997. Artists such as Brant Bjork, PJ Harvey, Jeordie White The Desert Sessions are a musical collective series, founded by Josh Homme in 1997. Artists such as Brant Bjork, PJ Harvey, Jeordie White The Desert Sessions are...
. He is also listed as a guitarist with Masters of Reality
Masters of Reality
Masters of Reality is a hard rock group formed in 1981 by guitarist and singer Chris Goss and Tim Harrington in Syracuse, New York. The band is sometimes associated with the "Palm Desert Scene", which includes bands like Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age and many other stoner rock or "desert rock"...
.
He also appears as guitarist/organist on the two albums of the Mark Lanegan Band. In the early '80s, he was in a band called Cock Rock, that played at the legendary Antenna Club.
Recently Catching has been associated with the desert country rock band, Smith & Pyle
Smith & Pyle
Smith & Pyle is an American desert country-rock band from Los Angeles, California and is composed of actresses Shawnee Smith and Missi Pyle.-Biography:...
. He contributed to their debut album "It's OK to be Happy" which was recorded at Rancho de la Luna
Rancho De La Luna
Rancho De La Luna is a recording studio in Joshua Tree, California that was founded in 1993 by Fred Drake. David Catching became Fred Drake's partner at the Rancho in 1994...
and released in 2008.
Catching is also a co-owner and founder of The Rancho De La Luna
Rancho De La Luna
Rancho De La Luna is a recording studio in Joshua Tree, California that was founded in 1993 by Fred Drake. David Catching became Fred Drake's partner at the Rancho in 1994...
recording studio in Joshua Tree, California
Joshua Tree, California
Joshua Tree is a census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 7,414 at the 2010 census, up from 4,207 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Joshua Tree is located in the Mojave Desert at ....
, and currently resides in Joshua Tree and lists New Orleans, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
as a second residence.
Musical equipment
With Eagles of Death Metal live performances Catching plays his 1980's Gibson Flying VGibson Flying V
-External links:*, , , , and , from the Gibson website*, a June 2001 article from Guitar Collector magazine*, a tribute site that lists all models and re-issues and most notable players**...
through a simple tuner and distortion pedal and Supro amplifer with a 2x12 cabinet. He also uses a Ampeg Dan Armstrong guitar when playing with Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. Despite their band name, Eagles of Death Metal are not a death metal band. Hughes stated that a friend was introducing Josh Homme to the death metal genre...
. He is also endorsed by and uses coiled red Bullet Cable During recordings he also uses some of Jesse Hughes's
Jesse Hughes (musician)
Jesse "The Devil" Hughes is an American musician from Greenville, South Carolina. Hughes is known for his role as frontman of the California-based rock band, Eagles of Death Metal. He cites Little Richard as his biggest musical influence and inspiration.-Early life:At age 7, Hughes' mother, Jo...
Maton
Maton
Maton is an Australian manufacturer of guitars and other fretted musical instruments.Maton was founded in 1946 as the Maton Musical Instruments Company by Bill May and his brother Reg...
s.
With Earthlings?, he uses his 1958 Fender Stratocaster
Fender Stratocaster
The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as "Strat", is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured continuously by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation to the present. It is a double-cutaway guitar, with an extended top...
or his 1972 double cutaway Gibson Les Paul
Gibson Les Paul
The Gibson Les Paul was the result of a design collaboration between Gibson Guitar Corporation and the late jazz guitarist and electronics inventor Les Paul. In 1950, with the introduction of the Fender Telecaster to the musical market, electric guitars became a public craze. In reaction, Gibson...
through a tuner, a distortion Rat pedal, Cry Baby
Dunlop Cry Baby
The Dunlop Cry Baby is a popular wah-wah pedal, manufactured by Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc. It is the best selling guitar pedal of all time. The name Cry Baby was from the original pedal from which it was copied, the Thomas Organ/Vox Cry Baby wah-wah. Thomas Organ/Vox failed to register the name as...
, BOSS Digital delay
Boss Corporation
Boss is a manufacturer of effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. It is a division of the Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in musical equipment and accessories...
, Phase 90
Phaser (effect)
A phaser is an audio signal processing technique used to filter a signal by creating a series of peaks and troughs in the frequency spectrum. The position of the peaks and troughs is typically modulated so that they vary over time, creating a sweeping effect...
into a Silvertone Twin 12
Silvertone (instruments)
Silvertone was the brand name used by Sears, Roebuck and Company for its line of sound equipment from 1915 to 1972. A hand-cranked phonograph was introduced under the Silvertone brand by Sears in 1915...
and Fender Super Reverb
Fender Super Reverb
The Fender Super Reverb was a guitar amplifier made by Fender. It was introduced in 1963 and was discontinued in 1982. This was essentially a Fender Super amplifier with built-in reverb and vibrato. The original Super Reverb amplifiers were all tube design and featured spring reverb. There were...
amplifiers.
Partial discography
- The Modifiers** (1980's]
- 60 Watt Reality (The Ringling Sisters, 1990)
- The Desert Sessions 1 & 2Volumes 1 & 2Volumes 1 & 2 is the first full length album by The Desert Sessions. It features the seven tracks found on the original 10 inch singles, plus three bonus tracks....
(1998) - The Desert Sessions 3 & 4Volumes 3 & 4Volumes 3 & 4 is the second compilation of Josh Homme's project The Desert Sessions. Volume 3: Set Coordinates for the White Dwarf!!! and Volume 4: Hard Walls and Little Trips were released separately on 10-inch vinyl, and then compiled on CD with the extra track "You Keep on Talkin'".-Track...
(1998) - Queens of the Stone AgeQueens of the Stone Age (album)-Re-release track listing:All tracks written by Alfredo Hernández and Joshua Homme, except where noted.Tracks 6, 11 & 13 are tracks that were included in the re-release. "The Bronze" & "These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For" were included in the 1998 EP The Split CD with the band Beaver...
(Queens of the Stone Age, 1998) - The Desert Sessions 5 & 6Volumes 5 & 6This is a compilation of the fifth and sixth The Desert Sessions releases. Queens of the Stone Age later performed "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" on their Songs for the Deaf album, and "Rickshaw" has often been included in their live set. "Like a Drug" has been...
(1999) - Rated RRated R (Queens of the Stone Age album)Rated R is the second studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age. It was released on June 6, 2000 through Interscope Records. Rated R was a critical and commercial success and became the band's breakthrough album. It peaked at number 16 on the Top Heatseekers and reached high...
(Queens of the Stone Age, 2000) - Human BeansHuman BeansHuman Beans is an album released by Earthlings? which was released on August 8, 2000 through the record company Crippled Dick Hot Wax. The genre could be described as Stoner rock or as Desert Rock.-Track listing:#"Visionary Messenger" - 2:20...
(earthlings?, 2001) - Songs for the DeafSongs for the Deaf-Production and release:In September 2002, Josh Homme explained the band's goals with the release of the album:In the same month, Nick Oliveri explained the band's aims in an interview with retail company HMV:...
(Queens of the Stone Age, 2002) - A Drug Problem That Never ExistedA Drug Problem That Never ExistedA Drug Problem That Never Existed is an album released by Mondo Generator on the Rekords Rekords label in 2003. It takes its name from a line in The Frogs' "I've Got Drugs ", from their album It's Only Right and Natural...
(Mondo Generator, 2003) - The Desert Sessions 9 & 10Volumes 9 & 10Volumes 9 & 10 is the fifth compilation from Josh Homme's ongoing collaborative side project, The Desert Sessions. 9 & 10 features PJ Harvey, Ween's Dean Ween, Marilyn Manson's Jeordie White, Eleven's Alain Johannes, as well as Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo, both current members of Queens of...
(2003) - Demon CrossingDemon CrossingDemon Crossing is an album released by Yellow #5 in 2004.-Track listing:All tracks by Molly McGuire except were noted# "Demon Crossing" – 2:13# "Auto Pilot" – 6:25# "No Loitering" – 3:36# "Screaming Mimi" – 4:14# "Moon Man" – 5:22...
(Yellow #5, 2003) - Disco Marching KraftDisco Marching KraftDisco Marching Kraft is an EP by Earthlings? released in 2003 through Crippled Dick Hot Wax.-Track listing:#"Disco Marching Kraft" – 4:08#"Waterhead" – 4:13...
(earthlings?, 2003) - Here Comes That Weird ChillHere Comes That Weird ChillHere Comes That Weird Chill EP is a preview of Bubblegum by Mark Lanegan. The primary vocal version of "Sleep With Me", track 8 on the UK release, was omitted from the North American pressing.-Track listing:...
(Mark Lanegan Band, 2003) - III the EPIII the EPIII the EP is an EP released by Mondo Generator on the Tornado Records label in 2004.-Track listing:# "All the Way Down" - # "Bloody Hammer" - # "There She Goes Again" -...
(Mondo Generator, 2004) - BubblegumBubblegumBubblegum is a type of elastic chewing gum, designed to be blown out of the mouth as a bubble.-History:In 1928, Walter Diemer, an accountant for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia, was experimenting with new gum recipes. One recipe was found to be less sticky than regular chewing gum,...
(Mark Lanegan Band, 2004) - Lullabies to ParalyzeLullabies to ParalyzeLullabies to Paralyze is the fourth studio album by hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on March 21, 2005. The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200, and sold 97,000 copies in America during its first week of release, eventually topping over 342,000 copies as of March, 2007...
(Queens of the Stone Age, 2005) - I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' MachineI Got a Brand New Egg Layin' MachineI Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine is the debut mini album of Goon Moon released on Suicide Squeeze Records. According to member Chris Goss the album ".....
(Goon MoonGoon MoonGoon Moon is an American rock band composed of Jeordie White and Chris Goss. The band released a mini-LP called I Got a Brand New Egg-Layin' Machine and have since recorded a full-length album Licker's Last Leg, which was released on May 8, 2007...
, 2005) - Death By Sexy...Death by SexyDeath by Sexy is the title of the second album by the American rock group Eagles of Death Metal. It was rumoured to be released in summer 2005 but was pushed back to April 11, 2006....
(Eagles of Death Metal, 2006) - Impeach My BushImpeach My BushImpeach My Bush is the fourth studio album by Canadian recording artist Peaches, released on July 11, 2006 by XL Recordings. Guest appearances on this album include Joan Jett, Josh Homme, Samantha Maloney, and her one-time roommate Feist....
(PeachesPeaches (musician)Merrill Beth Nisker , better known by her stage name Peaches, is a Canadian electronic musician and performance artist who lives in Berlin, Germany. Her songs are noted for disregarding traditional gender norms and their use of sexually explicit lyrics...
, 2006) - Dead Planet: SonicSlowMotionTrails (Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator, 2006)
- Neptune (The Duke SpiritThe Duke SpiritThe Duke Spirit are an English rock band based in London. Their sound has been seen as a melding of many influences ranging from the alternative noise of 1980s/90s guitar bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth and Spacemen 3, the tremulous rock n roll of bands such as The Gun Club and The...
, 2008) - It's OK to be Happy (Smith & PyleSmith & PyleSmith & Pyle is an American desert country-rock band from Los Angeles, California and is composed of actresses Shawnee Smith and Missi Pyle.-Biography:...
, 2008) - Australian Tour EP 2008Australian Tour EP 2008Australian Tour EP 2008 is a 6-track EP from Mondo Generator containing a mix of studio, acoustic, and live material. It was released to coincide with their first Australian tour in August 2008...
(Mondo Generator, 2008) - Heart OnHeart OnHeart On is the third studio album from American rock band Eagles of Death Metal, released on Oct 28, 2008.When asked about the album, lead singer Jesse Hughes stated: "EODM's latest fabulous weapon, a top-secret music missile, a sonic warhead sexually tipped for her pleasure, shot from the deck of...
(Eagles of Death Metal, 2008) - SaturnaliaSaturnalia (album)Saturnalia is the first studio album by The Gutter Twins, a collaboration between Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan. The album, which was started as far back as 2003, was released on March 4, 2008. Prior to the album's release, the duo began posting songs on their official MySpace page...
(The Gutter TwinsThe Gutter TwinsThe Gutter Twins is a musical collaboration between rock musicians Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan. Dulli and Lanegan have regularly contributed to each other's projects since 2000, most notably in Dulli's Twilight Singers; of the duo's origins, Dulli said "I think Mark told a journalist we were doing...
, 2008) - HumalienHumalienhumalien is a 4-track EP by Earthlings? released in 2009 through Treasure Craft Records. It was released as a 10" Vinyl EP and as a digital download .- Credits :*earthlings?*Dave Catching - Guitars*Pete Stahl - Vocals...
(earthlings?Earthlings?Earthlings? are a psychedelic rock band based in Joshua Tree, California. The band includes members from Queens of the Stone Age, Desert Sessions, Eagles of Death Metal, Kyuss, Masters of Reality, Goatsnake, The Twilight Singers, Gutter Twins, Yellow#5, Legal Weapon, Sea Hags, Modifiers, Orquesta...
, 2009)
Trivia
Arctic MonkeysArctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band. Formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, the band currently consists of Alex Turner , Jamie Cook , Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders...
frontman Alex Turner
Alex Turner (musician)
Alexander David Turner is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist and main songwriter of the English rock band Arctic Monkeys...
sported a tanktop which read "Dave Catching is a fucking legend" on 8/8/09 at Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock and hip hop bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. It has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups. The music festival hosts more than 160,000 people over a...
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