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WHO?
Four punks from Seattle, keeping alive the great Northwest rock 'n' roll
tradition. It's Brian Standeford on guitars and vocals, Derek Mason on
guitar, Davey Brozowski on drums, and Leo Gebhardt on bass. Like a good
garage rock band is supposed to do, they formed in high school in 1995, naming
themselves The Catheters because it sounded punk.
WHAT'S THE DEAL?
After releasing their debut on eMpTy, The Catheters toured with the likes of
Motörhead and Mudhoney. Now they unleash their sophomore effort Static
Delusions And Stone-Still Days through Sub Pop, the label that brought us
Nirvana and Zen Guerrilla. Recorded and mixed in one 36-hour session, Static
Delusions And Stone-Still Days is rock like it was meant to be:
gimmick-free, distorted, fuzzed-out, howling its guts out. Ten out of ten for
the artwork too. And Griel Marcus loves them, but don't hold that against
them.
WHY ARE THEY SO GOOD?
The Catheters' secret weapon is singer Brian Standeford. With a voice that's
a mix between Iggy Pop and Kurt Cobain, he produces an unending stream of
slurred frustration and spit-out anger, but always with a melancholic edge.
These raw chunks of emotion, screamed and howled by a truly desperate man, have
nothing to do whatsoever with the whining of your typical emo singer.
Although Standeford's howl is as important for the Catheters as Johnny
Rotten's sneer was for the Sex Pistols, the rest of the band shouldn't
be underestimated. The fact that the album was recorded and mixed in one 36-hour
session suggests a coked-up, full-speed-ahead-only stab. But the Catheters
full well understand the power of groove and dynamics. In a song like Bleary
Haze, they play the soft-verse/loud-chorus card just as masterfully as The
Pixies and Nirvana could. And Disguise Myself is based on an almost poppy,
Passenger-like guitar riff and a heavy, pumping bassline. What it all comes
down to is that The Catheters know how to write songs. And then everything
is topped with thick, fat layers of fuzz and distortion and even some guitar
duels — something we thought had gone the way of the dodo. Producer John
Goodmason obviously knows that raw does not equal amateuristic and cheap.
WHAT HOLDS THE FUTURE?
A band like this is made to tour. They've already been to the UK, where they
recorded a Peel session. Soon they'll tour the rest of Europe in support
of labelmates and grunge legends Mudhoney. And then there are several
thousand more shows to expect for ever-increasing audiences. Because that's
how it goes with bands like The Catheters.
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