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Kittie
Kittie is a Canadian Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in London, Ontario in 1996. All of their material has been released through independent record labels, which to date includes six studio albums, one video album, four extended plays, thirteen singles, and thirteen music videos. "Kittie" was chosen as the band name because the name "seemed contradictory." Kittie formed in 1996 when Fallon Bowman and Mercedes Lander met in gym class. Morgan Lander became the lead vocalist and one of Kittie's guitarists and Tanya Candler completed the band's lineup on bass. After signing to NG Records, Kittie released their debut album ''Spit (album), Spit'', which was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA and sold at least 600,000 copies in the United States. The band released ''Oracle (Kittie album), Oracle'' in 2001 and ''Until the End (album), Until the End'' in 2004. In 2005, Kittie parted ways with Artemis Records and created their own label. The ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spit (album)
''Spit'' is the debut studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Kittie, released on January 11, 2000 by both NG Records and Artemis Records. Kittie was formed in 1996 and got signed by NG Records after the band approached Jake Weiner, the record label's second-in-command. After seeing Kittie play live, Weiner signed the group to NG during the summer of 1999. NG was then acquired by Artemis Records toward the end of 1999 and Kittie recorded ''Spit'' at EMAC Studios in London, Ontario during the summer of 1999. ''Spit'' was finished in August 1999, and radio specialty shows and the music press supported the album. Before its release, Kittie was featured in an '' MTV News 1515'' report. Although ''Spit'' was going to be released in October 1999, the departure of bassist Tanya Candler delayed the album's release to January 11, 2000. Music videos were filmed for "Brackish" and "Charlotte". The music video for "Brackish" and the music video for "Charlotte" both were played on MTV, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I've Failed You
''I've Failed You'' is the sixth studio album by heavy metal band Kittie. The album was released on August 30, 2011 and peaked on the Billboard Top 200 at 178, selling over 3,000 copies in its debut week. The album received mixed reviews with About.com and '' Exclaim!'' calling it one of Kittie's strongest albums, while Allmusic and '' NOW!'' gave it negative reviews. It was the last album to feature bassist Ivana "Ivy" Vujic before she left in 2012. Release ''I've Failed You'' was released on August 30, 2011 and peaked on the Billboard Top 200 at 178. The album also charted on Billboards's Top Hard Rock Albums, Top Independent Albums, Top Rock Albums charts, peaking at 10, 26 and 46th positions respectively. Reception '' Exclaim!'' gave ''I've Failed You'' a positive review, referring to the album as Kittie's "most accomplished release to date" and that the tracks "We Are the Lamb," "What Have I Done" and "Empires (Part 2)" feature some of their best songwriting to date. Abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fallon Bowman
Fallon Bowman (born 16 November 1983 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a musician and actor from London, Ontario, Canada, best known for her involvement with the band Kittie. She is of mixed ethnicity, as is characteristic of most Cape Coloureds from Cape Town. Since departing Kittie in 2001, Bowman has worked with Pigface and as a solo artist under the name Amphibious Assault, as well as under her own name. Musical career At age 14, Bowman co-founded Kittie with classmate Mercedes Lander and Mercedes' sister, Morgan Lander. She played guitar and performed background vocals for the band as heard on their '' Spit'' album and the '' Paperdoll'' EP. She left Kittie in August 2001. In 2003, Bowman came across the term amphibious assault in a Tom Clancy novel and thought it would be a great name for an industrial band. She then recorded several tracks with Pigface for the band's 2003 album ''Easy Listening''. Her enjoyment of the recording experience led her to begin writing music agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Until The End (album)
''Until the End'' is the third album by the Canadian heavy metal band Kittie, released by independent label Artemis in 2004. It included the single "Into the Darkness" which made its way to radio stations in June that year. A music video was also produced for the song. "Into The Darkness" made its video debut on MTV2's Headbangers Ball and peaked at #41 on the US 'Radio & Records Active Rock Songs' chart and #116 on the Official UK Singles Chart. The track "Red Flags" was also released as a promotional single in the fall of 2004. The track "Pussy Sugar" also received significant airplay on the '' Hard Attack'' satellite radio station. It was the only album to feature Jennifer Arroyo on bass. The album debuted at #105 in the Billboard Top 200, selling 19,000 copies. The album sold at least around 75,000 units in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oracle (Kittie Album)
''Oracle'' is the second album by the Canadian metal band Kittie, released in 2001 by independent label Artemis Records. The album shows a change in the band's sound, displaying more death metal influences. It was the only album to feature bassist Talena Atfield before she departed in 2002. Background After finishing their schedule on the 2001 SnoCore Tour, the band planned on returning to the same basement where they recorded their first album, to begin a work on a sophomore effort. In August 2001, guitarist Fallon Bowman left Kittie. Lead guitarist and vocalist Morgan Lander noted how the band members were only 14 years old when writing their debut album and that "We haven’t written in 4 or 5 years." She acknowledged a change in influence from their early days, stating, "Then we listened to bands like Nirvana, Silverchair, and Alice in Chains. Now we listen to stuff like Cannibal Corpse and Nile." However, the band would continue to write in the same fashion by first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivana "Ivy" Vujic
Ivana "Ivy" Jenkins (née Vujić) (, born June 15, 1983), known is a Serbian-born Canadian bassist. She played bass for the nu-metal Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, sometimes called aggro-metal) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, alternative rock, funk, industrial, and grunge. Nu m ... band Kittie from October 2007 until March 2012. She began her career with Kittie by initially filling in for ailing bassist Trish Doan in late 2007, a period which found the band playing concerts in Central and South America. Before she was in Kittie, Ivy played bass for the melodic hard rock band In The Wake from Toronto, Canada. In 2008, it was officially announced that Ivy was a full-time member of Kittie and in 2009 she appeared on their fifth studio CD, '' In The Black''. Ivy also wrote and recorded bass for Kittie's sixth album, ''I've Failed'' ''You'', which was released on August 15, 2011. Jen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talena Atfield
Talena A. L. Atfield (born January 14, 1983) is a Canadian bass player, best known as a former member of the heavy metal group Kittie. Musical career Kittie Atfield had just about given up on playing in a band when she received a phone call from Mercedes Lander. Atfield was asked to take the place in local band Kittie as their bassist Tanya Candler had just left for "personal reasons". Talena had been a supporter of Kittie and was happy to join them so she learned how to play bass guitar in two weeks to go out to New York to film the video for "Brackish". In 1999, Atfield joined Kittie to replace Tanya Candler on bass guitar. Although she did not play on '' Spit'', the first studio album by Kittie, the cover art on later pressings was changed to represent her presence in the band. She performed on their second album and the band's accompanying live appearances. In 2002, Talena Atfield left and was replaced on bass guitar by Jennifer Arroyo. After Kittie Atfield was also a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Arroyo
Jennifer J. Arroyo (born March 20, 1975 in Staten Island, New York) is an American bassist best known for her tenure in the Canadian heavy metal group Kittie. While living in the Washington, D.C. area, she was the bassist for the rap metal band Spine. The band released two albums, and was quite popular in the Mid-Atlantic music scene, but did not manage to go much further, eventually breaking up after releasing one national label album. Her career in Kittie started after Talena Atfield left Kittie in 2002 without citing any official reasons. Jennifer had previously befriended the band when she was with Spine while filming a performance on the short-lived television show Farmclub.com, in Los Angeles, California. With a vacancy in the band, the remaining band members of Kittie invited Jennifer to join their band full-time. On March 23, 2005, Morgan Lander made a post indicating that both Marx and Arroyo had left the band. Arroyo's split was amicable while Marx's was a surpri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Marx
Lisa Marx (born August 21, 1981) is an American guitarist and classically trained pianist from California. Career Music In 2002, Marx joined the Seattle hardcore band To See You Broken as guitarist. This underground group was an all-female ensemble and shared the stage with many northwest hardcore bands such as Himsa, Champion, the Blood Brothers, Hardesty, Staygold, and Book of Black Earth. TSYB did several US tours, performing alongside Atreyu, Sworn Enemy, As I Lay Dying, Misery Signals, and Modern Life Is War among others. The band recorded and released a full-length album titled "A Thief, A Poet, An Enemy" in 2003 under Excursion Records in Seattle, Washington. In April 2004, Marx was hired to play guitar with the Canadian heavy metal group Kittie. Marx toured the US with metal bands such as 36 Crazyfists, Candiria, August Burns Red, Crisis, Otep, and Chimaira and performed at several festivals with Shadows Fall, All That Remains, Clutch, and Helmet. In July 2004, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funeral For Yesterday
''Funeral for Yesterday'' is the fourth album released by the heavy metal music group Kittie. The album was released on February 20, 2007 (April 3 in Canada) via the band's own label, X of Infamy Records, with distribution through EMI. The album was accompanied by a bonus DVD that shows behind-the-scenes footage of the band recording the album. It was the first album to feature guitarist Tara McLeod and the only album to feature bassist Trish Doan before she died in 2017. The album debuted at #101 in the Billboard Top 200, selling 9,000 copies in its first week. The album's lead single "Funeral For Yesterday" peaked at #40 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, becoming the band's biggest hit single in the US. Track listing All songs written by Morgan and Mercedes Lander. Personnel *Morgan Lander – lead vocals, guitars, piano *Mercedes Lander – drums, percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scrape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nu Metal
Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, sometimes called aggro-metal) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, alternative rock, funk, industrial, and grunge. Nu metal bands have drawn elements and influences from a variety of musical styles, including multiple genres of heavy metal. Nu metal rarely features guitar solos or other displays of technical competence; the genre is heavily syncopated and based on guitar riffs. Many nu metal guitarists use seven-string guitars that are down-tuned to produce a heavier sound. DJs are occasionally featured in nu metal to provide instrumentation such as sampling, turntable scratching and electronic backgrounds. Vocal styles in nu metal include singing, rapping, screaming and growling. Nu metal is one of the key genres of the new wave of American heavy metal. Nu metal became popular in the late 1990s with bands and artists such as Korn, Limp Bizkit, Sli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Metal Music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distortion (music), distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic Beat (music), beats and loudness. In 1968, three of the genre's most famous pioneers – Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple – were founded. Though they came to attract wide audiences, they were often derided by critics. Several American bands modified heavy metal into more accessible forms during the 1970s: the raw, sleazy sound and shock rock of Alice Cooper and Kiss (band), Kiss; the blues-rooted rock of Aerosmith; and the flashy guitar leads and party rock of Van Halen. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence,Walser (1993), p. 6 while Motörhea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
