Cat Rapes Dog is a
Swedish
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electropunk,
EBM and
heavy metal band, formed in 1984 by
Joel Rydström and
Magnus Fransson.
Initially the band self-released a number of albums on cassette, (then a trend followed by many independent acts of their type), plus a cassette album & vinyl singles on Swedish label
Front Music Production.
Between 1989 and 1991 Cat Rapes Dog released three studio albums on
KK Records, a Belgian independent label specialising in
new beat,
EBM and
industrial
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acts (such as
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or
Vomito Negro) that released over 300 titles between 1987 and 1996. Multiple Cat Rapes Dog albums were later released on Swedish independent labels
Energy Rekords (
Die Krupps
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Artoffact Records
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History
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of
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in 2013. Additional retrospective compilations have also been released by the above mentioned labels.
Discography
Albums
* Cat Rapes Dog (1986,
MC)
* Nekronomikon (1987,
MC)
* Property Produces Bodily Injury (1987,
MC)
* Maximum Overdrive (1989)
* God, Guns & Gasoline (1990)
* Superluminal (1991)
* Schizophrenia (1993)
* Moosehair Underwear (1993)
* Biodegradable (1995)
* Fuck Nature (1995)
* More Than You Bargained For (1995)
* The Secrets of God (1998)
* People As Prey (1999)
* Life Was Sweet (2013)
Singles and EPs
* Columna Vertebralis (1989)
* Down & Out (1998)
* American Dream 7" (1990)
* Chuckahomo Bridge 12" (1990)
* Fundamental 12" (1990)
* Madman / True Love 7" (1990)
* I Sometimes Wish I Was Famous (1991) (A Swedish
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cover album: CRD collaborates with one track: "Something to Do" in which they altered some of the lyrics.)
* The Banzai Beats (1991)
* Superluminal (1991)
* Trojan Whores (1992)
* Moosewear (1993)
* Nej till EU (1994)
* Sucking Dry (1994)
* Motörhead Tribute (1995) (A Scandinavian
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Deaf Forever
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* Motorman (1998)
* Workers of The World (1998)
* Miaow at the Moon (2003)
External links
Official homepage*
Discogs Entryartist information/discography page at CyberNoise
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Electronic body music groups
Swedish industrial music groups
Musical groups established in 1984