David Catching (born June 7, 1961) is an American musician from

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. He is a founding member of the California

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band

earthlings? earthlings? is an American 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, Gu ...

, a touring member of Eagles of Death Metal and the co-founder of the Rancho De La Luna recording studio.

Career

Catching has played the guitar for well-known hard rock bands Eagles of Death Metal,

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, as well as The Ringling Sisters,

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and the Masters of Reality. He is also a member of Yellow #5, and the Gnarltones. Catching has been associated with the desert country rock band, Smith & Pyle. He contributed to the debut album of country rock duo Smith & Pyle, ''It's OK to be Happy'', which was recorded at Rancho de la Luna and released in 2008. He currently resides in Joshua Tree, California. Catching was on stage with Eagles of Death Metal during the November 2015 Paris attacks, and escaped the

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with the rest of the band. Catching talked about this at length on the show

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and other media.

Musical equipment

With the Eagles of Death Metal, Catching plays his 1967 Gibson Flying V through a tuner and distortion pedal and Supro amplifier with a 2x12 cabinet. In recent shows with EODM, Catching is seen using Orange amplifiers. He also uses an Ampeg Dan Armstrong guitar when playing with Eagles of Death Metal. Catching also use
HipStrap
vintage styled guitar straps. He is endorsed by and uses coiled red Bullet Cable. During recordings he also uses some of Jesse Hughes's Matons. Catching released a signature fuzz wah pedal in 2015, th
Roadrunner
through Dr. No Effects. With the earthlings?, he uses his 1958

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or his 1972 double cutaway Gibson Les Paul through a tuner and a distortion Rat pedal. His Les Paul is 1 of 6 ever made by Strings & Things in Memphis, Tennessee. Other guitars were bought by

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, Jeff Beck, Pat Travers, and Michael Woods, guitarist for the group America. Photos have circulated of Dave's very guitar nearly being bought by Greg Lake of

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fame, but opting out at the last minute for an acoustic bass.

Partial discography

* ''The Modifiers'' (1980's] * ''60 Watt Reality'' (The Ringling Sisters, 1990) * '' Volumes 1 & 2 (The Desert Sessions album), The Desert Sessions 1 & 2'' (1998) * ''

'' (Queens of the Stone Age, 1998) *"

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((Mark Lanegan 1998) * '' The Desert Sessions 3 & 4'' (1998) * '' The Desert Sessions 5 & 6'' (1999) * '' Rated R'' (Queens of the Stone Age, 2000) * ''

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'' (earthlings?, 2001) * '' Deep in the Hole'' ( Masters of Reality, 2001) * '' Songs for the Deaf'' (Queens of the Stone Age, 2002) * ''

A Drug Problem That Never Existed ''A Drug Problem That Never Existed'' is the second studio album by American rock band Mondo Generator. It takes its name from a line in The Frogs' "I've Got Drugs (Out of the Mist)", from their album '' It's Only Right and Natural''. Much of the ...

'' (Mondo Generator, 2003) * '' The Desert Sessions 9 & 10'' (2003) * '' Bubblegum'' (Mark Lanegan Band, 2004) * '' III the EP'' (Mondo Generator, 2004) *

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(Hulk 2004) * '' Lullabies to Paralyze'' (Queens of the Stone Age, 2005) * '' I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine'' ( Goon Moon, 2005) * '' Death By Sexy...'' (Eagles of Death Metal, 2006) * ''

Powder Burns ''Powder Burns'' is the fourth album by Greg Dulli's The Twilight Singers (not counting Dulli's solo album ''Amber Headlights''). It was released on May 15, 2006 via One Little Indian Records on CD and double 12" vinyl. ''Powder Burns'' was par ...

'' (The Twilight Singers, 2006) * '' Dead Planet'' (Mondo Generator, 2006) * '' Licker's Last Leg'' (Goon Moon, 2007) * ''Neptune'' ( The Duke Spirit, 2008) * Prime Motivator (Giraffes 2008) * Heart On (Eagles of Death Metal 2008) * Saturnalia (Gutter Twins 2008) * '' Humalien'' (

, 2009) * ''

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'' (Masters of Reality, 2009) * '' Blues Funeral'' (Mark Lanegan Band, 2012) * ''

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'' (Sleepy Sun, 2012) * ''Tomorrowland Blues'' (Star & Dagger, 2013) * Do to the Beast (Afghan Whigs 2014) * ''Unfuckwithable'' (Mojave Lords, 2014) * ecaps (earthlings? 2014) *

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(Pins 2015) * '' Your Desert My Mind'' (The Mutants, 2016) * Mudda Fudda (earthlings? 2016) * ''

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'' (

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, 2017) *

Shared Hallucinations Pt.1 Shared may refer to: * Sharing * Shared ancestry or Common descent * Shared care * Shared-cost service * Shared decision-making in medicine * Shared delusion, various meanings * Shared government * Shared intelligence or collective intelligence * ...

(David Catching and Friends 2017)

References

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