History Music / CatherineWheel

! '''''I always thought the way you trope was neat''''':

! '''''Love my superstitious tropes, running circles round my brain'''''

Catherine Wheel is a band, not a solo artist. Since that's cleared up now, they formed in 1990 in the UK. The band consisted of Rob Dickinson (a paternal cousin of Music/BruceDickinson from Music/IronMaiden), Brian Futter, Dave Hawes (replaced by Ben Ellis in 1999), and Neil Sims.

Catherine Wheel is not a solo artist, but in fact a band. Now that's cleared up, they were formed in 1990 in the UK. The band consisted of Rob Dickinson (a paternal cousin of MusicIronMaiden's Music/BruceDickinson), Brian Futter, Dave Hawes (replaced by Ben Ellis in 1999), and Neil Sims.

Catherine Wheel is not a solo artist, but in fact a band. Now that's cleared up, they were formed in 1990 in the UK. The band consisted of Rob Dickinson (cousin of Music/BruceDickinson from Music/IronMaiden), Brian Futter, Dave Hawes (replaced by Ben Ellis in 1999), and Neil Sims.

! '''''I've always thought the way you trope was neat''''':

! '''''Love my superstitious tropes, running circles around my brain'''''

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! '''''"I love to steal this living trope"'''''

After releasing the mostly unsuccessful ''Wishville'' in 2000, the band split. Dickinson went on to be a solo artist, Futter and Sims recorded an album under the name ''50ft Monster'', and Ellis joined the band Serafin.

* ''Painful Thing'' (1991, EP)

* MeaningfulName: Their name is a reference to a spinning firework, which is pretty meaningful, especially with the subject matter of their music.

* AlbumTitleDrop: ''Ferment'' in "I Want to Touch You": "I'm fermenting, can't you see?" ''Chrome'' gets it in "Crank": "A chrome protection".
* EpicRocking: "Black Metallic" and "Fripp"

* MeaningfulName: Their name is a reference to a spinning firework, which is pretty meaningful especially with the subject matter of their music.

Over the years of their existence, they disliked being labeled as "shoegaze" and thus shrugged it off, with ''Happy Days'' heading into more of a HardRock[=/=]{{Grunge}} direction and ''Adam and Eve'' being heavily influenced by art rock. Unfortunately, this led to critical reviews and commercial sales slowly dropping.

Catherine Wheel is not a solo artist, but in fact a band. Now that's cleared up, they were formed in 1990 in the UK. The band consisted of Rob Dickinson (cousin of Music/BruceDickinson from Music/IronMaiden), Brian Futter, Dave Hawes (replaced by Ben Ellis in 1999), and Neil Sims. They started as one of {{shoegazing}}'s pioneers, and one of the more memorable; their albums ''Ferment'' and ''Chrome'' are both considered classics.

Over the years of their existence, they disliked being labeled as "shoegaze" and thus shrugged it off, with ''Happy Days'' (1995) heading into more of a HardRock[=/=]{{Grunge}} direction and ''Adam and Eve'' (1997) being heavily influenced by ArtRock. Unfortunately, this lead to critical reviews and commercial sales slowly dropping.

After releasing the mostly unsuccessful ''Wishville'' in 2000, the band split. Dickinson went on to be a solo artist, Futter and Sims recorded an album under the name ''50ft Monster'', and Ellis joined the band ''Serafin''. ''Ferment'' and ''Chrome'' are still highly regarded, being early examples of "metalgaze".

! '''''"I love to steal this living steam"'''''

Catherine Wheel is not a solo artist, but in fact a band. Now that's cleared up, they were formed in 1990 in the UK. The band consisted of Rob Dickinson (cousin of Music/BruceDickinson from Music/IronMaiden), Brian Futter, Dave Hawes (replaced by Ben Ellis in 1999), and Neil Sims. They started out as a {{shoegazing}} pioneer, but one of the more memorable ones; their albums ''Ferment'' and ''Chrome'' are both considered classics.

!!Catherine Wheel contains examples of the following tropes:

* MeaningfulName: Their name is a reference to a type of firework, which is pretty meaningful especially with the subject matter of their music.

Catherine Wheel is not a solo artist, but in fact a band. Now that's cleared up, they were formed in 1990 in the UK. The band consisted of Rob Dickinson (cousin of Music/BruceDickinson from Music/IronMaiden), Brian Futter, Dave Hawes (replaced by Ben Ellis in 1999), and Neil Sims. They started out as a {{shoegazing}} pioneer, but one of the more memorable ones; their albums ''Ferment'' (1992) and ''Chrome'' (1993) are both considered classics.

* LyricsVideoMismatch: "Judy Staring at the Sun" is a melancholic song about a woman's heroin addiction. The music video is a kitschy, pop-art-styled PerformanceVideo set in space.

!!Catherine Wheel discography

!!CatherineWheel contains examples of the following tropes:

Catherine Wheel is not a solo artist, but in fact a band. Now that's cleared up, they were formed in 1990 in the UK. The band consisted of Rob Dickinson (cousin of Music/BruceDickinson from Music/IronMaiden), Brian Futter, Dave Hawes (replaced by Ben Ellis in 1999), and Neil Sims. They started out as a shoegaze pioneer, but one of the more memorable ones. Their albums ''Ferment'' (1992) and ''Chrome'' (1993) are considered both classics.

Over the years of their existence, they tried to shrug the "shoegaze" label off of them and just went into writing their own music. This, arguably, was a bad idea for them. They slowly got less and less critically acclaimed, and their commercial success fluctuated.

'''Catherine Wheel''' is not a solo artist, but in fact a band. Now that's cleared up, they were formed in 1990 in the UK. The band consisted of Rob Dickinson (cousin of Music/BruceDickinson from Music/IronMaiden), Brian Futter, Dave Hawes (replaced by Ben Ellis in 1999), and Neil Sims. They started out as a shoegaze pioneer, but one of the more memorable ones. Their albums ''Ferment'' (1992) and ''Chrome'' (1993) are considered both classics.

CatherineWheel is not a solo artist, but in fact a band. Now that I have cleared that up, they were formed in 1990 in the UK. The band consisted of Rob Dickinson (cousin of Music/BruceDickinson from Music/IronMaiden), Brian Futter, Dave Hawes (replaced by Ben Ellis in 1999), and Neil Sims. They started out as a shoegaze pioneer, but one of the more memorable ones. Their albums ''Ferment'' (1992) and ''Chrome'' (1993) are considered both classics.

* CreatorBacklash: They were so desperate to shrug off the "shoegaze" label that they completely changed their sound by their 4th album.

After releasing a mostly-unsuccessful album in 2000, the band split. Dickinson went on to be a solo artist, Futter and Sims recorded an album under the name ''50ft Monster'', and Ellis joined the band ''Serafin''. ''Ferment'' and ''Chrome'' are still highly regarded, being early examples of "metalgaze".

CatherineWheel contains examples of the following tropes:

* CreatorBacklash -- They were so desperate to shrug off the "shoegaze" label that they completely changed their sound by their 4th album.
* EpicRocking -- "Black Metallic" and "Fripp"
* LyricalDissonance -- One of their gentlest songs also has some of their angriest lyrics and song title, "Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck".
* MeaningfulName -- Their name is a reference to a type of firework, which is pretty meaningful especially with the subject matter of their music.

* SignatureSong -- "Black Metallic"

* ItGotWorse -- Their albums progressively got worse after Chrome.

* IAmNotShazam -- In the US, spinning fireworks are not called "Catherine wheels", so some people mistook the band name for a person's name.

* MagnumOpus -- ''Chrome'' and ''Ferment'' are always being argued by fans of which is their superior work. Both are brilliant in their own way though.