Tuesday, February 24, 2009

City of Caterpillar

City of Caterpillar was the product of a collaboration between members of Kilara, pg99, Darkest Hour and later, Majority Rule. Hearing that, you'd expect nothing but scathing metallic hardcore, but City of Caterpillar infused this with a sinister, majestic beauty a'la Godspeed You Black Emperor and Explosions in the Sky that had never been tried before. Songs built for 10 minutes to explode with breaking bottles to act as percussion.

In the beginning they did 2 full tours on only a demo. A split with friends System 2600 followed as did a 1-sided tour 7inch, both of which were released in batches of 300. City of Caterpillar really caught everyone's attention when their split with twisted siblings pg.99 was released.

For a time the band was on an extended hiatus with Brandon and Kevin both on tour nonstop with pg.99 and Ryan's commitment to then little known metal act known as Darkest Hour. All in all, all the members were together for the one week out of a 6 month period where their schedules meshed up and they recorded their sole LP. Shortly afterwords Ryan was replaced by Pat from Majority Rule when Ryan could no longer commit to touring, and they hit the road again and even toured Japan with label mates Envy and Hot Cross.

Upon returning home, City of Caterpillar did a week in Canada with Strike Anywhere before mounting personal conflicts caused them to disband.

Self Titled
[Level Plane/2002]
01. And Your Wondering How A Top Floor Could Replace Heaven [8:33]
02. A Heart Filled Reaction To Dissatisfaction [2:35]
03. Minute Hour Day Week Month Year (The Faiths In My Chest) [9:17]
04. Fucking Hero [3:51]
05. When Was The Last Time We Painted Over The Blood On The Walls [4:37]
06. A Little Change Could Go A Long Ways [9:38]
07. Maybe They'll Gnaw Right Through [5:36]

http://www.mediafire.com/?tyol3n0dpxw
[MP3/192kb]

Demo + Live Recording
[Level Plane/2002]
01. A Heart Felt Reaction To Dissatisfaction (demo) [3:01]
02. Demo Track [2:18]
03. Demo Track (2) [4:11]
04. Demo Track (3) [3:53]
05. Demo Track (4) [6:25]
06. When Was The Last Time We Painted Over The Blood On The Walls (live) [4:05]
07. An Innocent Face (live) [3:57]
08. Live Track [2:32]
09. A Little Change Could Go A Long Ways (live) [9:03]

http://www.mediafire.com/?m9ptkxyyxr7
[MP3/192k VBR]

City of Caterpillar + Pg.99 Split 7" [Document #9]
[Level Plane/2001]
01. [pg99]The Lonesome Waltz of Leonard Cohen [3:53]
02. [pg99]The List [2:44]
03. An Innocent Face [0:53]
04. Ghosts Of Shadows Passing On City Streets [4:56]

http://www.mediafire.com/?wsnlzn4a7nk
[MP3/192kb]

City of Caterpillar + System 2600 Split 7" [CoC tracks only]
[Sea of Dead Pirate Records/2001]
NO ARTWORK

01. Untitled 1 [4:13]
02. Untitled 2 [0:52]

http://www.mediafire.com/?ymvwyu9mamx
[MP3/128kb]

Self Titled B-side
[unreleased]
NO ARTWORK

01. Untitled [6:21]

http://www.mediafire.com/?ma2zjkwumzh
[MP3/192kb]

Unreleased Tracks (live)
[unreleased]
NO ARTWORK

01. Driving Spain Up A Wall (live) [11:21]
02. Driving Spain Up A Wall (live2) [10.25]
03. Newer Unreleased Track (live) [7:20]

http://www.mediafire.com/?kbt2c1utio1
[MP3/160-192kb]

Live In Ottawa
(live)
NO ARTWORK

01. And Your Wondering How A Top Floor Could Replace Heaven [9:35]
02. An Innocent Face [4:39]
03. Driving Spain Up A Wall [11:20]
04. Maybe They'll Gnaw Right Through [5:17]

http://www.mediafire.com/?nt2wnouvj0y
[MP3/192kb]

Live On WNYU
(live)
NO ARTWORK

01. When Was The Last Time We Painted Over The Blood On The Walls Part 1 [1:36]
02. When Was The Last Time We Painted Over The Blood On The Walls Part 2 [3:29]
03. An Innocent Face [4:12]
04. Untitled [3:52]
05. A Little Change Could Go A Long Ways [9:19]

http://www.mediafire.com/?gnyyrrjhj2h
[MP3/128kb]

1 comment:

Inept Architect said...

Thanks. I just found out about this band today.