1) Catch 22 (ska):
Catch 22 is a third-wave ska band based in New Jersey. The band was formed in 1995 by drummer Chris Greer and vocalist Tomas Kalnoky. They released a self-produced demo tape, Rules of the Game, in 1996. All 2000 copies of the tape quickly sold out. The band mailed several copies to labels they were interested in working with, including Gainesville, Florida's Toybox Records (which had previously released a 7" by Less Than Jake). Toybox was owned and operated by Sean Bonner, who had recently moved to Chicago, Illinois to work at Victory Records. Sean brought the tape to the Victory office and suggested the band be signed.
The band then signed to Victory and produced their first studio album, 1998's Keasbey Nights. Ansley left and was replaced by Pat Calpin. Kalnoky left the band shortly thereafter, having decided to continue his education rather than tour. Catch 22 continued on with Pat Calpin moved to guitar, Pat "Mingus" Kays on bass, and Jeff Davidson on vocals. The band tested out their new lineup with the 1999 EP Washed Up!. Egan left to continue teaching. Alone in a Crowd followed in 2000 with Mike Soprano on trombone. During this time, the band began touring heavily on a national scale, appearing with Mustard Plug, Reel Big Fish, and other third-wave ska, hardcore, and punk acts. Davidson and Soprano left the band in 2001 to pursue other projects, and for a while the band actively courted new vocalists, even putting an advertisement on their website. The group also recruited Ian Mckenzie, formerly of Long Island, New York ska band Edna's Goldfish, on trombone/vocals.
After a fruitless search, the band decided to continue on as it was, with Ryan Eldred and Kevin Gunther sharing vocal duties. Washed Up and Through the Ringer, an expansion of the Washed Up! EP, was released in 2001, featuring two new songs, three rarities from the Alone In A Crowd era, and a handful of live tracks recorded in October 2000 at Club Laga in Pittsburgh and Euclid Tavern in Ohio. The band released its third full-length album, Dinosaur Sounds, in 2003. This was roughly the same time that Streetlight Manifesto, a band founded by former Catch 22 frontman Tomas Kalnoky and featuring Josh Ansley and Jamie Egan (as well as former members of the NJ ska band One Cool Guy) released their debut, Everything Goes Numb. Both albums featured veiled attacks on each other, suggesting to many fans that there was some sort of disagreement or heat between Catch 22 and Streetlight Manifesto. This was true, although the two parties have since reconciled their differences. Given that Catch 22's Kevin Gunther is in charge of Streetlight Manifesto's tour booking, and members of both bands have said in conversations with fans that there is no "beef" between the two, it is safe to assume that any disagreement is firmly behind them.
In 2004, Catch 22 released Live, a combination CD and DVD recording of a show performed in Farmingdale, New York earlier that year.
Several bands who opened for Catch 22 in the past have gone on to find fame on the mainstream, including Sum 41, Bowling For Soup, Thursday, and Taking Back Sunday.
Catch 22's fourth studio album, titled Permanent Revolution, was released on June 27, 2006. The album can be classified as a concept album, centering around the life of Leon Trotsky (1879 - 1940); the title represents a theorum called Permanent Revolution that Trotsky had been associated with.
2) CATCH 22 (metal):
GENRE:
US Power/Thrash Metal
ORIGIN:
USA (Marietta, Ohio), 1992
CURRENT LINE-UP:
T.J. Berry (vocals, lead and rhythm guitar)
Jesse Forrest (rhythm guitar, backing vocals)
Hank Ramage (bass, backing vocals)
Joe Bailey (drums, backing vocals)
BIOGRAPHY
CATCH 22 was formed by T.J. Berry (vocals, guitar) in 1992 in Marietta, Ohio. When grunge was hitting it big, CATCH 22 stayed true to their art form (metal) and treaded on.
In 1994 their first 6 song demo tape, "Crazier Than Life", was released. One song from this demo, "Fate Keeps On Happening", scored a spot on the Rodell Records compilation "Sounds From The Underground". That was a brave move from Rodell Records because at that time CATCH 22 were considered very uncool as anything metal was labeled uncool.
In 1995 they recorded a 3 song tape, that gained them some national exposure and encouraged them to record a full length CD entitled "Through Eyes Of Pain" in 1997. They scored distribution and a Metal Edge magazine ad from Perris Records, that is known for glam metal, but saw the potential of the band and couldn't resist it.
In 1998 CATCH 22 released their second album, "Time Reveals All", to rave reviews from all over the world. Songs such as "Burn" and "Think For Yourself" still pop up at the band's live shows. CATCH 22 played at the March Metal Meltdown in New Jersey. The year was 2000 and they were surrounded by death metal cookie monster vocals and the outcast once again, waving the flag of true metal loud and proud.
The following year saw the beginning of a great relationship for CATCH 22 with the Classic Metal Festival series. They went to Kalamazoo (Michigan) to play the first annual CMF. At CMF 2 they met J.B. Mestad which led to his label Molten Metal, releasing CATCH 22 third album, "Awaken", in 2003.
CATCH 22 played at Classic Metal Festivals 1, 2, 4 and 5 and have shared the stage with TESTAMENT, EXCITER, ANVIL, OMEN, ATTACKER, HALLOWS EVE, S.O.D., SEVEN WITCHES, CAGE, DORO and many other well known acts.
CATCH 22 were featured on four tribute CDs released by Dwell Records, performing songs of KING DIAMOND, TESTAMENT, WHITE ZOMBIE and SUICIDAL TENDENCIES.
In December 2006 CATCH 22 entered the studio again to record songs for the new album. The sessions resulted in 22 heavy and diverse power/thrash metal cuts, however due to the limited budget only half of these songs saw the light of day, being released by the band under the title "Soulreaper Vol. 1" in 2007. This CD got many great reviews from all over the globe, however it was more of a promo without the booklet, so Metal On Metal Records decided to release "Soulreaper" the way it was planned by the band in the first place: as a double CD with all the songs, lyrics plus a lot of additional artwork in the booklet.
3. Catch 22
Catch 22 is a UK Hip Hop artist signed to Sugar Free. Catch 22 released his debut feature length album "The Harlequins Monologue" in 2009 on Sugar Free.
Leaving
Catch 22 Lyrics
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I'm gonna go real far away from here.
I'm gonna find a girl like the one I met in high school.
But she's not gonna get away this time.
I'm gonna keep her by my side.
Not gonna lose my grip on you.
I'm gonna somehow make it through this time.
Not gonna fuck up like I did back then.
Maybe I'll even fall in love again.
[Chorus] And when I try to make things right.
I always seem to lose the fight.
Can't seem to hold on to my life.
So I go on through the pain.
That's why I'm leaving here today.
Won't make it any other way.
Cigarettes & sleep are the only things that keep me from losing my mind maybe in time you'll know that.
Without you I am nothing I have always acted blind.
I'm never coming home because you left me all alone last night and you never even showed up in the morning.
And so I try to find a way to hold it in.
I guess you win this time.
Good friends are hard to find.
[Repeat Chorus]
The song "Leaving" by Catch 22 describes the singer's desire to leave his current situation and find a new start. He wishes to leave and go far away from everything, and even promises to find a girl like the one he met in high school and not let her get away this time. He reflects on his past mistakes and promises himself that he will not mess up like he did back then. He hopes that he will even fall in love again. However, despite his promises and plans to make things right, he seems to always lose the fight and cannot hold on to his life, so he decides to leave to get a fresh start.
The chorus repeats the emotions and desires of the singer and emphasizes his struggles in making things right in his life. He believes that leaving is the only way to survive the pain that he feels.
In the second verse, the singer expresses his reliance on cigarettes and sleep to keep him from losing his mind. He also expresses how important the person he is leaving behind is to him, but they left him alone without any explanation. He reflects on his own mistakes and the fact that sometimes good friends are hard to find. In the end, he accepts defeat, recognizing that this time, "you win."
Overall, the song "Leaving" by Catch 22 is an emotional and reflective song about a person's desire to find a new start and leave behind his past mistakes, with a realistic understanding that sometimes life doesn't always go as planned.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm leaving here today.
I'm moving away from here today.
I'm gonna go real far away from here.
I'm going to a distant place.
I'm gonna find a girl like the one I met in high school.
I want to find a girl similar to the one I met in high school.
But she's not gonna get away this time.
I won't let her go this time.
I'm gonna keep her by my side.
I'll make sure she stays with me.
Not gonna lose my grip on you.
I won't let go of you.
I'm gonna somehow make it through this time.
I'll find a way to succeed this time.
Not gonna fuck up like I did back then.
I won't make the same mistake again.
Maybe I'll even fall in love again.
Perhaps I'll even fall in love again.
And when I try to make things right.
Whenever I attempt to correct myself.
I always seem to lose the fight.
I always end up losing.
Can't seem to hold on to my life.
I can't seem to get my life together.
So I go on through the pain.
So I endure the pain.
That's why I'm leaving here today.
That's why I'm leaving this place today.
Won't make it any other way.
I don't have any other options.
Cigarettes & sleep are the only things that keep me from losing my mind maybe in time you'll know that.
Cigarettes and sleep keep me from going crazy. Maybe you'll understand that someday.
Without you I am nothing I have always acted blind.
I'm nothing without you. I've been blind to that fact.
I'm never coming home because you left me all alone last night and you never even showed up in the morning.
I'm never returning home because you abandoned me last night and didn't even show up in the morning.
And so I try to find a way to hold it in.
So I attempt to contain my emotions.
I guess you win this time.
I suppose you've won this time.
Good friends are hard to find.
It's difficult to find good friends.
[Repeat Chorus]
Repeat the chorus.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: BROWN, DOE, DOWDY, MCKENZIE, MCLEOD, MICHAEL, WARNER
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