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.
On the Black Sea
Catch 22 Lyrics
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In an age of revolution, restitution we sought
You were the spark we were the fuel and we burned bright as the sun.
Those were the days we could have fought anyone anywhere on anything,
and after all these years how could we try, should we try to follow someone else?
I can see the shadows on the foothills east of here;
stormy clouds and thunder in my heart.
because the fire's burning low and the wind is blowing mighty cold.
We're on this train to nowhere and I don't know if we'll make it back again
because the fire's burning low and the wind is blowing mighty cold.
Push push push until we get just what we want, we always
push push push 'til we can get them what they need
We can take the lives of others so that all may truly live,
but the will to truly live.. is something I can't give to them.
I can see the shadows on the foothills east of here;
stormy clouds and thunder in my heart.
We're on this train to nowhere and I don't know if we'll make it back again
because the fire's burning low and the wind is blowing mighty cold.
We're on this train to nowhere and I don't know if we'll make it back again
because the fire's burning low and the wind is blowing mighty cold.
Staring at the pieces of my dim reflection as I look into this Black Sea of atrophy
I just got the message of your passing from the man who digs our-
They are digging graves for all our dreams and it seems that they are digging by the plot
I can feel the old corruption peering from the black, and I don't know if we can fight it back again.
I can see the shadows on the foothills east of here;
stormy clouds and thunder in my heart.
We're on this train to nowhere and I don't know if we'll make it back again
because the fire's burning low and the wind is blowing mighty cold.
We're on this train to nowhere and I don't know if we'll make it back again
because the fire's burning low and the wind is blowing mighty cold.
The song "On the Black Sea" by Catch 22 speaks to the challenges of revolution and the struggle to preserve a vision when faced with corruption and disillusionment. The lyrics begin with a farewell to a friend and mentor who embodied the spark of revolution, acknowledging that his departure means they will never see anyone like him again. The song then moves on to describe the tough battles of the revolution and the struggles to maintain the momentum and passion that once burned so brightly. The chorus addresses the bleakness of their journey, as they ride a train going nowhere with a dwindling fire and the biting cold wind at their backs.
The band uses powerful imagery of the shadows on the foothills and stormy clouds and thunder in one's heart to further explore the challenges facing revolutionaries. These images represent the darkness of the struggle and the inner turmoil that one can experience when fighting for a cause. In the second verse, the band speaks to the difficulty of staying true to one's vision when facing opposition and suggests the question of whether taking the lives of others truly allows everyone to live. The final verse speaks to the grim reality of the aftermath of revolution, with the old corruption peering from the darkness, and the possibility that they may not be able to fight it back again.
Overall, "On the Black Sea" is a deeply emotional song about the struggle of revolutionaries and the difficulty of preserving a vision under trying circumstances.
Line by Line Meaning
Goodbye my friend and mentor, we'll never see a man quite like you again.
Farewell to a unique individual from whom we learned valuable lessons.
In an age of revolution, restitution we sought
We aimed for compensation during a time of upheaval.
You were the spark we were the fuel and we burned bright as the sun.
You were the inspiration that drove us to achieve greatness together.
Those were the days we could have fought anyone anywhere on anything, and after all these years how could we try, should we try to follow someone else?
We had the confidence to take on any challenge, but now we question our ability to find similar leadership.
Push push push until we get just what we want, we always push push push 'til we can get them what they need
We have a relentless drive to obtain what we want, even if it's to fulfill the needs of others.
We can take the lives of others so that all may truly live, but the will to truly live.. is something I can't give to them.
We can sacrifice for the greater good, but we can't give others the motivation to live fully.
Staring at the pieces of my dim reflection as I look into this Black Sea of atrophy
Contemplating my own shortcomings as I observe a hopeless and deteriorating situation.
I just got the message of your passing from the man who digs our-
I received news of your death from a person whose occupation involves digging graves.
They are digging graves for all our dreams and it seems that they are digging by the plot
It appears that they are destroying all of our aspirations with malicious intent.
I can feel the old corruption peering from the black, and I don't know if we can fight it back again.
The familiar corruption from the past is looming and I doubt our ability to resist it once more.
We're on this train to nowhere and I don't know if we'll make it back again because the fire's burning low and the wind is blowing mighty cold.
We're on a journey with an uncertain destination, and our resources are diminishing.
We're on this train to nowhere and I don't know if we'll make it back again because the fire's burning low and the wind is blowing mighty cold.
We're on a journey with an uncertain destination, and our resources are diminishing.
I can see the shadows on the foothills east of here; stormy clouds and thunder in my heart.
I perceive a foreboding presence in the environment and within myself.
Contributed by Elizabeth B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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I've been dreading the day I would be able to relate to this song. I just found out that my teacher passed away today, so this song sums up a lot for me.
CodingGamingFun
@Botar Akutabi lol
Botar Akutabi
I didn't know your teacher was the leader of a socialist revolution. Well, may he rest in peace Comrade.
Malek Magician
I think this song is about when Trotsky received the telegram informing Lenin death on the station of Tiflis. On his way to Sukhum.
Dang Bang
how bout you sukhum nuts?
CodingGamingFun
I just thought id clear that up
CodingGamingFun
Btw it was a joke dont flame me
CodingGamingFun
its instagram not telegram
midevil656
My favorite song on the album!
mathew idicula
My new favorite band.