Monthly Archives: May 2009

Black Cat Music

Posted on May 18, 2009 | Leave a comment


Black Cat Music is a punk rock band from San Francisco Bay Area, California. They were formed in the summer of 1998 by former members of bands such as The Criminals and the Receivers. The music combined elements of punk & rock and roll with dark, poetic lyrics. After its formation, Black Cat Music released an EP & first full length record on Cheetah’s records. Soon thereafter, Black Cat Music signed to Lookout! Records. The band played live shows up and down the west coast, and on several national tours. In 2004, the band released a video for the song “the Jet Trash”, directed by Vincent Haycock.

Black Cat Music – “The Jet Trash” (Promo Video)

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O’Death

Posted on May 2, 2009 | 1 Comment

“Oh, death, how you’re treatin’ me / You’ve closed my eyes so I can’t see / Well you’re hurtin’ my body / You make me cold / You run my life right outta my soul.”

Those words, most famously crooned a cappella by bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley on the song “O’Death”, begged a creeping Grim Reaper to spare him another year. The song is haunting, bare, remarkably soulful, and a guiding light for five musicians who met in the early part of the decade while attending SUNY-Purchase, a state school in the suburbs of New York City. With a hankering for Gothic roots music, the band snatched the song title as its moniker and formed in 2003. READ MORE

O’Death is:
greg jamie – vocals, guitar
gabe darling – backing vocals, ukulele, guitar, banjo, piano
davd rb – drums, whoop
bob pycior – fiddle, guitar, piano
othar the tooth collector – bass
dan sager – trombone, euphonium, keys

O’ Death @ Whelans, Dublin, 24.06.07

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