Today we're spending Seven Questions In Heaven with Catch Wild:
Describe your music for our readers who may not be familiar with you.
We are female-fronted rock with a pop edge. Generally, we don't like to compare ourselves to other bands, but we are told we are in the vein of Paramore and such. Take a listen and formulate your own opinion!
Who are your musical influences and idols?
Doug: Eric Clapton and Cream, Soundgarden, Bush, Mutemath, Incubus, Shades Apart, Pete Yorn, Stone Temple Pilots, and Rx Bandits.
Jess: Stevie Nicks for her undeniable uniqueness and strength; Chrissie Hynde for her badass; Sheryl Crow for her songwriting and simplicity; '80s Madonna for her resilience, creativity, and understanding of how to brand herself; Alicia Keys in her first few albums for her chilling passion,
Songs In A minor I literally had in my car CD player for an entire year, one of my all time favorite albums; Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 for his perfectionism and attention to detail, it took something like eleven years to record that album (don't quote me on that number); Carole King; and Fiona Apple. These are really the artists I go to so I can breathe and feel normal. Oh yeah, I think I have to give it up to early Mariah Carey.
Emotions, I'm pretty sure that album taught me how to sing.
Swinny: Foo Fighters, Led Zeppelin, and Mutemath.
What was the first album, cassette, or CD you bought with your own money?
Doug: Bush's
Sixteen Stone and Coolio's
Gangsta's Paradise.
Jess: Green Day's
Dookie.
Swinny: Inner Circle's
Bad To The Bone. The song "Bad Boys" from
Cops has a killer bassline.
