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Gothic Cats!!!

 School girls Mercedes Lander and Fallon Bowman met in gym class and said, "let's play together!" And thus, Kittie was born. At least, that's how legend has it and it's not that far from the truth. Four teenage girls with a love of heavy metal, a desire to prove naysayers wrong and a passion to rock, formed the hard sounding metalesque quartet in 1997, while still in high school.

 
 
 
 
One part glam rock and one part death metal, the women of Kittie signed with the Ng Records-distributed Artemis Records after a stint of playing covers of Nirvana, Silverchair and even Corey Hart. By the time indie record producer GGGarth had gotten ahold of their demo, they had graduated from teen-pop to pushing their sound up a notch along the likes of L7 and Godsmack.  
 
 
 
 
 
 

Breaking into the metal scene and making headlines all over North America are Kittie. The 4-piece band from London, Ontario have taken the Canada by storm. Being one of the first all female bands in recent years to be so successful after releasing only one album, the band has drawn the attention of sold-out shows everywhere.
 
 
 
 
 
 
"I'm not up there singing, 'Hit me baby, one more time!' We're a lot more mature than that," states Morgan Lander.(vocals) The band released 'Spit', their debut album in 1999. "A lot of guys don't want a bunch of little girls to get in the way of their music," states Fallon. "That song's about someone telling you that they love you so much, and they put you up on a pedestal and make you feel great, then they turn around and say screw you." The band has toured with big names such as "Sevendust" and "Slipknot".  
 
 
 
 
 
  The foursome of divas really break through into some territory never really being touched by females, and that is the heavy rock or metal industry. Generally dominated by men, the young women break through and leave the gates open for other females who perhaps aspire to be in a band themselves, to follow in the footsteps of Kittie.
 
 
 
 
 
The band are pavers of new roads, setting them aside from other bands is their dedication and their perfectionism. They truly are a quartet of divas that deserve to be recognized for their achievements as women in a man's world.  
 
 
 
 
  Call Kittie a metal act, call it a goth act, call it a glam act - just don't call it a soft act. Fans of Barry Manilow shudder at the thought of heavy riffs pulsating through darkened clubs, the only sound louder than the throbbing bass Morgan Lander's ripping vocals.
 
 
 
 
 


The non-conformists continue to turn heads, releasing two other successful albums, Brackish and Charlotte, and don't seem destined to slow down...

 

Marcio Faveri
Art - Paulo Vinicius