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{{Short description|American musician (born 1961)}}
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| name = Dave Catching
| name = Dave Catching
| image = Dave Catching playing with the Eagles of Death Metal at the Commodore Ballroom July 20th 2009.jpg
| image = 20150612-068-Nova Rock 2015-Eagles of Death Metal-Dave Catching.jpg
| caption = Dave Catching performing with the [[Eagles of Death Metal]] at the Commodore Ballroom in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]
| caption = Catching at Nova Rock 2015
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| birth_name = David Catching
| birth_name = David Catching
| alias = Diamond Dave<br>Darlin' Dave <br> Davey Jo <br> Snohawk
| alias = Diamond Dave<br />Darlin' Dave <br /> Davey Jo <br /> Snohawk
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|6|7}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|6|7}}
| origin = [[Memphis, Tennessee]], US
| origin = [[Memphis, Tennessee]], U.S.
| genre = [[Stoner rock]], [[hard rock]], [[Palm Desert Scene|desert rock]], [[garage rock revival]], [[acid rock]], [[psychedelic rock]], [[blues rock]]
| genre = [[Stoner rock]], [[hard rock]], [[Palm Desert Scene|desert rock]], [[garage rock revival]], [[acid rock]], [[psychedelic rock]], [[blues rock]]
| occupation = Musician, songwriter, producer
| occupation = Musician, songwriter, producer, operator of [[Rancho de la Luna]]
| years_active = 1982–present
| years_active = 1978–present
| instrument = Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboard, [[lap steel]], [[twelve-string guitar]]
| instrument = Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, synthesizers, keyboards
| associated_acts = [[Queens of the Stone Age]], [[Eagles of Death Metal]], [[Tex & the Horseheads]], The Ringling Sisters, [[Mojave Lords]], [[earthlings?]], [[Mark Lanegan]], Gnarltones, Pink Slip, [[Mondo Generator]], [[Smith & Pyle]], [[Masters of Reality]], Star & Dagger, [[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]], [[The Mutants (musical collaboration)|The Mutants]]
| associated_acts = [[Queens of the Stone Age]], [[Eagles of Death Metal]], [[Tex & the Horseheads]], [[The Ringling Sisters]], [[Mojave Lords]], [[earthlings?]], [[Mark Lanegan]], [[Gnarltones]], [[Pink Slip]], [[The Desert Sessions]], [[Mondo Generator]], [[Smith & Pyle]], [[Masters of Reality]], [[Star & Dagger]], [[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]], [[The Mutants (musical collaboration)|The Mutants]], [[Modifiers]] and many others.
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'''David Catching''' (born June 7, 1961) is an American musician and producer from [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]. He is a founding member of the California [[stoner rock]] band [[earthlings?]], a touring member of [[Eagles of Death Metal]] and the co-founder of the [[Rancho De La Luna]] recording studio.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dave Catching: Joshua Tree, CA & Rancho De La Luna |url=https://tapeop.com/interviews/63/dave-catching/ |website=tapeop.com |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Aston microphones: David Catching - Musician, Producer, Engineer |url=https://www.astonmics.com/EN/artist-details/Dave-Catching |website=astonmics.com |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref>
'''David Catching''' (born June 7, 1961) is an American musician from [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. He is a founding member of the California [[stoner rock]] bands [[earthlings?]] from 1993–present, and [[Queens of the Stone Age]] from 1996-2000, a former touring member of [[Eagles of Death Metal]] from 2003-2017 and the current operator of the [[Rancho De La Luna]] recording studio.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dave Catching: Joshua Tree, CA & Rancho De La Luna |url=https://tapeop.com/interviews/63/dave-catching/ |website=tapeop.com |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Aston microphones: David Catching – Musician, Producer, Engineer |url=https://www.astonmics.com/EN/artist-details/Dave-Catching |website=astonmics.com |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref>


== Career ==
[[File:Catching1.jpg|thumb|220px|alt=text|Dave Catching playing with [[Eagles of Death Metal]] live at The Glass House February 8, 2006]]
[[File:Dave Catching playing with the Eagles of Death Metal at the Commodore Ballroom July 20th 2009 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Catching performing with the [[Eagles of Death Metal]] in 2009]]
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Catching has played the guitar for well-known hard rock bands [[Eagles of Death Metal]], [[Queens of the Stone Age]], [[Tex and the Horseheads]], as well as [[Mark Lanegan]], [[The Ringling Sisters]], [[earthlings?]], [[Mondo Generator]] and the [[Masters of Reality]], [[Yellow No. 5 (band)|Yellow #5]], and [[Gnarltones]].


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Catching has been associated with the desert country rock band, [[Smith & Pyle]]. He contributed to the debut album of country rock duo [[Smith & Pyle]], ''It's OK to be Happy'', which was recorded at his recording studio [[Rancho de la Luna]] and released in 2008. He currently resides in [[Joshua Tree, California]].
==Recording career==
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Catching has played the guitar for well-known hard rock bands [[Eagles of Death Metal]], [[Queens of the Stone Age]], [[Tex and the Horseheads]], as well as The Ringling Sisters, [[earthlings?]], [[Mondo Generator]] and the [[Masters of Reality]]. He is also a member of [[Yellow No. 5 (band)|Yellow #5]], and the Gnarltones.


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Catching was on stage with Eagles of Death Metal during the [[November 2015 Paris attacks]], and escaped the [[Bataclan (theatre)|Bataclan]] with the rest of the band. Catching talked about this at length on the show [[Conan Neutron's Protonic Reversal]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Protonic Reversal Ep111: Dave Catching (Rancho De La Luna, Earthlings?, Eagles of Death Metal, Desert Sessions, Queens of the Stone Age) |url=https://www.radioneutron.com/2018/01/17/ep111-dave-catching-rancho-de-la-luna-earthlings-eagles-of-death-metal-desert-sessions-queens-of-the-stone-age/ |website=radioneutron.com |date=January 17, 2018 |access-date=14 June 2020 |archive-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614004909/https://www.radioneutron.com/2018/01/17/ep111-dave-catching-rancho-de-la-luna-earthlings-eagles-of-death-metal-desert-sessions-queens-of-the-stone-age/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Rolling Stone]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Eagles of Death Metal Guitarist on Debut Solo LP, U2's Help After Bataclan "Gandalf of desert rock" Dave Catching and friends celebrate the magic of the Rancho de la Luna scene |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/eagles-of-death-metal-guitarist-on-debut-solo-lp-u2s-help-after-bataclan-122725/ |website=rollingstone.com |date=May 31, 2017 |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref> and other media.
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Catching has been associated with the desert country rock band, [[Smith & Pyle]]. He contributed to the debut album of country rock duo [[Smith & Pyle]], ''It's OK to be Happy'', which was recorded at [[Rancho de la Luna]] and released in 2008. He currently resides in [[Joshua Tree, California]].


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== Musical equipment ==
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Catching was on stage with Eagles of Death Metal during the [[November 2015 Paris attacks]], and escaped the [[Bataclan (theatre)|Bataclan]] with the rest of the band. Catching talked about this at length on the show [[Conan Neutron's Protonic Reversal]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Protonic Reversal Ep111: Dave Catching (Rancho De La Luna, Earthlings?, Eagles of Death Metal, Desert Sessions, Queens of the Stone Age) |url=https://www.radioneutron.com/2018/01/17/ep111-dave-catching-rancho-de-la-luna-earthlings-eagles-of-death-metal-desert-sessions-queens-of-the-stone-age/ |website=radioneutron.com |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref> [[Rolling Stone]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Eagles of Death Metal Guitarist on Debut Solo LP, U2's Help After Bataclan "Gandalf of desert rock" Dave Catching and friends celebrate the magic of the Rancho de la Luna scene |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/eagles-of-death-metal-guitarist-on-debut-solo-lp-u2s-help-after-bataclan-122725/ |website=rollingstone.com |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref> and other media.
With [[earthlings?]], [[Mojave Lords]] and other live performances Catching plays a 1984 [[Gibson Les Paul]], gifted to him by his brother in law, Frank Watts. He also uses for live shows and recording [[Echopark Guitars]] Albert 58, and [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] AES 1500. His pedalboard consists of [[Earthquaker Devices]], Dispatch Master and Astral Destiny, a [[T.C. Electronics]] Polytune 2 tuner, and Spark, [[Jim Dunlop]] Wah pedal and Rotovibe pedal, [[Origin Effects|Origin]] Me-Q Drive, [[Dr No Effects]] Colossus, [[Solid Gold FX]] Lysis and EM-III, [[Boss Corporation|Boss]] DD#3 Delay, [[Radial Engineering|Radial]] BigShot, into a combination of [[Bruce Zinky]] Tremoverb, and Mofo, or [[Lanham Amps]] Dragonslayer with [[Colby Amps]] Elpico. With the [[Eagles of Death Metal]], Catching played his 1967 [[Gibson Flying V]] through a tuner and distortion pedal and [[Supro]] amplifier with a 2x12 cabinet and [[Orange Amplifiers]]. He also used an [[Ampeg]] Dan Armstrong guitar when playing with Eagles of Death Metal. Catching also uses [http://www.hipstrap.com.ar/ HipStrap] vintage styled guitar straps. He is endorsed by and uses [[Ernie Ball]] ultra slinky guitar strings, coiled red Bullet Cable.


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Catching released a signature fuzz wah pedal in 2015, the [http://drno-effects.com/products/roadrunner/ Roadrunner], through Dr. No Effects.<ref>{{cite web |title=DAVE CATCHING Eagles of Death Metal |url=https://www.tcelectronic.com/Artists/artist/dave-catching |website=tcelectronic.com |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dave Catching – Equipboard |url=https://equipboard.com/pros/dave-catching |website=equipboard.com |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref>
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==Musical equipment==
With the Eagles of Death Metal, Catching plays his 1967 [[Gibson Flying V]] through a tuner and distortion pedal and [[Supro|Supro amplifier]] with a 2x12 cabinet. In recent shows with EODM, Catching is seen using Orange amplifiers. He also uses an Ampeg Dan Armstrong guitar when playing with [[Eagles of Death Metal]]. Catching also uses [http://www.HipStrap.com.ar HipStrap] vintage styled guitar straps. He is endorsed by and uses coiled red Bullet Cable. During recordings he also uses some of [[Jesse Hughes (musician)|Jesse Hughes]]'s [[Maton]]s.


In 2023 partnered with [[Grand Casino Factory]] to imagine and develop the F.R.E.D. or Frequency Re-arranging Experimentation Device, cited by Catching as a tribute to [[Fred Drake]], his departed former partner in [[Rancho de la Luna]] as 'an unequalled sonic enhancement device befitting such a fantastic, uniquely wonderful, talented man as [[Fred Drake]]
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Catching released a signature fuzz wah pedal in 2015, the [http://drno-effects.com/products/roadrunner/ Roadrunner], through Dr. No Effects.<ref>{{cite web |title=DAVE CATCHING Eagles of Death Metal |url=https://www.tcelectronic.com/Artists/artist/dave-catching |website=tcelectronic.com |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dave Catching - Equipboard |url=https://equipboard.com/pros/dave-catching |website=equipboard.com |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref>


With the earthlings?, he uses his 1958 [[Fender Stratocaster]] or his 1972 double cutaway [[Gibson Les Paul]] through a tuner and a distortion Rat pedal.<!--[[Dunlop Cry Baby|Cry Baby]], [[Boss Corporation|BOSS Digital delay]], [[Phaser (effect)|Phase 90]] into a [[Silvertone (instruments)|Silvertone Twin 12]] and [[Fender Super Reverb]] amplifiers. please clarify and then insert again--><ref>[http://www.maton.com.au/interviews/dave-catching.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204131928/http://www.maton.com.au/interviews/dave-catching.html |date=December 4, 2008 }}</ref> His Les Paul is 1 of 6 ever made by Strings & Things in Memphis, Tennessee. Other guitars were bought by [[Ace Frehley]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Pat Travers]], and Michael Woods, guitarist for the group [[America (band)|America]]. Photos have circulated of Dave's very guitar nearly being bought by [[Greg Lake]] of [[Emerson, Lake, and Palmer]] fame, but opting out at the last minute for an acoustic bass.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ladiesofthelake.com/cabinet/shop.html |title=Shopping With Greg Lake |publisher=Ladies of the Lake |access-date=August 10, 2015}}</ref>
From 1993-2015 with earthlings?, he used his 1958 [[Fender Stratocaster]] or his 1972 double cutaway [[Gibson Les Paul]] through a tuner and a distortion Rat pedal.<!--[[Dunlop Cry Baby|Cry Baby]], [[Boss Corporation|BOSS Digital delay]], [[Phaser (effect)|Phase 90]] into a [[Silvertone (instruments)|Silvertone Twin 12]] and [[Fender Super Reverb]] amplifiers. please clarify and then insert again--><ref>[http://www.maton.com.au/interviews/dave-catching.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204131928/http://www.maton.com.au/interviews/dave-catching.html |date=December 4, 2008 }}</ref> His Les Paul is 1 of 6 ever made by [[Strings & Things]] in Memphis, Tennessee. Other guitars were bought by [[Ace Frehley]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Pat Travers]], and Michael Woods, guitarist for the group [[America (band)|America]]. Photos have circulated of Dave's very guitar nearly being bought by [[Greg Lake]] of [[Emerson, Lake, and Palmer]] fame, but opting out at the last minute for an acoustic bass.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ladiesofthelake.com/cabinet/shop.html |title=Shopping With Greg Lake |publisher=Ladies of the Lake |access-date=August 10, 2015}}</ref>


Catching co-founded [[Rancho de la Luna]] recording studio with [[Fred Drake]] in 1993. After Drake's death in 2002, Catching has since run the studio and continues to this day, hosting such musical acts as [[Foo Fighters]], [[Queens of the Stone Age]], [[Arctic Monkeys]], [[Iggy Pop]], [[Daniel Lanois]] and many others
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==Partial discography==

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* ''The Modifiers'' (1980's]
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== Partial discography ==
{{BLP unsourced section|date=February 2024}}
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* ''The Modifiers'' (1980s)
* ''60 Watt Reality'' (The Ringling Sisters, 1990)
* ''60 Watt Reality'' (The Ringling Sisters, 1990)
* '' [[earthlings?]]'' (earthlings?, 1996)
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* ''[[Volumes 1 & 2|The Desert Sessions 1 & 2]]'' (1998)
* [[Queens of the Stone Age]], 18AD on ''Burn One Up!'' compilation album (1997)
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* ''[[Volumes 1 & 2 (The Desert Sessions album)|The Desert Sessions 1 & 2]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Queens of the Stone Age (album)|Queens of the Stone Age]]'' (Queens of the Stone Age, 1998)
* ''[[Queens of the Stone Age (album)|Queens of the Stone Age]]'' (Queens of the Stone Age, 1998)
*"[[Scraps at Midnight]] ((Mark Lanegan 1998)
* ''[[Scraps at Midnight]]'' (Mark Lanegan, 1998)
* ''[[Volumes 3 & 4|The Desert Sessions 3 & 4]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Volumes 3 & 4|The Desert Sessions 3 & 4]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Volumes 5 & 6|The Desert Sessions 5 & 6]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Volumes 5 & 6|The Desert Sessions 5 & 6]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Rated R (Queens of the Stone Age album)|Rated R]]'' (Queens of the Stone Age, 2000)
* ''[[Rated R (Queens of the Stone Age album)|Rated R]]'' (Queens of the Stone Age, 2000)
* ''[[Human Beans]]'' (earthlings?, 2001)
* ''[[Human Beans]]'' (earthlings?, 2000)
* ''[[Deep in the Hole (album)|Deep in the Hole]]'' ([[Masters of Reality]], 2001)
* ''[[Deep in the Hole (album)|Deep in the Hole]]'' ([[Masters of Reality]], 2001)
* ''[[Songs for the Deaf]]'' (Queens of the Stone Age, 2002)
* ''[[Songs for the Deaf]]'' (Queens of the Stone Age, 2002)
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* ''[[Bubblegum (Mark Lanegan album)|Bubblegum]]'' (Mark Lanegan Band, 2004)
* ''[[Bubblegum (Mark Lanegan album)|Bubblegum]]'' (Mark Lanegan Band, 2004)
* ''[[III the EP]]'' (Mondo Generator, 2004)
* ''[[III the EP]]'' (Mondo Generator, 2004)
*[[Cowboy Coffee and Burnt Knives]] (Hulk 2004)
* [[Cowboy Coffee and Burnt Knives]] (Hulk, 2004)
* ''[[Lullabies to Paralyze]]'' (Queens of the Stone Age, 2005)
* ''[[Lullabies to Paralyze]]'' (Queens of the Stone Age, 2005)
* ''[[I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine]]'' ([[Goon Moon]], 2005)
* ''[[I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine]]'' ([[Goon Moon]], 2005)
* ''[[Death By Sexy]]...'' (Eagles of Death Metal, 2006)
* ''[[Impeach My Bush]]'' ([[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]], 2006)
* ''[[Death by Sexy]]'' (Eagles of Death Metal, 2006)
* ''[[Powder Burns]]'' (The Twilight Singers, 2006)
* ''[[Powder Burns]]'' (The Twilight Singers, 2006)
* ''[[Dead Planet]]'' (Mondo Generator, 2006)
* ''[[Dead Planet]]'' (Mondo Generator, 2006)
* ''[[Licker's Last Leg]]'' (Goon Moon, 2007)
* ''[[Licker's Last Leg]]'' (Goon Moon, 2007)
* [[Neptune (The Duke Spirit album)|''Neptune'']] ([[The Duke Spirit]], 2008)
* [[Neptune (The Duke Spirit album)|''Neptune'']] ([[The Duke Spirit]], 2008)
*[[Prime Motivator]] (Giraffes 2008)
* ''[[Prime Motivator]]'' (Giraffes, 2008)
*[[Heart On]] (Eagles of Death Metal 2008)
* ''[[Heart On]]'' (Eagles of Death Metal, 2008)
*[[Saturnalia (The Gutter Twins album)|Saturnalia]] (Gutter Twins 2008)
* ''[[Saturnalia (The Gutter Twins album)|Saturnalia]]'' (Gutter Twins, 2008)
* ''[[Humalien]]'' ([[earthlings?]], 2009)
* ''[[Humalien]]'' ([[earthlings?]], 2009)
* ''[[Pine Cross Dover]]'' (Masters of Reality, 2009)
* ''[[Pine Cross Dover]]'' (Masters of Reality, 2009)
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* ''[[Spine Hits]]'' (Sleepy Sun, 2012)
* ''[[Spine Hits]]'' (Sleepy Sun, 2012)
* ''Tomorrowland Blues'' (Star & Dagger, 2013)
* ''Tomorrowland Blues'' (Star & Dagger, 2013)
*[[Do to the Beast]] (Afghan Whigs 2014)
* ''[[Do to the Beast]]'' (Afghan Whigs, 2014)
* ''Unfuckwithable'' (Mojave Lords, 2014)
* ''Unfuckwithable'' (Mojave Lords, 2014)
*[[ecaps]] (earthlings? 2014)
* ''[[ecaps]]'' (earthlings?, 2014)
*[[Wild Nights]] (Pins 2015)
* ''Wild Nights'' ([[PINS (band)|PINS]], 2015)
* ''[[The Mutants (musical collaboration)#Your Desert My Mind .282016.29|Your Desert My Mind]]'' (The Mutants, 2016)
* ''[[The Mutants (musical collaboration)#Your Desert My Mind (2016)|Your Desert My Mind]]'' (The Mutants, 2016)
*[[Mudda Fudda]] (earthlings? 2016)
* ''[[Mudda Fudda]]'' (earthlings?, 2016)
* ''[[The Golden West (album)]]'' ([[Gayle Skidmore]], 2017)
* ''[[Mojave Lords]]'' (Gloria In Absentia, 2017)
* ''[[The Golden West (album)|The Golden West]]'' ([[Gayle Skidmore]], 2017)
*[[Shared Hallucinations Pt.1]] (David Catching and Friends 2017)
*''[[Shared Hallucinations Pt.1]]'' (David Catching and Friends, 2017)
* ''[[Expensive Feelings]]'' (Mojave Lords, 2021)
* ''[[Rabbit Rabbit]]'' ([[Speedy Ortiz]], 2023)


==References==
== References ==
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{{Reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 14:56, 3 November 2024

Dave Catching
Catching at Nova Rock 2015
Catching at Nova Rock 2015
Background information
Birth nameDavid Catching
Also known asDiamond Dave
Darlin' Dave
Davey Jo
Snohawk
Born (1961-06-07) June 7, 1961 (age 63)
OriginMemphis, Tennessee, U.S.
GenresStoner rock, hard rock, desert rock, garage rock revival, acid rock, psychedelic rock, blues rock
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, producer, operator of Rancho de la Luna
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, synthesizers, keyboards
Years active1978–present

David Catching (born June 7, 1961) is an American musician from Memphis, Tennessee. He is a founding member of the California stoner rock bands earthlings? from 1993–present, and Queens of the Stone Age from 1996-2000, a former touring member of Eagles of Death Metal from 2003-2017 and the current operator of the Rancho De La Luna recording studio.[1][2]

Career

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Catching performing with the Eagles of Death Metal in 2009

Catching has played the guitar for well-known hard rock bands Eagles of Death Metal, Queens of the Stone Age, Tex and the Horseheads, as well as Mark Lanegan, The Ringling Sisters, earthlings?, Mondo Generator and the Masters of Reality, Yellow #5, and Gnarltones.

Catching has been associated with the desert country rock band, Smith & Pyle. He contributed to the debut album of country rock duo Smith & Pyle, It's OK to be Happy, which was recorded at his recording studio Rancho de la Luna and released in 2008. He currently resides in Joshua Tree, California.

Catching was on stage with Eagles of Death Metal during the November 2015 Paris attacks, and escaped the Bataclan with the rest of the band. Catching talked about this at length on the show Conan Neutron's Protonic Reversal,[3] Rolling Stone[4] and other media.

Musical equipment

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With earthlings?, Mojave Lords and other live performances Catching plays a 1984 Gibson Les Paul, gifted to him by his brother in law, Frank Watts. He also uses for live shows and recording Echopark Guitars Albert 58, and Yamaha AES 1500. His pedalboard consists of Earthquaker Devices, Dispatch Master and Astral Destiny, a T.C. Electronics Polytune 2 tuner, and Spark, Jim Dunlop Wah pedal and Rotovibe pedal, Origin Me-Q Drive, Dr No Effects Colossus, Solid Gold FX Lysis and EM-III, Boss DD#3 Delay, Radial BigShot, into a combination of Bruce Zinky Tremoverb, and Mofo, or Lanham Amps Dragonslayer with Colby Amps Elpico. With the Eagles of Death Metal, Catching played his 1967 Gibson Flying V through a tuner and distortion pedal and Supro amplifier with a 2x12 cabinet and Orange Amplifiers. He also used an Ampeg Dan Armstrong guitar when playing with Eagles of Death Metal. Catching also uses HipStrap vintage styled guitar straps. He is endorsed by and uses Ernie Ball ultra slinky guitar strings, coiled red Bullet Cable.

Catching released a signature fuzz wah pedal in 2015, the Roadrunner, through Dr. No Effects.[5][6]

In 2023 partnered with Grand Casino Factory to imagine and develop the F.R.E.D. or Frequency Re-arranging Experimentation Device, cited by Catching as a tribute to Fred Drake, his departed former partner in Rancho de la Luna as 'an unequalled sonic enhancement device befitting such a fantastic, uniquely wonderful, talented man as Fred Drake

From 1993-2015 with earthlings?, he used his 1958 Fender Stratocaster or his 1972 double cutaway Gibson Les Paul through a tuner and a distortion Rat pedal.[7] His Les Paul is 1 of 6 ever made by Strings & Things in Memphis, Tennessee. Other guitars were bought by Ace Frehley, Jeff Beck, Pat Travers, and Michael Woods, guitarist for the group America. Photos have circulated of Dave's very guitar nearly being bought by Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer fame, but opting out at the last minute for an acoustic bass.[8]

Catching co-founded Rancho de la Luna recording studio with Fred Drake in 1993. After Drake's death in 2002, Catching has since run the studio and continues to this day, hosting such musical acts as Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys, Iggy Pop, Daniel Lanois and many others

Partial discography

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "Dave Catching: Joshua Tree, CA & Rancho De La Luna". tapeop.com. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Aston microphones: David Catching – Musician, Producer, Engineer". astonmics.com. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "Protonic Reversal Ep111: Dave Catching (Rancho De La Luna, Earthlings?, Eagles of Death Metal, Desert Sessions, Queens of the Stone Age)". radioneutron.com. January 17, 2018. Archived from the original on June 14, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  4. ^ "Eagles of Death Metal Guitarist on Debut Solo LP, U2's Help After Bataclan "Gandalf of desert rock" Dave Catching and friends celebrate the magic of the Rancho de la Luna scene". rollingstone.com. May 31, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  5. ^ "DAVE CATCHING Eagles of Death Metal". tcelectronic.com. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "Dave Catching – Equipboard". equipboard.com. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  7. ^ [1] Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Shopping With Greg Lake". Ladies of the Lake. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
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