City of Caterpillar were an American screamo rock band. They are widely remembered as a band who sought to push the boundaries of what was acceptable in screamo and emo music, as well as one who contributed greatly to its evolution. They released a split with pg. 99, a full length album, and an album-length compilation of their demo and some live tracks. They made songs that combined emo, screamo, and post-hardcore/rock elements. Many modern bands draw on the groundwork they laid out, bands such as A Day in Black and White, Welcome the Plague Year, and Circle Takes the Square. Screamo is a musical genre which evolved from emo, post-hardcore, more specifically hardcore emo in the early 1990s. ... This article is about the genre of music. ... pg. ... A Day in Black and White are a band based in Washington, DC who formed in 2001. ... Welcome the Plague Year was a Hardcore and Emo band formed from the nucleii of Joshua Fit For Battle, Neil Perry, the Now and others. ... Circle Takes the Square (often abbreviated CTTS) is an Experimental Emocore band from Savannah, Georgia, USA. The band formed in 2000 as a four piece and after their first two releases they lost a guitarist but gained another in late 2004. ...

Their music moves from technical to restrained in a matter of seconds, often showcasing the prowess of their drummer, a tradition also carried on by A Day in Black and White. City of Caterpillar's music brings a great deal of focus to its dynamics, using (yet expanded upon) the standard emo formula pioneered by bands like Indian Summer, as well as the epic, dirgelike qualities of Portraits of Past and Maximillian Colby. Like these bands, they often use the entire band to crescendo into a huge cathartic climax, whereas, Indian Summer's dynamics often paralleled the whisper/scream vocal pattern which many emo bands have become entangled in. Indian Summer was an early and influential emo band originally from Michigan. ... Portraits of Past was a emo hardcore band from the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Maximillian Colby was an art rock band birthed in the early 1990s. ...

Their sound encompassed a style which was more influenced by bands such as Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Mogwai than any of the older emo bands, and was very bipolar in its approach. Very long, slow and beautiful build-ups would give way to chaotic screaming and passionate singing. Their Japanese tourmates, Envy, also rivaled them for this approach; when Envy toured the US in January 2005, they were originally intended to have come earlier with City of Caterpillar supporting them. Godspeed You! Black Emperor (formerly punctuated Godspeed You Black Emperor!) is a Canadian post-rock band based in Montreal, Quebec. ... Mogwai is a Scottish band from Glasgow, United Kingdom. ... Envy is one of the foremost hardcore/screamo bands in Japan. ...

The band broke up in late 2003 as a result of personal differences and a souring of the writing process (rumor has it that certain members were "sick of writing music").

Members

City of Caterpillar shared band members with pg. 99, Darkest Hour, Stop it!!, Enemy Soil, Kilara, and later Majority Rule. They broke up in December 2003, with Jeff and Kevin going on to form the bands Malady and Verse En Coma, while Brandon and Pat formed Ghastly City Sleep. pg. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

• Jeff Kane - guitar
• Brandon Evans - vocals, guitar
• Kevin Longendyke - vocals, bass
• Pat Broderick - drums (second drummer)
• Ryan Parrish - drums (first drummer, on all recordings)
• Johnny Ward - drums (tour-only drummer)
• Adam Juresko - Bass (on half of Demo and Live)

Discography

• A Split Personality (2001) Split 7" with pg. 99 (Level Plane Records)
• Tour 7" (2001) 7" (Level Plane Records)
• City of Caterpillar (2002) LP/CD (Level Plane Records)
• Demo and Live (2002) LP/CD - a collection of demo songs and a live tracks (Level Plane Records)
• Split w/ System 2600 (Unknown Year & Label)

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External links

• City of Caterpillar page at Level Plane Records