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Origin	London, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s)	Alternative metal Heavy metal
Years active	1996 – present
Label(s)	X of Infamy Records
Website	www.kittierocks.com
Members
Morgan Lander Mercedes Lander Tara McLeod Trish Doan
Former members
Tanya Candler Fallon Bowman Talena Atfield Jeff Phillips Lisa Marx Jennifer Arroyo

Kittie is a Canadian, alternative metal, all-women band from London, Ontario. The band rose to success in 1999 when the track "Brackish" from their debut album Spit became a hit single. The band also supported Slipknot during the early 2000s on Slipknot's UK tour, heightening the band's popularity.

1 History
2 Line-up
3 Discography
4 External links

History

1996–2004

Kittie was formed in 1996, when Mercedes Lander and Fallon Bowman met in an extra-curricular gymnastics class. The lead singer and guitarist, Morgan Lander, is Mercedes' sister. Their original bassist was Tanya Candler, who eventually left the band in the winter of 1999 to finish high school. She was replaced with Talena Atfield. In 2001, Fallon Bowman left Kittie without citing her reasons and eventually started a new project called Amphibious Assault. Fallon's position as guitarist was later filled by Jeff Phillips who worked as Kittie's guitar technician. He now plays guitar for Thine Eyes Bleed. In 2002 Talena Atfield left the band and was replaced on bass guitar by Jennifer Arroyo. In 2004 the group added a fourth member, the second guitarist Lisa Marx, and Jeff Phillips went to work full-time on his side project, Thine Eyes Bleed. In 2004 Kittie released the album Until the End.

2005–present

Until March 2005, Kittie were signed to Artemis Records but parted ways due to "a proposed amendment to the recording budget for the pending fourth Kittie album." Problems between the group and record label had been rumoured for a long time. In March 2004, Artemis and Kittie came to an out of court settlement over unpaid royalties and 11 breaches of contract on Artemis' behalf. On March 23, 2005, Morgan Lander made a post indicating that both Lisa Marx and Jennifer Arroyo had left the band.[1] Jennifer Arroyo's split was amicable while Lisa Marx's came as a surprise. As with Talena Atfield's departure from the band, financial reasons were cited; and in the case of Jennifer Arroyo, the desire to work outside of Kittie full-time was an additional factor. Jennifer Arroyo would go on to join Billy Graziadei of Biohazard to form Suicide City. In 2005 Kittie added two new members: Tara McLeod, on guitar, and Trish Doan, on bass. 2005 also brought the debut of Morgan and Mercedes’ clothing line, Poisoned Black clothing. Morgan and Mercedes also appeared briefly in the documentaries Metal: A Headbanger's Journey and Heavy Metal - Louder than Life. On February 7, 2006, Kittie released the Never Again EP through Rock Ridge Music. Also in 2006, vocalist Morgan Lander provided vocals on the song "It Turns to Rust", from the album In the Arms of Devastation, by the Canadian death metal band Kataklysm. In May of 2006 Kittie announced a joint venture to create their own record label, "Kiss of Infamy Records" which will include major label distribution by EMI. The label name was later changed to X of Infamy from the previously announced Kiss of Infamy after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from attorneys representing Kiss Catalog Ltd. (the owner of the intellectual property rights pertaining to the musical group KISS) alleging that the Kiss of Infamy mark was "confusingly similar" to their client's mark. Their fourth studio album is entitled Funeral for Yesterday and was released on February 20, 2007 through their new label. Along with the release of Funeral for Yesterday it was announced by Morgan Lander that Kittie would be releasing a new 45 minute DVD along with the CD. [2] Kittie kicked off 2007 with the "Funeral for Yesterday Tour" running from the beginning of February until the end of March. Other bands on the bill include Walls of Jericho, 36 Crazyfists, Dead To Fall, and In This Moment. The positive feedback and success of the tour encouraged Kittie to extend their tour into May 2007 with Walls of Jericho and In This Moment.

Origin of the name

The name "Kittie", explained by Morgan Lander:

“

When we were thinking of names to call the band before our first show, we had decided that we wanted something completely contradictory to what the band and the sound of the band was. I think we chose Kittie because we wanted something totally unexpected, something that sounded weak, so that when you heard the band for the first time, it would be a total shock. I think there were a few other pussy sounding names... Like Swan or Swansong (which is what I remember really wanting to call the band)...But Kittie was chosen, and the rest is history.1

”

Line-up

1996–1999	Morgan Lander – Lead vocals, Guitar Mercedes Lander – Drums Fallon Bowman – Guitar Tanya Candler – Bass guitar
1999–2001	Morgan Lander – Lead vocals, Guitar Mercedes Lander – Drums Fallon Bowman – Guitar Talena Atfield – Bass guitar
2001–2002	Morgan Lander – Lead vocals, Guitar, Piano Mercedes Lander – Drums Talena Atfield – Bass guitar
2002–2004	Morgan Lander – Lead vocals, Guitar Mercedes Lander – Drums Jennifer Arroyo – Bass guitar Jeff Phillips – Guitar (session member)
2004–2005	Morgan Lander – Lead vocals, Guitar Mercedes Lander – Drums Jennifer Arroyo – Bass guitar Lisa Marx – Guitar (session member)
2005–present	Morgan Lander – Lead vocals, Guitar Mercedes Lander – Drums, Vocals, Piano Tara McLeod – Guitar Trish Doan – Bass guitar

Discography

Albums

Date Of Release	Title	Label	US Billboard Peak	US Sales
1999	Spit	Artemis Records	#79	Gold
2001	Oracle	Artemis Records	#57	N/A
2004	Until the End	Artemis Records	#105	N/A
2007	Funeral for Yesterday	X of Infamy Records	#101	N/A

EPs

Paperdoll (2000)
Safe (2002)
Never Again (Digital EP) (2006)

Singles

"Brackish" (2000)
"Charlotte" (2000)
"What I Always Wanted" (2001)
"Run Like Hell" (Australian Radio promo) (2001)
"Into the Darkness" (2004)
"Funeral for Yesterday" (2007)
"Breathe" (2007)

Demos

Sex Iz Hell Demo (1998)
Kittie Sampler Demo (1998)
Kittie EP (1999)
Spit Sampler (1999)
Oracle Sampler (2001)
What I Always Wanted Sampler (2001)
What I Always Wanted Mixes (2001)
Run Like Hell Australian Single (2002)

External links

Discography
Kittie
Morgan Lander \| Mercedes Lander \| Tara McLeod \| Trish Doan Tanya Candler \| Fallon Bowman \| Talena Atfield \| Jeff Phillips \| Lisa Marx
Albums and extended plays: Spit \| Paperdoll \| Oracle \| Safe \| Until the End \| Never Again Digital EP \| Funeral for Yesterday
Singles
"Brackish" \| "Charlotte" \| "What I Always Wanted" \| "Into the Darkness" \| "Funeral for Yesterday"