Catherine Wheel

Ferment

Catherine Wheel was an English band from Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, active from 1990 to 2000, starting as shoegaze and later turning harder, toward rock and metal. The name is the firework, itself named for the medieval torture device.

Ferment was released on June 9, 1992 on Fontana, 57:10, produced by Tim Friese-Greene and John Lee with Tim Palmer mixing, recorded in 1991 and 1992 at Monnow Valley Studio and Rockfield in Wales; it reached 36 in the UK. Chrome (July 20, 1993, Fontana/Mercury; 53:46) was produced by Gil Norton, with John Lee producing and engineering, at Britannia Row Studios in Fulham, where Joy Division recorded Closer.