City of Caterpillar – City of Caterpillar (Self-Titled) LP

(LP-36, Level Plane Records, 2002)

Here’s the one and only full-length City of Caterpillar, masters of the quiet-loud dynamic and one of the best from the budding mid-Atlantic scream scene circa 2000 and 2001. I saw these guys along with Pg 99 and Majority Rule more than a couple of times, and although those bands were great, nothing compared to the spectacle of City of Caterpillar playing, smashing 40 oz bottles in a trash can to set the rhythm for “A Little Change Could Go a Long Ways.” Man, what a scene. But now it’s 15 years later, and I need to pare down this collection a bit.

As much as I loved this band live, I think it took them a while to get the LP out, and by the time it was released, I wasn’t listening to too much scream anymore. I probably ohnly played this a couple of times. Everything looks brand new. I’ve stored this upright on my record shelf in a poly sleeve for the last fourteen years.

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