View source for Dave Catching

{{Short description|American musician (born 1961)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{BLP one source|date=April 2013}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Dave Catching
| image           = 20150612-068-Nova Rock 2015-Eagles of Death Metal-Dave Catching.jpg
| caption         = Catching at Nova Rock 2015
| image_upright   =
| birth_name      = David Catching
| alias           = Diamond Dave<br />Darlin' Dave <br /> Davey Jo <br /> Snohawk
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1961|6|7}}
| origin          = [[Memphis, Tennessee]], U.S.
| genre           = [[Stoner rock]], [[hard rock]], [[Palm Desert Scene|desert rock]], [[garage rock revival]], [[acid rock]], [[psychedelic rock]], [[blues rock]]
| occupation      = Musician, songwriter, producer, operator of [[Rancho de la Luna]]
| years_active    = 1978–present
| 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]], [[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.
}}

'''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: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]]
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]].

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 (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.

== Musical equipment ==
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.

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>

In 2023 partnered with [[Grancasino 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.<!--[[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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516214656/http://ladiesofthelake.com/cabinet/shop.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 16, 2008 |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

== Partial discography ==
{{BLP unsourced section|date=February 2024}}
* ''The Modifiers'' (1980s)
* ''60 Watt Reality'' (The Ringling Sisters, 1990)
* '' [[earthlings?]]'' (earthlings?, 1996)
* [[Queens of the Stone Age]], 18AD on ''Burn One Up!'' compilation album (1997)
* ''[[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)
* ''[[Scraps at Midnight]]'' (Mark Lanegan, 1998)
* ''[[Volumes 3 & 4|The Desert Sessions 3 & 4]]'' (1998)
* ''[[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)
* ''[[Human Beans]]'' (earthlings?, 2000)
* ''[[Deep in the Hole (album)|Deep in the Hole]]'' ([[Masters of Reality]], 2001)
* ''[[Songs for the Deaf]]'' (Queens of the Stone Age, 2002)
* ''[[A Drug Problem That Never Existed]]'' (Mondo Generator, 2003)
* ''[[Volumes 9 & 10|The Desert Sessions 9 & 10]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Bubblegum (Mark Lanegan album)|Bubblegum]]'' (Mark Lanegan Band, 2004)
* ''[[III the EP]]'' (Mondo Generator, 2004)
* [[Cowboy Coffee and Burnt Knives]] (Hulk, 2004)
* ''[[Lullabies to Paralyze]]'' (Queens of the Stone Age, 2005)
* ''[[I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine]]'' ([[Goon Moon]], 2005)
* ''[[Impeach My Bush]]'' ([[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]], 2006)
* ''[[Death by Sexy]]'' (Eagles of Death Metal, 2006)
* ''[[Powder Burns]]'' (The Twilight Singers, 2006)
* ''[[Dead Planet]]'' (Mondo Generator, 2006)
* ''[[Licker's Last Leg]]'' (Goon Moon, 2007)
*  [[Neptune (The Duke Spirit album)|''Neptune'']] ([[The Duke Spirit]], 2008)
* ''[[Prime Motivator]]'' (Giraffes, 2008)
* ''[[Heart On]]'' (Eagles of Death Metal, 2008)
* ''[[Saturnalia (The Gutter Twins album)|Saturnalia]]'' (Gutter Twins, 2008)
* ''[[Humalien]]'' ([[earthlings?]], 2009)
* ''[[Pine Cross Dover]]'' (Masters of Reality, 2009)
* ''[[Blues Funeral]]'' (Mark Lanegan Band, 2012)
* ''[[Spine Hits]]'' (Sleepy Sun, 2012)
* ''Tomorrowland Blues'' (Star & Dagger, 2013)
* ''[[Do to the Beast]]'' (Afghan Whigs, 2014)
* ''Unfuckwithable'' (Mojave Lords, 2014)
*  ''[[ecaps]]'' (earthlings?, 2014)
* ''Wild Nights'' ([[PINS (band)|PINS]], 2015)
* ''[[The Mutants (musical collaboration)#Your Desert My Mind (2016)|Your Desert My Mind]]'' (The Mutants, 2016)
* ''[[Mudda Fudda]]'' (earthlings?, 2016)
* ''[[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)
* ''[[Expensive Feelings]]'' (Mojave Lords, 2021)
* ''[[Rabbit Rabbit]]'' ([[Speedy Ortiz]], 2023)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Eagles of Death Metal}}
{{Queens of the Stone Age}}
{{Mondo Generator}}
{{Masters of Reality}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Catching, David}}
[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American rock guitarists]]
[[Category:American male guitarists]]
[[Category:Musicians from Memphis, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Queens of the Stone Age members]]
[[Category:Survivors of terrorist attacks]]
[[Category:November 2015 Paris attacks]]
[[Category:Guitarists from Tennessee]]
[[Category:20th-century American guitarists]]
[[Category:Mondo Generator members]]
[[Category:Eagles of Death Metal members]]
[[Category:Earthlings? members]]
[[Category:Masters of Reality members]]