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[edit] Until the End

The band until the end never ended up naming their album "Kittie." They jokingly threatened to do so, but actually named their 2004 album "The Blind Leading the Lost." For this reason, I am deleting this fact from the page for Kittie and for the album Until the End because it is false.

[edit] Nu-metal?

Kittie isn't necesarily nu-metal - they're heavier than any nu-metal band I've ever heard, and their use of hip-hop / industrial elements is very, very minimal.

Alternative metal describes them best - that includes nu-metal, so they can be nu-metal if you must have them down as such.

~Mal

Well, if you use Spit as an example, then Kittie is definitely not nu metal. Their sound has changed a bit with time, though. I can't really say how much, as I haven't listened to Until the End yet. Nevertheless, I do agree with using alternative metal as their genre, as it seems far more fitting than nu metal. --Sn0wflake 23:16, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

I think that none the less, Heavy Metal does not describe them. Heavy Metal generally brings connotations of Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Slayer,etc. Not bands like Kittie. I think just plain Metal or Alt. Metal would be more appropriate. -- j


Kittie is definetly a KICK ASS band... whether they are NU-METAL OR JUST ANY OTHER METAL GENRE, they kicked ass and they will continue to kick ass...

  • just me*

Kittie is more metalcore and moshcore, to be more descriptive than an alternative tag. 75.49.13.88 02:19, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

That was fast ... I listed them as groove metal, because they employ guitar riffs reminiscent of thrash metal and the vocals consist mostly of heavy screaming, a trait of metalcore. Can we actually discuss the genre before we have a revert war over it? 75.49.13.88 02:34, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

If you read this talkpage you can see that the majority agrees that Kittie is an alternative metal band, you can't just go and delete that and insert what you think is right without citing sources or gaining consensus. Furthermore, screaming is a vocal style not unique to metalcore and unless Kittie's new album sounds like As I Lay Dying I doubt they can correctly be called metalcore. --Leon Sword 23:03, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Could Kittie be a Gothic Metal band?

yes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.244.131.14 (talk) 15:33, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't think kittie is a nu-metal band simply because their music is not accompanied by turntables. It is not gothic either for the lack of classic instruments and choir. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.193.104.100 (talk) 05:37, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Turntables are not essential in determining whether they are nu-metal. Lots of nu metal bands haven't used turntables...it's the detuned groove-core sound that epitomised the sound in the 90s that makes them a nu metal band. Given the general rule of thumb about what constitutes a nu metal band, Kittie seem to conform to most of them (see Wiki page about Nu metal), I think they easily fall under that heading. There is no way they fall under the Gothic metal band...for that you need to see bands like Paradise Lost, Type O Negative, My Dying Bride and to a certain extent Within Temptation and Lacuna Coil. The sound is hugely different. Drivenapart (talk) 14:41, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Upload a Pic

Would someone please upload a picture of kittie? I can't figure out how to do it.

WW 11 June, 2006 4:56 (UTC)

Could we get a caption for the photo please? Since they've had lots of members it's not clear who's in the picture. (Ulterior motive: I want to know who the hottie on the left is ;)) --kingboyk 14:12, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
Sorry man. I couldn't get an image caption, because the infobox has to be "musical artist", and not "band". By the way, the "hottie" on the left is Trish Doan. ScreamAtMe 13:40, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect

When i search Morgan Lander, it redirected me to Kittie. Shouldn't there be an article for her (and Mercedes)? ScreamAtMe 22:50, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What the fuck, LOL!

Who put they are death metal or metalcore. Kittie is definitely Alternative Metal/Nu-Metal

[edit] Until the End

The band until the end never ended up naming their album "Kittie." They jokingly threatened to do so, but actually named their 2004 album "The Blind Leading the Lost." For this reason, I am deleting this fact from the page for Kittie and for the album Until the End because it is false.

[edit] Jeff Phillips

I highly doubt that Jeff Phillips is the same guy as the ex-Kittie guitarist and Thine Eyes Bleed guitarist. Failed 60s - 80s Australian pop singers don't tend to sound the same as rock guitarists, and there is no evidence (pictures, a fuller biography) linking the two. Plus the fact that Jeff is in bands from London, Canada and NONE from Australia makes it even less likely he is the same person as was previously linked to in the article. JKing404

Further to this, I have created a stub for Jeff_Phillips_(guitarist) with what little information I know about him. Please help expand it if you know anything further to this. JKing404 20:39, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Kittieoracle.jpg

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[edit] Angels Fuck,

I just heard somewhere that Kittie did a cover to the Jack Off Jill song Angels Fuck, or A.K.A "Angels Fuck, Devils Kiss." I am a big fan of both JOJ and Kittie so I have to know, is this true? Mutlee (talk) 18:16, 13 February 2008 (UTC)