Chris Catalyst
Chris May, better known as Chris Catalyst aka Robochrist was recruited as The Sisters' second guitarist for the 2005 tour and has since been a steady member of the band.
Before that, he had been kicking about Leeds' music scene for several years.
Given the incestuous nature of said scene, it can hardly be surprising that someone who had worked at Joseph's Well, the notorious scene of 1997's Near Meth Experience gig, has joined The Sisters of Mercy.
Chris had also worked with Adam Pearson at Adam's studio in Headingley, Leeds.
Together they played a one-off gig by The Elvis Presleys From Hell in 2005.
A video of this has recently surfaced on YouTube.
Apart from playing guitars with The Sisters, Chris is a member of the Eureka Machines.
Various promo videos about them exist, for example this one titled Chris Catalyst Cribs.
In October 2012, the band launched a Pledge Music campaign for their third album, which reached the target amount within 2.5 hours.
Accordingly, their third album Remain In Hope was released on February 21rst, 2013.
The Eureka Machines are touring regularly. For further information about them and their next coming gigs, please see the Eureka Machines official site or their page on facebook.
Most recently and as another part of their Remain In Hope pledge campaign, they've covered - as a Thank You to all Pledgers and according to the individual pledge of one of their supporters - the 1977 Bowie / Eno song Heroes and created a video of the track. Watch this one as well as their first promo video for the Remain In Hope album and a 10-minute exerpt from their Remain In Hope Tour in one of the small windows down below, or directly on YouTube.
In June 2014, Eureka Machines played three gigs in Japan returning in July 2014 to Sonisphere Festival 2014, Knebworth (on the same day as The Sisters of Mercy) and,
so far, a further gig in August in Leicester. For ticket detailsplease check Eureka Machines/Gigs.
In this and other regards, see also this interview of June 3rd from Cack Blabbath with Chris about their gig at Sonisphere and future plans here...
Beyond that, don't miss the interview of March 2nd, 2014 with Chris conducted by Johnny H for Uber Rock Online Magazine ...
Another recent interview of March 7th can be found here, this time with The Midlands Rocks ...
Chris Catalyst can also be found on formspring and Twitter.... The whole of Chris' musical activities is perfectly listed at Wikipedia...
Among others, Chris is also a standing member of Ginger And The Wildhearts, who have recently published their latest album Practical Musician along PledgeMusic...
