Chris Catalyst

Chris Catalyst playing with The Sisters of Mercy at Rock'n Coke Festival, Istanbul, 2006...

Chris May, commonly 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 of Mercy, Chris Catalyst is also a founding member of the Eureka Machines. Various promo videos about the band do exist, for example this one titled Chris Catalyst Cribs.

In October 2012, the Eureka Machines launched their first Pledge Music campaign featuring their third album Remain In Hope, which reached the target amount within 2.5 hours. Remain In Hope was released on February 21st, 2013 and is available for a listen at eurekamachines@bandcamp.com

Most recently, in 2014 the Eureka Machines started a further Pledge Music Campaign for their fourth album, tentatively entitled ‘BRAIN WAVES’, that also included a double DVD featuring 6+ hours of live and promo footage from the former six years. All of the band's albums are available from their online merchandise store, where you can find shirts and stuff as well.

The Eureka Machines are by far not the end of Chris' musical activities, the entirety of which is perfectly listed at Wikipedia.... We recommend you also check his discography@discogs.

Eureka Machines UPDATE

Eureka Machines in 2016

BRAIN WAVES was released on March 26th, 2015

and, most remarkably, entered the BBC UK Rock Album Charts at No.3.

Everything you need to know about the album, the recording process, the artwork, etc.

PLUS various sample tracks can be found @EUREKA MACHINE'S BRAIN WAVES MINI SITE.

An Offical Brain Waves Video was also produced, see down below...

Due to the fact that the Pledge Campaign has finished by now, the album is henceforth available here or here.

The Eureka Machines are touring regularly. There are no gigs scheduled for the moment, though.

For detailled and up-to-date information on touring, please see the Eureka Machines' Official Gigs Site

or their page on facebook.

Chris Catalyst and the Eureka Machines can also be found on Twitter @Chris Catalyst.

To celebrate the end of their Pledge campaign in 2014, and to look into the future, the Eureka Machines did

a "frankly embarrassingly huge interview with the nice people at Team Rock, in particular with Matt Stocks,

see Do or DIY - The Story of Eureka Machines...