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"The day when they will play in sold-out arenas is, no doubt, coming, but for now their fans should look forward to seeing them in a more intimate environment."



What The Fuck Is Catalyst?!



Like every band Catalyst has a story too, but not the typical one, cause we're not just another punk rock band out there. As NOFX sing in one of their songs "there's a million assholes with ten million guitars"!

Well maybe we really have guitars but we are not assholes. hmm maybe we are. We are influenced by bands such as NOFX, Millencolin, Blink 182, Good Riddance, Strung Out, Rise Against and many more. We believe that every band should try to hand down a message to the people via its music. So Catalyst is not just punk rock, it's a complex mix of lyrics and music in which we try to affect people's point of view, to make them feel things in a completely new way. We try to be a 'catalyst' to people's emotions, feelings and thoughts.

Cause our band is based not just on a people who play music together just for fame and girls. First of all we are a bunch of friends from highschool and after that naturally comes the band and the fun ofcourse. We stand for each other, for the things we believe in and the people we love. And what about you? What do you believe in?



How The Fuck Everything Started?!



January 2004 – Shemet (ex-Breakaway and Nedelia), Lubomir and Peter (Endevour Skateboards) start trying to play fast and melodic punk-rock



Sometime in 2004 – Stanko “The Prince” meets the guys with Joro. It isn’t long before he states he plays guitar and comes to be the new guitar player of the band. Meanwhile Peter leaves.



A little bit later the same year – “The Wonder Boy of Bulgarian Blues” – Nikul (Lubo’s and Shemet’s ex-classmate and former guitar player of Breakaway (SYC)) joins his friends.



2004(two weeks later) – Peter doesn’t have neither a job nor a girlfriend and comes back in the band as a lead singer, hoping that in this way he will at least find the girl of his dreams! During this period the band finishes its first 4 songs and decides to go under the name of “Ice Burn”.



The summer of 2004 – A new galaxy was born! CATALYST! – here comes the new name of the band. The idea comes from “The Prince” of MySpace - Stanko. He is the official Catalyst mascot. It’s believed that if someone touches his right shoe’s top 67 times will find a blond girl with big …blue eyes. What were talking about?!?!? Oh the name…well it remains the same up to date.



September 2004 – Joro leaves the country and goes to study in Tampa Bay, Florida. A month later, Peter finally finds a new girlfriend, buys a car and decides to leave the band once again because the lack of motivation. The band goes on as a trio, not an alkaline one of course, and Lubomir and Nikul start trying to sing and play at the same time.



24th and 25th April 2005 – The first two shows. Catalyst is the only band that hits the stage in club “OiShipka” (we are very fucking happy that this venue doesn’t exist anymore) in two consequent nights.



June 2005 – Joro comes back in Bulgaria for the summer holiday and plays again with the guys. When he leaves for the USA, it’s quite clear that it’s about time for Catalyst to find another guitarist.



October 2005 – Bobi joins the band. He comes out to be the perfect guy for Catalyst. He needs two weeks to learn 13 songs, to work out new guitars of his own and to play live with the band.



May 2006 – Catalyst played @ "Collision Course Fest" in, Rousse, with Manical Pictures, Crowfish and Spot and @ “The meeting of the styles” fest in Varna



December 2006 – Catalyst played @ Hardcore X-mass fest



May 2007 – Right now Catalyst are going in the studio for the recording of three songs which will be freely floating around the net.



June 2007 – Catalyst supporting KPD-O’s new album release party



July 2007 – Catalyst playing with Mise*En*Scene – punkrockers from Belgium



August 2007 – Catalyst playing with Tragic Vision (Germany)



SEPTEMBER 2007- NOW YOU CAN DOWNLOAD SOME CATALYST SONGS (5 SONGS) FROM OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE OR OUR MP3.BG PROFILE

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September 2007 – Catalyst @ “Exit Extreme” festival – Kazichene, with Crowfish and La Muchedumbre



October 2007 – Catalyst playing for the first time in PLOVDIV!!! With Crowfish



December 2007 – Catalyst supporting A-MORAL’s album release party



December 2007 – Catalyst @ “Hardcore X-mas” fest



January 2008 – Catalyst supporting Maniacal Pictures’ new album release



25-28 January – Catalyst & Suave Gap (Greece) Bulgarian - Greece Tour. We played in 4 cities – Sofia, Plovdiv, Kavala & Larissa and that were our first gigs outside Bulgaria



March 2008 – Catalyst @ “Sofia Goes Punk Rock” fest



October 2009 – The Band doesn't exist for 1,5 years but two of us started something new, completely new - CATALYST SKATEBOARDS - Endeavour series available now!More info to come!.We are alive and kicking!!!