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Today I was like "WTF will I write about today and my friend suggested this band, and it's really amazing :B

Kittie is an alternative/heavy metal band formed in 1996 in London, Ontario. They rose to success in 1999 when the track "Brackish" from their debut album Spit became a hit single and they also toured with multiple famous acts, including Slipknot.
In 1996, when Mercedes and guitarist Fallon met in an extracurricular gymnastics class. Mercedes's sister Morgan became lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist. Their original bassist was Tanya Candler, who left the band in the winter of 1999 to finish high school. Talena was selected as the new bassist.In 2001, Fallon left Kittie without citing her reasons and started a new project called Amphibious Assault. Fallon's position as guitarist was later filled by Jeff Phillips who worked as Kittie's guitar technician. In 2002, Talena left and was replaced on bass by Jennifer Arroyo. In 2004, the group added guitarist Lisa Marx, and Jeff Phillips went to work full-time on his side project, Thine Eyes Bleed. On March 23, 2005, Morgan reported that both Lisa and Jennifer had left the band.Jennifer's split was amicable while Lisa's came as a surprise. As with Talena's departure from the band, financial reasons were cited and in the case of Jennifer, the desire to work outside of Kittie full-time was an additional factor. Jennifer Arroyo would go on to join Billy Graziadei of Biohazard to form Suicide City.In 2005 Kittie added two new members: Tara McLeod on guitar and Trish Doan on bass.2005 also brought the debut of Morgan and Mercedes Lander’s clothing line, Poisoned Black clothing. Morgan and Mercedes also appeared briefly in the documentaries Metal: A Headbanger's Journey and Heavy Metal - Louder than Life.In 2006 they created their own record label, Kiss of Infamy Records, but the label name was later changed to X of Infamy after a cease-and-desist letter from attorneys representing Kiss Catalog Ltd.Kittie kicked off 2007 with the Funeral for Yesterday Tour running from the beginning of February until the end of March. Other bands on the bill included Walls of Jericho, 36 Crazyfists, Dead To Fall, and In This Moment. The positive feedback and success of the tour encouraged Kittie to extend their tour into May 2007 with Walls of Jericho and In This Moment. In November 2007 Kittie headed south to play shows in Central and South America, including dates in Santiago, Chile and São Paulo, Brazil. For these shows in Central/South America, Ivy Vujic of the Canadian band In The Wake filled in for Trish Doan on bass.On August 2, 2008 David Lander, father of band members Morgan and Mercedes and the band's manager, died of a heart attack.
Between October 18, 2008 and November 8, 2008, Kittie completed their first European tour in six years. The Kittie Does Europe tour included dates in the Netherlands, England, Wales, Scotland, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Russia.

Band members:

1996–1999
* Morgan Lander – lead vocals, guitar
* Mercedes Lander – drums
* Fallon Bowman – guitar, backing vocals
* Tanya Candler – bass guitar

1999–2001
* Morgan Lander – lead vocals, guitar
* Mercedes Lander – drums
* Fallon Bowman – guitar, backing vocals
* Talena Atfield – bass guitar

2001–2002
* Morgan Lander – lead vocals, guitars, piano
* Mercedes Lander – drums
* Talena Atfield – bass guitar

2002–2004
* Morgan Lander – lead vocals, guitars
* Mercedes Lander – drums
* Jennifer Arroyo – bass guitar
* Jeff Phillips – guitar (session member)

2004–2005
* Morgan Lander – lead vocals, guitar
* Mercedes Lander – drums
* Jennifer Arroyo – bass guitar
* Lisa Marx – live guitar

2005–2007
* Morgan Lander – lead vocals, guitar
* Mercedes Lander – drums, vocals, piano
* Tara McLeod – guitar
* Trish Doan – bass guitar

2007–present
* Mercedes Lander – drums, vocals, piano
* Morgan Lander – lead vocals, guitar
* Tara McLeod – guitar
* Ivy Vujic – bass guitar

(info from FB)