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Cerys Matthews
Cerys Matthews
Welsh singer-songwriter
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Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals
Welsh rock band
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Astroid Boys
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British punk rock group
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Gruff Rhys
Gruff Rhys
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Yr Anhrefn
Yr Anhrefn
Welsh punk rock band
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60 Ft. Dolls
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Manic Street Preachers
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The Killers
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American rock band
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The Big Pink
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Primal Scream
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Lostprophets
Disbanded Welsh rock band
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Razorlight
band
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The Vines
rock band
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Blur
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Hoobastank
Hoobastank
American rock band
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No Devotion
No Devotion
Welsh/American alternative rock band
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Biffy Clyro
Biffy Clyro
Scottish rock band
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Donna Matthews
Donna Matthews
musician
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The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings
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Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
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Love Sculpture
Love Sculpture
Welsh band
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Elastica
Elastica
band
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JJ72
JJ72
alternative rock band from Dublin, Ireland
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Young Marble Giants
Young Marble Giants
Welsh post-punk band
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Kasabian
Kasabian
English rock band
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Embrace
Embrace
English band
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Placebo
Placebo
English alternative rock band
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Oasis
Oasis
English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991
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The Last Shadow Puppets
The Last Shadow Puppets
English supergroup
Members, past and present
Cerys Matthews performing in July 2006

Catatonia were an alternative rock band from Wales who gained popularity in the mid-to-late 1990s. The band formed in 1992 after Mark Roberts met Cerys Matthews. The first major lineup featured Dafydd Ieuan on drums, Paul Jones on bass, and Clancy Pegg on keyboards. With this line-up the band recorded two EPs, For Tinkerbell and Hooked.

Pegg was fired prior to work on their first studio album, Way Beyond Blue, and during the recording of the album the band was joined by drummer Aled Richards, who replaced Ieuan within the line-up. During the live promotional appearances for the album the band was joined by guitarist Owen Powell. This latest incarnation of the band lasted until its dissolution in 2001. The single "You've Got a Lot to Answer For" received radio airplay and became the band's first top 40 single in the UK Singles Chart in September 1996. Their breakout success came at the start of 1998 with the International Velvet album and the release of the single "Mulder and Scully" some two weeks apart. The album went to number one in the album chart, and sold more than 900,000 copies being certified triple platinum by British Phonographic Industry, while the single reached number 3 in the singles chart, the highest any Catatonia single would chart.

The follow-up release, "Road Rage", reached number 5 in May, and was nominated for best song at the Brit Awards and the Ivor Novello Awards, winning at the Q Awards. The title track of the album International Velvet received additional attention, and the band performed it at the opening of the opening ceremony of the 1999 Rugby World Cup on 1 October in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. While in Catatonia, Matthews collaborated with Space on "The Ballad of Tom Jones" in March 1998 and with Tom Jones on a cover of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" in December 1999. Their final top ten single came in April 1999 with "Dead from the Waist Down" off the following album, Equally Cursed and Blessed. Rumours began to circulate about a breakup, but a further album, Paper Scissors Stone was released in 2001 following a two-year break from live performances.

Matthews' drinking had long been reported in the tabloids and gossip columns, and she entered rehab in mid-2001 for drinking and smoking. The tour to support Paper Scissors Stone was cancelled, and a month later, the band announced that they were breaking up. Matthews has subsequently released solo albums, while Powell has become a radio presenter and joined the supergroup The Stand to release a charity single. Critics have highlighted the use of metaphors in Catatonia's work, and songs have been compared to poetry by critics. Writing duties had been shared across the band, although had been led by Matthews and Roberts. They disagreed with being labelled an indie band, with Powell saying they had only ever sought to write pop music. The band form a key part of the 1990s Cool Cymru movement.