“This was literally a top secret project,” says It’ll Do Club owner Donald Nedler.

As the brains behind The Church , Dallas’ historic nomadic goth club since 1994, Nedler knows how to keep a nightclub thriving. For more than 30 years , the club's core output has been consistent: goth and industrial music, chains, leather and a no-holds-barred creative attitude.

But on Thursday night, Nedler pulled off a stunner by launching The Church’s first offshoot brand.

The result is CatPunk, named simply out of Nedler’s love of cats. The concept marks his newest venture, which focuses on early 2000s nu-metal and serves as the first alternative programming to fall under The Church’s banner. Its debut event was held June 5 at It’ll Do with no cover charge for the entire night and exclusive “ca

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