Mick Harris

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Mick Harris (full name: Michael John Harris) is a British musician. He was Napalm Death's second drummer. He joined after one of the founding members Miles "The Rat" Ratledge left the band in November 1985. His first live appearance with the band was on January 18, 1986, opening for Amebix. He played on the A-side of Scum and was the sole survivor that got to record the B-side! He remained in the band through many line-up changes and finally left in 1991 just after the tour for Harmony Corruption ended, because, Mitch Harris says: "He wanted to slow things down. No more fast stuff!".

Related Topics:
British - Napalm Death - 1985 - January 18 - 1986 - Amebix - 1991 - Harmony Corruption - Mitch Harris

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Harris also played drums for Doom and crustcore extremists Extreme Noise Terror while in Napalm Death. Reportedly, Doom was less Discharge-like and had more of a Celtic Frost/crossover feel to it (that was before the band signed with Peaceville Records). Also while in Napalm Death, Harris had a side project with Mitch Harris called Defecation, with whom he released one record, Purity Dilution, through Nuclear Blast. A second Defecation album was written, but Earache Records forbid them to release it (since it was being released through Nuclear Blast), so it was shelved.

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Doom - Crustcore - Extreme Noise Terror - Discharge - Celtic Frost - Peaceville Records - Mitch Harris - Defecation - Nuclear Blast - Earache Records

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After leaving Napalm Death he joined the band's original bassist/lead singer Nic Bullen, and founded Scorn, another industrial project. Scorn released several albums and EPs, being quite successful. Due to personal problems, Nic left Scorn in 1995. Harris kept recording and playing under the Scorn moniker, but the band finally broke up in 1997. He has many other side projects such as Lull and Painkiller and has worked on collaborations with Jimmy Plotkin, Justin Broadrick and Bill Laswell).

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Nic Bullen - Scorn - Industrial - EP - 1995 - 1997 - Lull - Painkiller - Jimmy Plotkin - Justin Broadrick - Bill Laswell

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Recently, Harris has reformed Scorn and plans to release Scorn7 in the near future.

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