Michael John Harris (born 4 October 1967) is an English musician from Birmingham. He grew up listening to the radio shows of John Peel and would later record Peel Sessions with both Napalm Death and Scorn (2). He was the drummer for Napalm Death between 1985 and 1991, and is credited for coining the term "grindcore".
After Napalm Death, Harris joined Painkiller with John Zorn and Bill Laswell. Since the mid-1990s, Harris has worked primarily in electronic and ambient music, his main projects being Scorn (2) and Lull. He has also collaborated with musicians including James Plotkin and Extreme Noise Terror.
According to AllMusic, Harris's "genre-spanning activities have done much to jar the minds, expectations, and record collections of audiences previously kept aggressively opposed."
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Links to Peel[]
As one of the central players in the development of grindcore, particularly with Napalm Death, Harris was heard regularly on Peel's shows from the late 1980s and beyond.
in 2009, in the booklet accompanying the Earache Records triple CD box set Grind Madness At The BBC, Harris paid tribute to the important role of Peel in spreading the explosive new music:
"Peel was that final connection. He just made it happen."
The DJ also followed the drummer's subsequent projects, including Scorn (2), as the musician became interested in electronic music. Harris credited Peel with being his "music teacher", including introducing him to dub, particularly King Tubby,[1] which influenced his move from grindcore to Scorn's output.
In 2012, when the first details of Peel's Record Collection were released via TheSpace website, the first 100 LPs by artists starting with Q included the Quoit "Properties" LP created by Harris at the start of the previous decade.[2]
Festive Fifty Entries[]
- None
Sessions[]
- Three sessions with Napalm Death, two with Extreme Noise Terror, one with Unseen Terror, two with Scorn (2).
Other Shows Played[]
Quoit - Session 7" (2001)
(See also listings for Napalm Death, Extreme Noise Terror, Unseen Terror, Scorn (2), PainKiller.)
- Mick Harris
- 05 July 2000: Blag (EP - Session 01) Hed Nod
- Quoit
- 29 November 2001: Missing (7 inch-Session) Mirex
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