Human (band)

Band origins

HUMAN is a death metal band from Christchurch, New Zealand. It was originally formed on March 8th 1992 by brothers Paul and Scott Harrison (on drums and guitars respectively), and vocalist / guitarist Nathan Ballard, with bassist Vaughn Richardson fleshing out the line up in May that same year.

The band entered Nga Matuaka Studios in May and recorded a 3 track demo cassette titled "Organ Splatters" which was distributed freely throughout the heavy metal underground / tape swapping networks around at the time. The band later appeared on a September 1992 addition of New Zealand's 60 Minutes programme on the Television 3 network as part of a documentary that focused on suicide and depression, and the connection to heavy metal music.

The band went on to tour and record many times over in the years to follow, and despite some line up changes, the band continues today. [Scott Spatcher-Harrison / HUMAN]

Discography

1992 - Organ Splatters (3 song demo)
1993 - Vomit Discreetly (10 song demo)
1993 - Things That Make You Go (6 song demo)
1994 - Crunchy Frog (7" single, b/w Foreskin Face)
1995 - Not So Famous Game Show Themes (7 song demo)
1996 - Playtime For The Sex Machine (6 song demo)

1999 - The Sound Of Yellow (album)
2000 - 69 Minutes Of Self Abusement (demo compilation)
2002 - Demo Disc (3 song promo disc)
2004 - Blood Bucket (album + 2 videos)

"Due for release in late 2008 is the full length album "Cadaver Academy"."

Personnel

Current HUMAN personnel

Scott Spatcher-Harrison (vocals / lead guitar)
Vaughn Richardson (vocals / distorted bass)
Keiran Brewster (vocals / rhythm guitar)
Nikolas Kissel (drums and percussion)

Past HUMAN personnel

1992 - Adam McGrath (bass)
1992 - Nathan Ballard (vocals / guitar)
1993 to 1995 - Matt Johnston aka Matt Alien (vocals)
1997 to 2004 - Tim Facoorey (guitar)
2004 to 2005 - Mitch Hopley (guitar)
1992 to 2008 - Paul Harrison (drums)

Links

[http://www.human-metal.com Official band website]
[http://www.myspace.com/humanmetal Official band MySpace site]
[http://www.youtube.com/humanmetalvids Official band video website]