Mick Harris

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Michael John Harris is a British musician.

He first came to attention as a drummer working with various punk groups (most notably Napalm Death), but since the mid-1990s, has worked primarily in electronic music and ambient.

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Harris's recording debut was as 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 Napalm Death's Scum , and was the sole band member who remained in the tumultous group and recorded on the B-side. Harris remained in the band through many line-up changes and finally left in 1991 just after the tour for Harmony Corruption.

While in Napalm Death, Harris also played drums for Doom and Extreme Noise Terror. Also while in Napalm Death, Harris participated in a side project with Mitch Harris called Defecation, which produced 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.

After leaving Napalm Death he joined the band's original bassist/lead singer Nic Bullen, and founded Scorn. 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.

Harris has worked on many other musical projects (such as Lull and Painkiller) and has collaborated with James Plotkin, Justin Broadrick and Bill Laswell. More information about his prolific music career can be found at this [1].

Harris also got behind the drumkit in 2002 and recorded three Grindcore tracks under the moniker 'Rhinocharge'. This was never released.