Harvey Milk (band)

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Harvey Milk
Origin	Athens, Georgia, United States
Genre(s)	SUCCEEDING
Years active	1992—1998, 2006-current
Label(s)	Self Rising Records, Relapse Records, Reproductive, Megablade/Troubleman, tUMULt
Members
Creston Spiers Stephen Tanner Paul Trudeau Kyle Spence Joe Preston

Harvey Milk are an experimental rock band that formed in Athens, Georgia in the early 1990s. The band, despite playing numerous live shows, releasing a slew of 7" singles and three full length albums, never received much attention outside of their local fanbase. Even when they were together, Harvey Milk releases were notoriously hard to find. It was not until years after the band's demise that their singles, as well as all three full length albums, saw re-release through various labels, most notably Relapse Records. While Harvey Milk invariably draws comparisons to the Melvins, due to their penchant for slow, heavy riffs, the band has touched upon such artists as ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin and Leonard Cohen as influences in their music. They even went so far as to perform a live show consisting of nothing but Hank Williams covers. Recently the band has reformed and recorded a new album, Special Wishes.

They are named after Harvey Milk, San Francisco, California's first openly gay city supervisor, who was murdered in 1978.

1 Discography
2 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] EPs

I've Got A Love (7" 2006)
Hayride/Harvey Milk: F*#k You Guys (7" 2006)

[edit] LPs

My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment of What My Love Could Be (CD on Yesha 1994/Reissue CD on Relapse 2007)
Courtesy And Good Will Toward Men (LP on Reproductive & CD on Tumult 1995/Reissue CD on Relapse 2007/Reissue LP on Chunklet 2008 [Reissue used original sleeves, but vinyl was pressed on 180 gram audiophile vinyl])
The Pleaser (CD on Reproductive 1997/Reissue CD on Relapse 2007/LP on Chunklet 2008)
Special Wishes (LP & CD 2006)
Life... The Best Game In Town (2008)