Harry Pussy
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Harry Pussy was a noise rock
band from Miami, active from 1992 to 1997. The main members were Bill Orcutt on guitar and vocals and Adris Hoyos on drums and vocals. Other members included briefly Ian Steinberg on accordion
, and later either Mark Feehan or Dan Hosker on second guitar. They recorded primarily for the Siltbreeze
label.
The often violent and sexually charged music of Harry Pussy is still well-regarded and highly influential in the noise and noise rock scenes. Bill Orcutt's guitar playing was almost exclusively atonal, and performed on a four-string guitar. Adris Hoyos' unrestricted, freeform vocalisations and drumming have been noted as an influence by Chris Corsano
and by Heather Leigh Murray of Charalambides
.
Following the dissolution of Harry Pussy, Hoyos began playing sporadically in improv groups and Orcutt focussed on film-making. Bill Orcutt started playing live and releasing albums again in 2009. He collaborated with the drummer Paul Hession at the Colour of Space festival and released both an untitled 7" and a LP, A New Way To Pay Old Debts.
Noise rock
Noise rock describes a style of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. Noise rock makes use of the traditional instrumentation and iconography of rock, but incorporates atonality and especially dissonance, and also frequently discards usual songwriting conventions.-Style:Noise...
band from Miami, active from 1992 to 1997. The main members were Bill Orcutt on guitar and vocals and Adris Hoyos on drums and vocals. Other members included briefly Ian Steinberg on accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
, and later either Mark Feehan or Dan Hosker on second guitar. They recorded primarily for the Siltbreeze
Siltbreeze
Siltbreeze is an American independent record label based out of Philadelphia.-Roster:*1929*A Band*Above Ground*A Handful of Dust*Alan Licht*Alasehir*Alastair Galbraith*Angus Maclise*Ashtabula*Ashtray Navigations*Axemen*Bardo Pond*Blues Control...
label.
The often violent and sexually charged music of Harry Pussy is still well-regarded and highly influential in the noise and noise rock scenes. Bill Orcutt's guitar playing was almost exclusively atonal, and performed on a four-string guitar. Adris Hoyos' unrestricted, freeform vocalisations and drumming have been noted as an influence by Chris Corsano
Chris Corsano
Chris Corsano is a drummer from New England, USA. He often performs in an improvisation duo with saxophonist Paul Flaherty. He has also recorded material with artists such as Evan Parker, Dredd Foole, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Six Organs of Admittance, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Matt Valentine,...
and by Heather Leigh Murray of Charalambides
Charalambides
Charalambides is an avant garde musical group originally from Houston, Texas, USA and lately of Austin, Texas. Formed in 1991 by Tom Carter, Christina Carter and Kyle Silfer, they have followed in the footsteps of other Texas psychedelic music artists such as the 13th Floor Elevators, Red Crayola,...
.
Following the dissolution of Harry Pussy, Hoyos began playing sporadically in improv groups and Orcutt focussed on film-making. Bill Orcutt started playing live and releasing albums again in 2009. He collaborated with the drummer Paul Hession at the Colour of Space festival and released both an untitled 7" and a LP, A New Way To Pay Old Debts.
Albums
- Harry Pussy (aka In an Emergency You Can Shit on a Puerto Rican Whore) (1993, Siltbreeze) LP
- Ride a Dove (1996, Siltbreeze) LP/CD
- What was Music? (1996, Siltbreeze) CD compiles first LP early 7" and compilation tracks
- Untitled (aka Tour or Fuck You) (1997, no label) LP
- Live at Salon Zwerge (1998, Blackbean & Placenta) one sided LP
- Live Fuck Love Songs (1998, Infinite Egg) LP
- Live (1998, Cherry Smash) 10" - Note: final show, Churchill's, Miami 5/5/97
- Let's Build a Pussy (1998, Blackbean & PlacentaPlacentaThe placenta is an organ that connects the developing fetus to the uterine wall to allow nutrient uptake, waste elimination, and gas exchange via the mother's blood supply. "True" placentas are a defining characteristic of eutherian or "placental" mammals, but are also found in some snakes and...
) 2XLP - You'll Never Play This Town Again (2008, Load) CD compiles Tour LP, Live 10" and various singles.
Singles and EP's
- Untitled (aka Nose Ring) (1993, Esync) 7"
- Untitled (aka Girl Holding Frog) (1993, Esync) 7"
- Please Don't Come Back from the Moon b/w Nazi USA (1994, Blackjack) 7"
- Untitled (aka Miami Style) (1994, Planet) 7"
- Split w/ Noggin (1994, Chocolate Monk) 7"
- Zero de Conduite (1995, Audible Hiss) 2x7"
- Black Ghost (1996, Siltbreeze) one sided 7"
- Split w/ Bunny Brains (1996, Brutarian) 7" -same material as track one on Bill Orcutt Solo CD
- Split w/ Frosty (1998, Menlo ParkMenlo ParkMenlo Park may refer to:*Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA*Menlo Park, California, USA*Menlo Park, Pretoria, South Africa...
) 7" - Split w/ Pelt (1998, KlangKlangKlang , formerly known as Kelang, is the royal city and former capital of the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It is located within the Klang District in Klang Valley. It is located about 32 km to the west of Kuala Lumpur and 6 km east of Port Klang...
) 7" - Chuck +1 b/w Mandolin (1998, De StijlDe StijlDe Stijl , propagating the group's theories. Next to van Doesburg, the group's principal members were the painters Piet Mondrian , Vilmos Huszár , and Bart van der Leck , and the architects Gerrit Rietveld , Robert van 't Hoff , and J.J.P. Oud...
) 7" -credited as Radiation Nation/Toxic Drunks does not say Harry Pussy on record- - Wreck Small Cocks on Expensive Pussies collaboration w/Cock E.S.P.Cock E.S.P.Cock E.S.P. is a US-American band based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The group draws on the most extreme, subversive and absurdist elements of both popular and experimental Twentieth century music and performance art, creating abstract high-energy entertainment. Influences include noise music, punk...
(1998, Freedom FromFreedom FromFreedom From is a Minneapolis, Minnesota based record label which primarily focuses on the international noise underground genre. The label was founded in 1996 with its first official release by a San Francisco three-piece named Job. Up until early 1998, the labels focus was singularly cassettes,...
) LatheLatheA lathe is a machine tool which rotates the workpiece on its axis to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object which has symmetry about an axis of rotation.Lathes are used in woodturning,...
cut 8" edition of 30
Compilations
- Music Generated by Geographical Seclusion and Beer (1993, Esync)
- Bulb/Blackjack Split #2 7" (1996, Bulb RecordsBulb RecordsBulb Records is a Michigan-based record label that was formed in 1993 by Peter Larson , and James Magas ....
/Blackjack Records) Track - "Orphans (live in CA)" - BananafishBananafish MagazineBananafish is a magazine begun in 1987 in San Francisco, California, published under the name Seymour Glass, focusing on various aspects of underground culture, particularly musical genres such as noise music...
Mag. #9 7" - Track "rehearsing the white improviser" - Cool Beans Mag. #6 7" - NOTE-Same material as track 5 on Frog 7"
- Whump Mag. #1 2X7 - Track "psychokiller (pt.s 1 & 2)"
- KAOS TheoryKaos TheoryKaos Theory was a short series of compilation albums by Telstar Records which were compiled from "hardcore rave" records that were not on general release to the public. These tracks were condemned by some as "kiddie rave"...
(1997, Cottlestone Pie) - KSPCKSPCKSPC is a non-commercial college and community radio station based in Claremont, California, US broadcasting at 88.7 MHz on the FM band and streaming online...
: the Basement Tapes Volume 2 Live Underground - Track "Nazi USA" (1997,KSPC) CD - Prayer Is the Answer (1998, 777 was 666)
- RRR-500 Lock Grooves (1998, RRRecordsRRRecordsRRRecords is a used and new record shop. RRRecords is distinguished as being the first American record label to specifically publish underground noise music in the early 1980s, and published the first American vinyl by Merzbow, Masonna, The Hanatarash, Violent Onsen Geisha, and many more artists...
) 12" - Tarot or Aorta: Memories of a PRE Festival (2003, Smack Shire) CD
Bootleg
- Live on WNURWNURWNUR-FM is a 7200 watt radio station based in Evanston, Illinois that broadcasts to Chicago and its northern suburbs. Northwestern University owns the station's FCC license.-History:...
- Final Recording Session, Atlanta-3/5/97
- Radiation Nation: Harry Pussy Live in Austin, Texas 1997
External links
- Harry Pussy on MySpace
- [ AllMusic Listing]
- Mark Feehan
- Video Montage on WFMU Blog