- Harvey Milk (band)
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Name = Harvey Milk
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Origin =Athens, Georgia ,United States
Genre =Noise rock Sludge metal Stoner rock
Years_active =1992 —1998 ,2006 -current
Label = Self Rising Records,Relapse Records , Reproductive, Megablade/Troubleman,tUMULt ,Hydra Head Records
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Current_members = Creston Spiers
Steven Tanner
Paul Trudeau
Kyle Spence
Joe PrestonHarvey 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 notablyRelapse Records . While Harvey Milk invariably draws comparisons tothe Melvins , due to their penchant for slow, heavy riffs, the band has touched upon such artists asZZ Top ,Led Zeppelin andLeonard Cohen as influences in their music. They even went so far as to perform a live show consisting of nothing but Hank Williams covers. Harvey Milk recently released their new albumLife... The Best Game In Town and are touring the eastern and southern US as well as Germany, England, Belgium, France and Scotland.They are named after
Harvey Milk , San Francisco,California 's first openlygay city supervisor , who was murdered in 1978.Discography
EPs
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I've Got A Love " (7" 2006)
*" (7" 2006)LPs
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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)Compilations and miscellaneous
*" The Singles (CD 2003)
*"The Kelly Sessions (CD 2004)
*" Anthem (CD+DVD 2006)External links
[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=24229658 Harvey Milk MySpace]
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