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HARM

HARM ,TIMARU, SOUTH ISLAND NEW ZEALAND

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Layout Provided By CodeMyLayout.com - Myspace Layoutsmyspace codes myspace quiz Myspace Video Codes A TRIBUTE VIDEO FOR OUR FRIEND AND BROTHER RANGI PLEASE VIEWHARM, ORIGINALLY STARTED AS A JAM SESSION BETWEEN 4 FRIENDS ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO,IN A DIRTY OLD SHED JUST OUT OF TIMARU, A LOT OF TIME WAS SPENT JAMMING AND HAVING COUPIOUS AMOUNTS OF FUN NOT TO MENTION VERY RED EYES AND RINGING EARS,WE ALL REALISED,WITH THANKS TO MARK RYDER THAT AS A BUNCH OF GUYS WE ACTUALLY HAD A GOOD SOUND HAPPENING, IT WAS ENERGETIC,AND HARD ROCK,SO WE PUTA LOT OF PRACTICE TOGETHER AND WORKED ON SOME ORIGINAL IDEAS,OUR FIRST COUPLE OF GIGS WE HIT PEOPLE WITH A SELECTION OF COVERS AND WE STARED TO SNEAK OUR ORIGINALS IN,THE LISTNERS GAVE US GREAT FEED BACK FOR WHAT WE WERE DOING,OUR SOUND EVOLVED A LOT OVER THE YEARS,WITH THE LOSS OF OUR ORIGINAL DRUMMER AARON DAVIS WE HAD A FEW SET BACKS,MARK INTRODUCED RICHARD SIMPSON,WHO WITH HIS POWERFUL ROCK STYLE STEPPED IN AND STEPPED OUR GAME UP WITH HIS PRECISE ENERGETIC DRUMMING,WE REMAINED AS A 4 PEICE PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS,AND ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE BOYS WENT VENTUREING ACROSS THE DITCH,THE DRIVE AND PASSION WAS STILL STRONG,EVENTUALLY WE PUT NEW IDEAS TOGETHER AND DIVERSIFIED OUR SOUND,WITH MUSICAL ROOTS DEEPLY PLANTED IN 70,S ROCK,JAZZ,FUNK,SOUL,HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL,IN RECENT TIMES WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING AROUND WITH ROOTS REGGAE SOUNDS.WE MADE A DECISION TO AMALGAMATE WITH 2 VERY TALENTED LOCAL MUSICIANS,ONE OF WHOM HAS BEEN PLAYING AS A SOLO ARTIST AND ALSO IN NUMEROUS BANDS OVER THE YEARS ENTER- MARK (RANGI) GILLESPIE FOUNDER OF" TH RANGLERS" AND ALSO THE VERY TALENTED GUITARIST BRUCE TUTTEN,WHO HAS ALSO PLAYED IN A NUMBER OF BANDS LOCALLY THROUGH OUT THE YEARS,RANGI AND BRUCE HAVE BEEN PLAYING MUSIC TOGETHER WORKING ON RANGIS ORIGINAL SONGS,WITH THE HELP OF MARK RYDER BRINGING AND COMBINING" HARM" AND "TH RANGLERS "TOGETHER AS 2 BANDS WITH THE SAME MEMBERS IT GIVES US THE LIGHT AND DARK SHOW,CHECK TH'RANGLERS OUT IN OUR FRIENDS LIST FOR A TASTE OF THE LIGHT SHOW.SO COLECTIVLEY HARM ARE SIX MEMBERS STRONG AND NOW WITH HADLIEGH ON KEY BOARDS AND 2 GUITARISTS A MULTITUDE OF VOCALS WE HAVE EVOLVED EVEN FURTHER THAN ANY OF US WOULD EVER HAVE IMAGINED,THE BOYS HAVE BEEN HARD OUT AT PRACTISE GETTING UP TO SPEED ,AND WE ARE NOW READY TO HIT THE GIG CIRCUT AGAIN, OUR DEBUT ALBUM WILL BE RELEASED MAY 2007 IN TIME FOR NEW ZEALAND MUSIC MONTH WITH 12 STRONG TRACKS MIXED LOCALLY BY MARK RYDER AND RICHARD (STYX) HOWIE OF AUDIO DYNAMITE ,AND TAKEN OFF SHORE TO STUDIO 301 (AUSTRALLIA) FOR THE MASTERING PROCESS, ITS EXCITING TIMES AND WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOWARD TO GETTING TO SEE OUR AWESOME COUNTRY AND TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY OUR SOUND TO NEW ZEALAND BOTH AS HARM AND TH'RANGLERS AND NOT TO MENTION GETTING TO INTERACT WITH OTHER TALENTED NEW ZEALAND BANDS/MUSICIANS. CHECK US OUT ON www.amplifier.co.nz www.muzic.net.nz ENJOY (KIA KAHA) RUSS :-)
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Member Since: 7/19/2006
Band Website: [email protected]
Band Members: RUSSELL BEAUMONT- WIND PIPES RICHARD SIMPSON- 5 SKIN RANGI MARK GILLESPIE- SHORT NECK RYTHEM DARK MARK RYDER- LONG NECK HADLIEGH OUDEMANS- LIGHT & DARK KEYS BRUCE TUTTEN- SHORT NECK LEAD
Influences: OLD SCHOOL 70,S ROCK-HEAVY METAL-GRUNGE-JAZZ-ROOTS REGGAE-HAVING 6 MEMBERS TO HARM GIVES US A WIDE RANGE OF INFLUENCES,AS WE ALL HAVE SUCH DIFFERENT TASTES IN MUSIC,PLEASE BE THE JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.
Sounds Like: MUSIC TO ME-HA HA HA -I KINDA THINK WE SOUND LIKE HARM BUT IF YOU CAN THINK OF WHO WE SOUND LIKE THEN PLEASE DROP US A MESSAGE AND LET US KNOW,AS WE VALUE ALL FEEDBACK.
Record Label: SOUTH PACIFIC SOUNDS LTD.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I wish this were all a bad dream farewell our beloved bro!!!

As most of you all know now our brother in music RANGI MARK GILLESPIE is no longer in our presence,taken from us his brothers,his beautiful wife and awesome children,and all those that knew him,As a b...
Posted by HARM on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:04:00 PST

THE HARM CURSE!!!! SAD NEWS :-(

As you all know HARM have been trying to cut an album for a fucking long time now,it has been a massive journey of epic proportions,much like Samwise,Frodo & Gollum taking the ring of power to the...
Posted by HARM on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:02:00 PST

Harm play Queenstown brrrrrrr!!!!! very cold

Well hey there all ,just a run down on how it all went at Queenstown ,firstly a big thank you to some people,to the organisers of the winter festival cheers for having us ,and for putting us up in a c...
Posted by HARM on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:22:00 PST

HARM NEWS & UPDATES

WELL HEY THERE EVERYONE,YOU ARE PROBABLY SCRATCHING YOUR HEADS THINKING WHERE IS THE HARM DEBUT ALBUM?????? YES!!! WELL IM KINDA DOING THE SAME,WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED A FEW PROBLEMS WITH THE PRODUCTION O...
Posted by HARM on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:18:00 PST

EXCITING TIMES FOR HARM

I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF OUR FRIENDS,ARTISTS AND FELLOW MUSICIANS FOR BELIEVING IN US,FOR WITH OUT ANY OF THE SUPPORT FROM YOU GUYS NONE OF THIS WOULD EVNE BE WORTH WHILE,I PO...
Posted by HARM on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:08:00 PST

Dont shit in my lunch box please!!!!!

Ok so here is where it is at with HARM,firstly here is where it is at with me RUSS the singer of this band. I have been going through a very ruff transitional phase in my life,you know like the whole ...
Posted by HARM on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:59:00 PST

PEOPLE AND PLACES WE HAVE PLAYED OVER THE YEARS

BANDS WE HAVE PLAYED WITH & SUPPORTED KRUCIFIER IN CH-CH @ THE JET SET LOUNGE HUMAN IN CH-CH @THE DUX & THE JET SET LOUNGE STATIC MINE @ THE LOADED HOG TIMARU FUCE @ THE JET SET LOUNGE INDIFFE...
Posted by HARM on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 03:11:00 PST