Harvey Milk is an experimental band from Athens, Georgia. Their music is difficult to define. They generally play heavy riffs at a plodding speed, interspersed with soft acoustic passages. They use some odd instrumentation, odd sound, and strange rhythms. The track "Pinnochio's Example" (available on on of the links) is a very good example of these elements. Their first two albums follow this general formula. They released one album that is not in this genre, 1997's The Pleaser, which is blues-rock and completely different from their other music. They broke up in 98, but reformed in 2006. Their albums used to be really hard to find, but
Relapse Records (who kick ass) has rereleased their stuff.
Recommended Albums:Courtesy and Good Will Toward Men
My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment Of What My Love Could Be
Not-so-Recommended Albums:The Pleaser - This is their blues-rock album. It's nothing like their other stuff at all. Personally, I dislike it.
Relapse Records pageHarvey Milk on EpitonicSome music is available on Tumult (who still rock)
Harvey Milk liveMore Harvey Milk live
Combatwoundedveteran was an experimental hardcore band. They condense breakneck tempos, buzzing guitars, and the throat-destroying screams of two vocalists into a wall of intense noise. And they do this all in under two minutes per song. They broke up in 2003.
