Michael harris
Friday, 22 August 2008
band members:
Michael Harris - Guitars
band country: EUA
band biography:
The son of two master degreed musicians, Michael was born into a musical world in the Ohio heartland. Exposed to jazz influences by his father and classical music by his mother, he became serious about music when he took up the trumpet at age 11. Playing in the school band for three years, Michael's future was altered forever when he discovered the guitar. He dropkicked the trumpet and became instantly obsessed with guitar.
Several years (and bands) later, Michael formed Arch Rival (www.myspace.com/archrivalband), a powerful hard rock act which gained commercial and critical success in Europe and Japan with their 3 solid releases, while around the same time, Michael realized his dream of completing a solo instrumental album ("Defense Mechanizms"), which was released with much critical acclaim in 1991.
After a tour and live CD with the Chastain / Harris group, Michael relocated to Dallas, TX in 1994. Immediately following his move, MH formed his heaviest band yet, Surgeon (www.myspace.com/surgeonmetal), who gained yet more fans worldwide with their 1996 brutal debut, "Encyclopedia of the Insane".
In 2004, Michael was hired by world renowned keyboard virtuoso, Vitalij Kuprij, to play on several songs for his "Forward & Beyond" record. VK was so impressed with Michael's work that he chose him as the guitarist for his new band, "Revenge", in 2005 and Michael is presently recording all the guitars for the new VK instrumental record, "Glacial Inferno".
Michael has continued to maintain a very successful solo career and since "Defense Mechanizms" has released 5 more solo CDs - "Ego Decimation Profile" (1996); "Distorted Views" (1999); "Sketches From the Thought Chamber" (2001); his first solo VOCAL disc, "Words Collide" in 2003, and "Orchestrate" in 2006.
In 2007, Michael landed his biggest deal ever for Thought Chamber, an amazing prog band he put together a few years ago. The debut disc, "Angular Perceptions", was released on April 3, 2007 on InsideOut Music.
In the meantime, Michael can be seen touring with his exceptional live band, The Michael Harris Tranz-Fusion (www.myspace.com/themichaelharristranzfusion), as he continues to push the musical envelope by creating, recording, and releasing cutting edge progressive guitar music
band discography:
Defense Mechanizms
Tracks:
1. Defense Mechanizms 04:35
2. Trans-Orbital Schizophrenia 04:54
3. Mind Or Heart? 03:48
4. Psychotic Biorhythms 04:45
5. Classical Conditioning 01:32
6. Eminent Domain 05:58
7. Collision Course 03:54
8. Tarantula 04:59
9. Call To Arms 02:31
10. Octavian: Heir To The Conqueror 04:36
11. Wolfgang Lives! 04:11
12. Through The Eyes Of Eternity 05:47
Live! Wild and Truly Diminished!!
Tracks:
1. Menage A Trois+1 03:56
2. 827 03:02
3. Psychotic Biorhythms 01:07
4. Collision Course 05:17
5. Horizons 05:14
6. Schizophrenia 03:22
7. Mind Or Heart? 03:38
8. Flashattaxe 02:09
9. Trapped In The Void 03:17
10. Eminent Domain 05:39
11. Dynamo 01:50
12. Elegant Seduction 04:35
13. B.O.F. 02:33
14. Wild And Truly Diminished 04:12
Ego Decimation Profile
Tracks:
1. Forewarning 03:32
2. Vicious Uppercut 05:55
3. Stratus-Fear 05:51
4. Julius Seizure 05:41
5. Pawn To King IV 01:44
6. Grandscape 05:45
7. Hair On The E-String 06:23
8. Freudian Trip 04:44
9. Brainwarp 04:40
10. Terminus Epic 06:30
Distorted Views
Tracks:
1. Chambre Noire 00:46
2. Transmigration Of Souls 07:13
3. Identity Crisis 04:14
4. Centurion 05:15
5. Questions 05:52
6. Axcalibur 04:05
7. Mozart's Ghost 04:08
8. Stun Gun 03:36
9. Blue Tokyo 05:01
10. Winterlude 04:03
11. The End Of Forever 06:01
12. Chambre Noire (Minor Relapse) 00:58
Sketches From The Thought Chamber
Tracks:
1. Prognosis 08:03
2. Neuro-Transmitter 05:17
3. Regroovination 05:11
4. Two Worlds Beyond 06:27
5. Shibboleth 03:48
6. Voyage To Xyrethius 06:52
7. IdeoSymphony 04:22
8. Madfingers 02:04
9. Eat Your Words 04:01
10. A Soul's Torment 05:43
Hurricane X
Tracks:
1. Mind Games 06:35
2. Prisoner Of Time 07:24
3. Day Of Doom 06:17
4. Hurricane X 06:26
5. Chasing Rainbows 06:43
6. Armed And Ready 06:14
7. Hot Nights 07:33
8. Destination 06:14
Words Collide
Tracks:
1. Shockestra 01:01
2. Wash My Soul Away 04:32
3. Mask Of Deception 04:45
4. Myopia 04:14
5. Words Collide 05:07
6. Tears Roll Down 04:52
7. Mr. Strange 04:01
8. Prosthetic Brain 05:04
9. Into The Spiral Rain 03:32
10. Mandy Slang 04:36
11. Incarcerated 03:13
12. The Cozmic Desert 03:52
13. Battle Fatigue 09:23
Orchestrate
Tracks:
1. Opus Conceptus 04:49
2. String Theory 04:37
3. The Mad Composer’s Rage 06:58
4. Notes from the Kursk 05:53
5. Battle at Storm’s Edge 06:59
6. Guiprice 01:27
7. Mysterioso 05:49
8. Octavian II 05:34
9. The Anti Shred 02:14
10. Schizo Forte 05:48
band official website: http://www.michaelharrisguitar.com/
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