Hammerhead (band)

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Hammerhead
Origin Moorhead, Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
Genres Noise rock
Years active1990–1996, 2010–2021
Labels Amphetamine Reptile,
MembersPaul Erickson
Jeff Mooridian Jr.
Paul Sanders
Past membersKat Bjelland

Hammerhead Was a Minneapolis-based noise rock band active in the early 1990s. Members went on to form the band Vaz.

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History

Hammerhead was formed in Moorhead, Minnesota in the early 1990s, with members Paul Erickson, Jeff Mooridian Jr. and Paul Sanders, later moving to Minneapolis. [1] The band released extensively through Amphetamine Reptile Records. Their major breakthrough album Duh the Big City [2] [3] garnered them critical acclaim, however after its release Paul Sanders left the group. The remaining members went on to form Vaz after experimenting with other line-ups. [4] [5]

In 2010 the band reunited and released an EP of new material, Memory Hole EP, the following year. [6] In 2014 they released a new EP, Global Depression, and in August 2015 they published New Directionz, their first full-length album since regrouping in 2010.

Discography

Full Discography including 7" and splits [7]

Albums

Singles

Splits

EPs

References

  1. "Hammerhead reunited for AmRep Anniversary & a NYC show". Brooklyn Vegan. June 23, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
  2. Publicado por jistonboy (February 26, 2004). "Saturno es aburrido: Hammerhead – Duh, The Big City (1996)". Saturnoesaburrido.blogspot.com. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  3. "Hammerhead – Duh, the Big City CD Album MP3". Cduniverse.com. January 28, 2001. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  4. "Vaz". I Heart Noise. November 4, 2008. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
  5. "Almost 15 years later Hammerhead returns". High Plains Reader. August 2010. Archived from the original on September 22, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
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  7. "AmRep Discography (chronological)". Amphetaminereptile.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.