Humans (American band)

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Humans
Origin Santa Cruz, California
Genres New wave, post-punk
Years active1976–1981
Labels I.R.S.
Associated acts Wall Of Voodoo
Romeo Void
Rank and File
Morphine
Past membersSterling Storm
Eric Gies
John Anderson
Jerome Deupree
Jim Norris
David Larstein
Lee Stewart

Humans were a new wave band from Santa Cruz, formed in 1976 as The Mysterious People. They changed their name to Humans in 1979 and released a music video for their song "I Live in the City" directed by Videowest. [1] Leader Sterling Storm's style was similar to that of Wall Of Voodoo's Stan Ridgway, while bassist Eric Gies wrote mostly quirky ballads. They continued to play in the Bay Area into the late 1980s and also managed to make a long-form video to accompany their I.R.S. LP, Happy Hour , before breaking up. [2] Storm has since become a successful production designer. [3]

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References

  1. "Music Video | Videowest". Videowest.tv. Retrieved December 15, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. "IRS Humans biography". Archived from the original on 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2008-05-18.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "Humans - KLRB Interview". Archived from the original on 2008-02-18. Retrieved 2008-05-18.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)