he's mellowed a lot since the 80's. back then he was fucking annoying. a complete loose canon. he's the reason why Bill left the band, he couldn't stand being on tour with him.
@@coldacre he reason nik justin lee jimmy bill all left an why he left in the end, every body who been in band with him ends up hating his guts , i know so many people who were nn that scene early on an not just ever member of napalm death except him, other bands roadies every body fucking detest him she the biggest prick you could ever meet in ya life that why he choose a different musical path no one on the underground punk metal scene in brum.midlands wanted nothing do with him , an ay got mellow he still as bad , in fact he seems worse because he bitter an twisted napalm have got so big with out him an he jealous as fuck
@@willamshaw6944 lol you know the guys to said that ? , bill said that he left to focus in carcass , lee because he was not into the fast music anymore , and even mich get tired of it and formed scour that is fucking great . music is music who cares how is the peopla that make it
I used to trade tapes with Bill Steer back around 1986/87 when he was the editor of Phoenix Militia fanzine.He even sent me a Carcass rehearsal tape with just the bass and drums on it.Really nice bloke.
Mick Harris is a master musician, I won't forget his superb drumming on the Painkiller trilogy alongside the world-know alto sax player John Zorn and the superlative Bill Laswell on bass ; nor his dark ambient project Lull or the seminal Scorn records...he's a bloody genius at the same time it looks like the pizza delivery guy, down-on-earth musician who didn't fall prey of the f* music business Thanks for posting this !
I was at Uni in Dunedin...my group were Thrash and beyond...BoltThrower, Morbid Angel etc...and we had a HC Punk friend , into the Electro Hippies, Concrete Sox, Napalm Death and Carcass ....Holy Schnitzel those were great crossover days!!! Punks, Skins, Thrashers, all at the same gig!!! SHOUT OUT TO THE NERVE CENTRE!!! WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!
I'm David De Los Santos from Houston Tx,when I was in high school 87-91 I was in a band called "Anal Vomit" and we did some Napalm tunes along with some Day Glo Abortions,Metallica and even some Cirlce Jerks. we did have a few originals but doing the whole thing was such joy and a great experience. my drummer Miguel Martinez was just as fast as any other speed metal drummer but did have his own style. Carlos Pinhead my guitarist had a good sound. But all in all we had such a great time during our high school years. Thank you Napalm for the influence and the impact your music made for us here in South Texas.
One of the best documentaries, a personal fave. Mick Harris was the perfect host: charming, enthusiastic and articulate, he was the life of the film. A really good tribute to the great and groundbreaking album.
A few years before Scum was released I walked into a second hand vinyl shop and bought Why by Discharge and it warped my tiny fourteen year old mind, couldn't understand the structure apart from A Look At Tomorrow and Ain't No Feeble Bastard. Shortly afterwards I got Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing and it made perfect sense after being primed by Why and I still think HNSNSN is one of the best and most influential albums ever released by a British band from the noisier end of the scale. The D Beat is world famous and they pioneered the way for what came after, Scum was a welcome blast of noise at the time and more crossover
First time I saw Scorn live was May 23rd 1992. That was awesome, Evanescense is one of my Top 10 albums next to Steely Dan and Beatles, and the drumming on Harmony Corruption is one of my favourite performances.
For me Mick was the best drummer napalm have ever had , I'm not hating on Danny he's brilliant , the think about micks style of drumming that worked so well in napalm was the fact that he was self taught so when writing his parts he wasn't restricted by his technical knowledge regarding music , self taught drummers hear riffs differently to those who studied and had many lessons etc etc , there's something about the frantic style ,that on the edge feel in songs where the drummer has taught himself , a good example of that is Dave Lombardo .
So true though. When playing you could tell all the music’s energy was there in Mick’s body. He was there all in and blasting like no one had ever before 🔥🔥🔥👌👌👌
@@jimmytgoose476 I hear you.(Which is a miracle after 40 years of making and listening to loud music) I don't know him personally. I reacted to what I see and experience in this documentary.
He definitely came across as very affable . Whenever i crossed paths with him (pre-Scum) he was always polite, friendly and funny ; however, i also saw first hand some of his tantrums and antics . I had a friend in the band and another who was their roadie and by the time the FETO line up split neither could stand being in the same room as him . That was a long time ago, though ; we all change as we get older and doubtless Mick has . He's certainly left a remarkable body of work 🙂
Love the rocknroll spirit, especially the recording of 'Scum'. Mic it up, line check, fuckin hit it!...lol. bands need to get back to that a bit. Waaaay to slick now
Mick is such a legend 🔥🔥🔥 the corruption live concert is of utmost sentiment and importance to my teen years in the 90’s. I still tend to watch it every now and then but back in the old days here in Poland 🇵🇱 we barely managed to get a vhs 📼 with this particular gig. AND IT WAS A TREAT 🔥
I'm so glad I was around when fanzines and tape trading was a thing , the first time I heard pantera was on a tape I'd been sent from America , it was a demo of 4 songs , just before cowboys from hell got released , things were so underground and communal , fans making fanzines and sending them across the globe to other fanzines , the thrash ,death hardcore metal scenes in the late 80s very early 90s were brilliant .
In 74 seconds, Mark Titchner manages to say "kind of" 13 times. Ironically, a devotee of language who says "language ceases to function.. to be able to communicate."
Scum was my first metal/punk album that I truly took in and listened to over and over and fell in love with blast beats and learned what they were and learned what power chords were and how true music like that was made. My friends older brother was a metal head he had a big N.D backpatch I wanted but said I had to listen to them and five grindcore bands in order to have it. He gave it to me later on after he asked randomly to name some bands, I named Naplam Death and Terrorizer, Man that shit was lit
Thanks for this. Amazing doco and it has a DIY feel like the band 😁 Brought back great memories from when I got into the scene in 1990 and seeing the bands around London. Still love the music
This is the man in that got me into hardcore music remember sitting up at 1 in the morning watching napalm on heavy metal heaven when I was 11,happy time's
I have seen Napalm Death maybe 15-20 times over the years, first time was 1993 and last time was 2015, i will say they have always put on a good show and i always leave with my ears ringing..sometimes for a couple of days...chatted briefly to the guys in the band too a few times and they were always down to earth good guys.
Gotta love Metallica playing in the background @ 26:04! It doesn't matter to me where metal comes from, as long as it's awesome and the artists put their heart and soul into it, that's all that matters. And Napalm Death has definetly done just that!
A Genius of Modern Music, - in a different but similar way to Thelonius- from whence I steal the quote. Mick, Thank You! I Can't Imagine life without you and Napalm, and all of your work x
This album is unsurpassed .Saw a comment on YT under the album describing it as the sound of the drummer falling down the stairs with an egg sandwich in his mouth haha .
This is a very cool look into the Napalm story, this is great... Rare to hear this drummer , isn't he the one that does Scorn .. Which is cool in its own right
This video would, in my opinion, shed some lights on how all the worlwide underground phenomenon called "Death Metal" looked like when it had actually been started. Almost everytime I watch a biography or interviews done by relatively forgotten pioneer, I always quite surprised how everything got started modestly and then turned out big, not by those down-to-earth and modest initiators who had a small and personal vision, but by the bunch of ambitious and smart but at the same time very megalomaniac, manipulative, self-aggrandizing agitators...
My old band played at the barrel organ. Awesome. There was a lot of punks there. Mick Harris was at our first gig at Edwards No8 and he told us we sounded like Carcass. I was\well fuckin chuffed.
It don't take a genius to work out there's a lot of bad blood gone on 6 people appeared on scum yet only one member is in film I was well into that Brum scene back in the day and apart Harris and Justin I've known every other member past and present of napalm in the last 30 yrs really well only Nik bullan as had any thing to do with Harris in donkies yrs I was regular at the barrel organ and the mermaid all the time in the mid late 80/s it a known fact in the scene that Mickey is a complete pain in the arse to work with and digby ripped off a lot the bands on earache .the current napalm line up even took digby to court to sue him over unpaid royalties and money he owed them and they refused to play the 25 earache anniversary bash even though scum is probably their biggest seller and napalm their most successful artist , it obvious the other napalm members on scum gotta beef with either Harris or digby
Gosh what a legendary musician. Saw him first on a 1989 bbc arena documentary about heavy metal. Apparently he is part of a college now. Amazing, not sure that all the students realise the calibre of musician they are privileged to be in the presence of. This guy was part of a generation of musicians that created and launched a multi million dollar music genre/niche into the mainstream, that is huge worldwide. They say giants are found in small places. This guy was and still is a phenomenon.
As a 14yr old it was the Arena BBC doc where I first set eyes & ears on Napalm Death.. actually, think I know a man who produced ND's biggest Japanese import.. Steve Bird/producer, standout record too, apparently for its drum recordings (sorry, don't know the title) but as it was recorded outside of the bands record contract & done on the sly was sent to Japan..
One day Grindcore will hit its next evolution. Assück and Discordance Axis took it in two different directions, and I think nowadays that crust punk element is hard to find. I’ll always be thankful for the night I discovered Pig Destroyer, they got me into this mess haha. 20 Grind records later I might actually see them this year!
😎Hi there!Greetings from Hawaii.I want to say Napalm Death is one of my musical influences and aspirations!...Mr. Mick Harr Is is a favorite drummer I idolize since february 15,1991...Bloody cheers to the legendary Napalm Death drummer/songwriter/musician Mr. Mick Harris and Earache Records!!! 😃🤘👍👌👋.Dennis R. Ganotise,Jr. 08/20/2023 -4:12 pm.
I love this video, but guys, some real missed opportunities to educate play some Chaos UK, Disorder, Amebix when Mick says they were influences. Or play some Crude SS or Rattus when they talk about the extreme, or show some photos of mick's bedroom. Not trying to be a dick but I fucking love SCUM
If I’ve learnt one thing from this documentary it’s this...to become a successful artist you just have to speak complete bollocks. Mick on the other hand is incredibly articulate.
Brilliant drummer,nice guy.napalm death are still my favourite band.barney is the best vocalist of all time.early napalm,late napalm,the power continues
No, there's one song (Siege of Power - which is one of my favorites) is 4 minutes long. Titchner didn't listen or care about Napalm Death, only for the camera.
I remember hearing scum on kfjc 89.7 fm radio about 1988. I didnt really like it when i first heard it, i prefered the doom \ no security split lp. And mind you back in the 80s it was extremely hard to find imported punk records .
Loads of people did , it was a small scene . Two mates of mine were in a band as fast as ND before Justin and Nik had learned how to tune their guitars . They HATED ND because "...they're a fucking joke . Get pissed and flail away . Load of shite . " Anyway , they split up after recording a great ep that was never released (i had the only surviving tape copy for many years) and then Scum arrived . The whole scene was amazed not only how good it was but also because ND were a bunch of fuck ups who couldnt do it live .
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