Scorn (band)
| Scorn | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Electronic music, industrial hip hop, dub, dark ambient, experimental, industrial metal (Nic Bullen era) |
| Years active | 1991-1997, 2000-2011 |
| Labels | Resist/OHM Resistance, Vivo, Hymen, Ant-Zen, Invisible, KK, Possible, Earache, Combat Recordings |
| Associated acts | Napalm Death |
| Past members |
Mick Harris Nicholas Bullen Justin Broadrick James Plotkin |
Scorn was an English electronic music project. The group was formed in the early 1990s as a side project of former Napalm Death members Mick Harris and Nic Bullen (the latter as one of the founding members of the band in 1981). Bullen left the group in 1995 and the project continued on until the end of 2011 as an essentially solo project for Harris.
Since their early years, Scorn is often associated with industrial and experimental music, particularly with their early releases as a duo with much of their Earache Records-era output since 1991 until 1994. Since the departure of Bullen in 1995, much of the output has been minimalist beats with an emphasis on very deep bass lines, often resembling dub and trip hop in structure. The departure from their early sound eventually led to Harris parting ways with Earache after the Logghi Barogghi release, both sides apparently having been unhappy with how the project was being handled.
Scorn was formed in 1991 in Birmingham, England by drummer Mick Harris and vocalist/bassist Nic Bullen, former members of English grindcore band Napalm Death. Another Napalm Death member, Justin Broadrick, appeared on their first LP, Vae Solis. With Bullen's departure in April 1995, Harris has been the only member of the project since then.
After leaving Earache Records, the project kept pushing the dirty bass and heavy beat sound, subtly changing with each release. In May 1997, Harris decided to end the project to finish relations with KK Records, and from 1997 to 1999, he was making music with other names and other musicians, until 2000, when returned with this proyect with the record company Hymen Records, but eventually Harris parted ways with Hymen in 2002. The intervening years since saw a break in recorded output (except the release of a live radio jam on Vivo Records in 2004) with live dates popping up periodically.
Starting in 2006, Harris began stepping up activities as Scorn, starting with the 10" Whistle For It, which (apparently to Harris' dismay) was so poorly mastered as to have lost Scorn's trademark low end.
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