Defecation is a

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formed by Righteous Pigs guitarist

Mitch Harris Mitch Harris (born October 31, 1969) is an American guitarist. He started his career in the grindcore band Righteous Pigs. He did a side project with Mick Harris – then the drummer of grindcore band Napalm Death – called Defecation. Shortly ...

and ex-

Napalm Death Napalm Death are an English grindcore band formed in 1981 in Meriden, West Midlands. None of the band's original members has been in the group since 1986. But since ''Utopia Banished'' (1992), the lineup of bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch ...

drummer

Mick Harris Michael John Harris (born 4 October 1967) is an English musician from Birmingham. He was the drummer for Napalm Death between 1985 and 1991, and is credited for coining the term "grindcore". After Napalm Death, Harris joined Painkiller with Jo ...

in 1987. Mitch Harris was the guitarist, bassist and vocalist while Mick Harris was the drummer and vocalist as well, until Mick left the group shortly after their first album '' Purity Dilution'' was released.

Biography

Before Defecation started, Mick was the drummer for

, and Mitch was the guitarist for Righteous Pigs. The two were pen pals and decided to start the project. They formed Defecation in 1987 and released '' Purity Dilution'' on

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in 1989. Shortly after the release of ''Purity Dilution'', Mick left the band, as well as Napalm Death in 1991. Mitch Harris and

Jesse Pintado Jesus "Jesse" Ernesto Pintado Andrade (July 12, 1969 – August 27, 2006) was a Mexican-American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for the British grindcore band Napalm Death. He started in the grindcore band Terrorizer where he record ...

joined Napalm Death, and Defecation was put on hold for a while. Fourteen years after the first album was recorded, Mitch made the second album completely by himself, entitled '' Intention Surpassed''. In 2019, Spanish label Metal Bastard Enterprises used the band's name and logo to promote a musically unrelated scam artist's album named ''Killing with Kindness''; the album was marketed by the label as Defecation's new album, tricking many fans into acquiring it, to extremely negative reception. Mitch Harris latter issued a statement on Napalm Death's

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page in which he confirmed that neither he nor Mick Harris have recorded this album, while also apologizing for anyone who bought it.

Discography

* 1989: '' Purity Dilution'' * 2003: '' Intention Surpassed''

References

External links

Nuclear Blast page
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