Hair Police is an American band based out of Lexington,

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

, that formed in 2001. They have released records through labels such as

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Hanson Records Hanson Records is an American independent record label founded in Brighton, Michigan and now based in Oberlin, Ohio. It is operated by the musician Aaron Dilloway, formerly of the band Wolf Eyes. History The label's first release was a 7-inch ex ...

, Gods of Tundra, Freedom From, and Hospital Productions. They have also released a split record on

Load Records Load Records was an American experimental music-oriented independent record label based out of Providence, Rhode Island. "Load Records might possibly be in possession of the world's most challenging record roster," writes Mark Hensch of Thrash Pi ...

with Viki. Members of Hair Police have also played with other groups such as

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, Eyes and Arms of Smoke,

Burning Star Core Burning Star Core is the experimental music project of violinist C. Spencer Yeh. Originally conceived 1993 in Cincinnati, the project is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Composing music that's driven by his violin, Yeh's Burning Star Core ...

, Three Legged Race,

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, ulysses, Warmer Milks, and ATTEMPT.

History

Hair Police formed in January 2001 in Lexington, Kentucky. The original line up was

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, Ross Compton, Mike Connelly, Matt Minter, and Trevor Tremaine. The band released the ''History of Ghost Dad'' cassette to coincide with its first live show on April 13, 2001. Compton stopped playing with the band in the summer of 2001. Minter left the band in October 2002. Connelly moved to Michigan at the end of 2003 and joined

in the spring of 2005. The band has toured extensively in the U.S. with

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, Heathen Shame, No Doctors,

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, Sightings, Mammal, Neon Hunk, and most notably with Sonic Youth in August 2004.

Discography

2001

*''History of Ghost Dad'' CS/CDR (#1 New Gods of Tundra GOT004)

2002

*V/A ''Know Your Own Vol. 1'' CDR (Lexington Action Arts Collective) *V/A ''Fog People Vol. 1'' CS (Animal Disguise ADR014) *''Blow Out Your Blood'' CD (Freedom From FF0172)

2003

*''Mortuary Servants'' 7" (Gods of Tundra GOT040/ Freedom From FF0204) *''Movies- Live '01-'02'' CS (Animal Disguise ADR033) *S/T CS (Hospital Productions HOS-85) *''Live at the Empty Bottle July 4, 2002'' VHS (Dronedsico fig. 50/ Gods of Tundra GOT046/ Freedom From FF0220) *V/A ''Closet Full of Clothes'' LP (White Denim No. 4) *Hair Police/Viki split CD (Load Records LOAD047) *Hair Police/Viki split LP (Scratch and Sniff Entertainment SNSE030) *Hair Police/Cadaver in Drag split CS (Husk Records HUSK No. 10) *''Probe Cutting'' CS (Gods of Tundra GOT052)

2004

*''Rattlers Echo'' 3" CDR (Chondritic Sound CH-44) *''Obedience Cuts'' LP (Gods of Tundra GOT055) *''Obedience Cuts'' CD (Freedom From FF0250) *''Gnarly Times'' lathe 6" (Gutter Lathe Society GLS-06) *V/A ''Secrets and Sounds'' CD (Animal Disguise ADR025) *''Your Skull in the Gutter'' CS (Gods of Tundra GOT060) *Hair Police/Crystal Fantasy 10" (LDR/HPR) *''Dune Sores'' CS (Rampart RAM005) *''Leech Pit'' CS (Gods of Tundra GOT064) *V/A ''Airwaves for Your Hairwaves: Live from WNUR'' (

WNUR WNUR-FM (89.3 FM) is a 7,200–watt radio station based in Evanston, Illinois that broadcasts to Chicago and its northern suburbs. It is the student radio station of Northwestern University. History WNUR first began broadcasting on May 8, ...

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)

2005

*Hair Police/Dead Machines split LP (Gods of Tundra/American Tapes) *''Drawn Dead'' CD (Hanson HN124) *''Hair Police'' CD (Hospital Productions HOS-85a) *''030505'' CS (Mountaain DOOR002) *Dead Machines/Hair Police- ''Illegal the Raw'' CS (Fag Tapes FT019) *''Constantly Terrified'' CD/LP (

TMU148) *''Live!!!'' split w/

CS (Purple Stuff)

2006

*''Prescribed Burning'' CDR (Gods of Tundra) *V/A ''Sonic Protest 2006'' (

Sonic Protest Sonic Protest is a yearly music festival in France focused on left field music genres like experimental rock, electroacoustic music, improvised music, noise and avant garde music. The first edition of Sonic Protest took place in 2003. The editions ...

) *untitled CS/CDR (Gods of Tundra) *''Live in Lexington'' CDR (American Tapes) *''Drawn Dead'' LP (Weird Forest) *''Prescribed Burning'' LP (Hospital Productions) *''Strict'' 7" (Troubleman Unlimited) *Hair Police/Pengo LP (Gods of Tundra)

2007

*''Blind Kingdom'' LP (Ultra Eczema) *''Fear of Sleep'' CS (Hospital Productions) *''The Empty Quarter'' CD (Harbinger Sound)

2008

*''Certainty of Swarms'' CD/LP (No Fun Productions)

2013

*"Mercurial Rights" LP (Type Recordings)

External links

Hair Police website
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