Hammerhead is a
Minneapolis-based
noise rockband active in the early 1990s. Members went on to form the band Vaz.
History
Hammerhead was formed in
Moorhead, Minnesota in the early 1990s, with members Paul Erickson, Jeff Mooridian Jr. and Paul Sanders, later moving to
Minneapolis.[1] The band released extensively through
Amphetamine Reptile Records. Their major breakthrough album Duh the Big City[2][3] garnered them critical acclaim, however after its release Paul Sanders left the group. The remaining members went on to form
Vaz after experimenting with other line-ups.[4][5]
In 2010 the band reunited and released an EP of new material, Memory Hole EP, the following year.[6] In 2014 they released a new EP, Global Depression, and in August 2015 they published New Directionz, their first full-length album since regrouping in 2010.