Harry Pussy was an American
noise rock band from
Miami, active from 1992 to 1997. The main members were
Bill Orcutt on guitar and vocals and Adris Hoyos on drums and vocals. Other members included Mark Feehan on guitar, later replaced by Dan Hosker. They recorded primarily for the
Siltbreeze label.[1]
The often-violent music of Harry Pussy is still well-regarded and highly influential in the noise and noise rock scenes. Bill Orcutt's guitar playing was almost exclusively atonal and performed on a four-string guitar. Adris Hoyos' unrestricted, freeform vocalizations and drumming have been noted as an influence by
Chris Corsano[2] and by Heather Leigh.[3]
Following the dissolution of Harry Pussy, Hoyos began playing sporadically in improv groups and Orcutt focused on film-making. Bill Orcutt started playing live and releasing albums again in 2009.
Discography
Albums
Harry Pussy (1993, Siltbreeze) LP
Ride a Dove (1996, Siltbreeze) LP/CD
Untitled (1997, no label) LP (nicknamed Fuck You and/or Tour)
Live at Salon Zwerge (1998, Blackbean & Placenta) one sided LP
Live Fuck Love Songs (1998, Infinite Egg) LP
Live (1998, Cherry Smash) 10" - Note: final show, Churchill's, Miami 5/5/97
Let's Build a Pussy (1998, Blackbean &
Placenta) 2XLP
Singles and EP's
Untitled (1993, Esync) 7"
Untitled (1993, Esync) 7"
Please Don't Come Back from the Moon b/w Nazi USA (1994, Blackjack) 7"
Untitled (a.k.a. Miami Style) (1994, Planet) 7"
Split w/ Noggin (1994, Chocolate Monk) 7"
Zero de Conduite (1995, Audible Hiss) 2x7"
Black Ghost (1996, Siltbreeze) one sided 7"
Split w/
Bunny Brains (1996,
Brutarian) 7" -same material as track one on Bill Orcutt Solo CD