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Moose Harris

Moose Harris
Birth nameJason James Harris
BornDevizes, Wiltshire, England
GenresAlternative rock, punk rock
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)Bass guitar, Guitar, Keyboards, Backing vocals
Years active1985–2017
LabelsEMI, Abstract, Sanctuary

Moose Harris is a British bass guitarist, who was known as Jason James Harris until June 2001, when he legally changed his name to reflect his former nickname and adopted professional alias of "Moose".

Biography

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Harris was born in Devizes, and raised in Pewsey. He left Pewsey Vale School at 15, and had several jobs before beginning an apprenticeship as an electronics engineer in 1984. At the age of seventeen, Harris was recruited by New Model Army to replace original bass player Stuart Morrow (1980–85) who had left the band midway through the 1985 'No Rest for the Wicked' tour.[1]

He toured extensively with the band over the next five years, playing at venues across Europe, the United States and Japan. He also contributed to New Model Army's milestone albums, The Ghost of Cain (1986) and Thunder and Consolation (1989), before leaving in 1990, when he was replaced by Peter "Nelson" Nice.[2] In late 1992 he joined The Damned. Having recorded the Not of This Earth album with them during 1994, he left in mid-1995 following the dissolution of that line-up. When the band reformed in 1996, he was replaced by former The Damned and Eddie and the Hot Rods bassist, Paul Gray.[3]

After The Damned split in 1995, Moose worked in music tuition, session work and music production. Although Dave Vanian offered Moose a chance to return to The Damned in 1996, the promised tour never materialised, and Vanian's future wife Patricia Morrison took over as bass guitarist soon after.[4] Between 1996 and 2007, Harris was the bass guitarist for Pants.[5] When Pants split, Harris and Oliver collaborated on the self-described "retro-futurist synth rock" duo The Pieshop Boys, appearing sporadically between 2008 and 2013.[6] Pants reformed in 2014 and still perform occasionally.[7]

Since 2000 he has contributed to a number of projects, including live and studio work with folk-rock group Pig Country, ska band Ska Trouble and punk band Bastard Squad.[8][9] He also assisted with the restoration of a previously unreleased album by Raspberry Parade.[10]

In 2005, he became one-third of the band Sleeper Cell with Nick Harper. The band toured briefly in 2005, including an appearance at the Beautiful Days Festival.[11]

In 2011, Moose was intervewed for a documentary about New Model Army. The finished film, Between Dog and Wolf: the New Model Army Story premièred in London on 5 October 2014 as part of the Raindance Film Festival 2014.[12] The documentary was released on DVD in December 2015.[13]

Albums

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New Model Army

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Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

Atom Heart Mother

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Studio albums

The Damned

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Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

Session work

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References

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  1. ^ "New Model Army - Biography". Newmodelarmy.org. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Double Vee Concerts". Double Vee Concerts. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Patricia Morrison - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Bunch of arse productions half-heartedly presents - the official pants website". Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "TOWNSITE Marlborough - Visiting or living in Marlborough, Wiltshire". Marlborough-townsite.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  8. ^ "The Pieshop Boys". Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Bastard Squad". Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  10. ^ "Steve Marshall Music". Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  11. ^ "NICK HARPER : HARPERSPACE : Official Website for Nick Harper". Harperspace.com. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "New Model Army - Between Dog And Wolf - The New Model Army Story". Amazon.co.uk. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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