Barra Head (band)
Barra Head is a three-piece band from Copenhagen , Denmark . It was founded in 1992 and is assigned to the genres of indie rock , punk , post-hardcore and math rock.
The name of the band comes from the name for the southernmost island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, Barra Head .
Barra Head's greatest influences are karate , fugazi, and faraquet. Barra Head played at the Roskilde Festival in 2001 and 2006 and also won the Live Act of the Year Award from Club Vera , Netherlands, in 2004 and 2005 .
Band members
- Mikkel Jes Hansen (guitar and vocals)
- Arvid Gregersen (bass)
- Jakob Hvitnov (drums)
Discography
- 2001 Songs and Departures (CD, LP; labels: Playrec, Scenepolice)
- 2001 Play / Rec # 01 (Compilation CD; label: Play / Rec)
- 2001 FFAR Compilation (Compilation CD; label: Zerobros)
- 2004 Arrival (CD / 12 "EP; labels: Playrec, Noisedeluxe, Broken Silence)
- 2004 We are your Numbers (CD, LP; labels: Playrec, Sinnbus, Alive, Zabel, Konkurrent)
- 2006 Undermine / Gradiska (7 "single; labels: Playrec)
- 2006 Play / Rec Five Years (Compilation CD; label: Play / Rec)
- 2008 Go Get Beat Up (CD, LP; label: Playrec)
Web links
- http://www.playrec.dk/barrahead
- Barra Head at Discogs (English)