Lee Harris (drummer)

For other people named Lee Harris, see Lee Harris (disambiguation).

Lee Harris
Birth nameLee David Harris
Born (1962-07-20) 20 July 1962 (age 62)
GenresPost-rock, art rock, synthpop
InstrumentDrums
Years active1981–present

Lee David Harris (born 20 July 1962) is an English drummer and musician. Harris attended The Deanes School with Paul Webb, and they became good friends. They played in the reggae band Eskalator before being recruited to form Talk Talk in 1981.[1] Harris played drums for Talk Talk until 1991. In the early 1990s, he and Webb formed .O.rang.[1][2][3] He played drums on the Beth Gibbons and Webb album Out of Season (2002), Midnight Choir's Waiting for the Bricks to Fall (2003) and Bark Psychosis' Codename: Dustsucker (2004).[4] He was also part of Ian Tregoning's Magnetik North project.[5] He co-produced Beth Gibbons' 2024 solo-album Lives Outgrown and co-wrote four of the songs.[6]

  1. ^ a b Bogdanov, Vladimir (ed.) (2001) The Allmusic Guide to Electronica, Backbeat UK, ISBN 978-0879306281, p. 372, 503
  2. ^ Young, Rob (2011) Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music, Faber & Faber, ISBN 978-0571237531, p. 584
  3. ^ Reighley, Kurt B. (1997) "'O Rang' Fields and Waves", CMJ New Music Monthly, October 1997, p. 16. Retrieved 21 September 2013
  4. ^ The Wire, Volumes 245–250, 2004, p. 12
  5. ^ Stubbs, David (2012) "Magnetik North", The Quietus, 24 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2013
  6. ^ "Portishead's Beth Gibbons New Album Exclusive: "It's a psychedelic, pastoral, soft explosion."". 20 February 2024.