Hari Kari

1) Noise Rock from Olympia, Washington, United States of America. Now defunct. Members are now in Pitted Youth, Family Stoned, and HPP. 2) American all-female Thrash-band from New York City formed in 1987 (active till 1990). During 1988 - 1989, the band was managed by Kiss drummer Eric Carr. The first demo (1988) was recorded at the Record Plant, New York City, and was produced and engineered by Dave Spitz. In 1989 Eric Carr re-engineered the demo with a couple of different songs and with Charisse singing. Read more on Last.fm …read full bio

1) Noise Rock from Olympia, Washington, United States of America. Now defunct. Members are now in Pitted Youth, Family Stoned, and HPP. 2) American all-female Thrash-band from New York City formed in 1987 (active till 1990). During 1988 - 1989, the band was managed by Kiss drummer Eric Carr. The first demo (1988) was recorded at the Record Plant, New York City, and was produced and engineered by Dave Spitz. In 1989 Eric Carr re-engineered the demo with a couple of different songs and with Charisse singing. Hari Kari did record two demo's : The 1st one is recorded in 1988, and the 2nd one is released in 1989 (Eric Carr was involved with both demos). He funded both of them but was only available to engineer the 2nd due to touring. He also employed Mark Weiss as their photographer, and Eric created a kit to promote the band. Hari Kari was never signed to a recording contract. Hari Kari did a cover of Ziggy Stardust's/David Bowie's "Suffragette City", and the Diamond Head song "Am I Evil?" These were performed live and on video recordings. Charisse and Laura met up in August 1986 to form the core of Hari Kari. Charisse was a singer of some renown bands such as Femme Fatale, Slave, She or Lushus, and temporary bassist in Meanstreak. Laura by her side had given her voice to local acts such as Excalibur and Acid Reign. After placing an ad in the New York media, the lineup was completed by Josette (who debutrd in a band), Cathy, who already had experience behind the mic in Intruder, Blonde Massacre and Black Palace, and Rene Valentine, the most prolific of all, at the drums. Kiss member Eric Carr put an eye on them and offered himself as the band manager and producer through his company Streetgang Productions. Hari Kari recorded their first demo “Hari Kari” in 1988, under his supervision and with a good producer as was Dave Spitz (Black Sabbath, White Lion, Impelliteri). Eric even came to participate in some of the demo vocals. They made several concerts, including in the set a version of “Am I Evil” by Metallica. Eric Carr worked in the promotion of the group, recruited Mark Weiss as the photographer, and sold their demo in over 70 countries. But they never reached a record deal, so they disbanded after their second demo “Hari Kari II”. Members: Charisse Texeira-Palma (bass, vocals on 2nd demo), Laura Black (guitar), Josette Farinas (guitar), Rene Valentine (drums), Eric Carr (drums, 1987), Cathy (vocals on 1st demo) 3) '80s punk band Hari-Kari from San Pedro, California 4) Hari Kari from Columbus, Ohio. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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