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My Take
Mitch Harris earns my respect for one simple reason: he has held down the guitar in Napalm Death for decades, in grindcore, the fastest and most uncompromising music there is. The path from Queens to Las Vegas's Righteous Pigs, a Defecation side project with Mick Harris, and then a permanent move to Napalm Death in 1989 reads like the resume of a true lifer. Sustaining that wall of noise year after year takes equal parts endurance and craft. The fact that he is a Halloween-born Scorpio is just perfect. I love quiet professionals who detonate on stage.
Overview
Mitchell Harris (born October 31, 1969) is an American guitarist. He started his career in the Las Vegas, Nevada grindcore band Righteous Pigs. He did a side project with Mick Harris – then the drummer of grindcore band Napalm Death – called Defecation. Shortly thereafter, he left Righteous Pigs and permanently joined Napalm Death in 1989, firstly appearing on the Harmony Corruption album.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mitch Harris
- Name (Japanese)
- ミッチ・ハリス
- Reading
- みっち・はりす
- Born
- October 31, 1969 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rooster
- Origin
- Queens, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- musician / singer / guitarist / songwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.