Humanzi (band)
Humanzi were an Irish rock band based in Dublin, Ireland.
Humanzi | |
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Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
Genres | Rock and Roll Punk Electro |
Years active | 2005 – present |
Members | Shaun Mulrooney Colm Rutledge Gary Lonergan Brian Gallagher |
Album and singles
Humanzi released their debut album Tremors on Fiction/SFR on 24 July 2006. It featured the singles "Fix The Cracks" and "Diet Pills and Magazines". Tremors was produced by Chris Vrenna (Nine Inch Nails) and Garreth Mannix.
The band released their single "Bass Balls" from their second album in summer 2009.[1]
Humanzi's second album, Kingdom of Ghosts, was released on 26 February 2010.[2] It was recorded in East Berlin by Rob Kirwan in Funk Haus.
Recent appearances
Festivals
Over the last two years Humanzi have opened for and toured with bands including the Foo Fighters, The Strokes, The Pixies, Eagles of Death Metal, the New York Dolls, Dirty Pretty Things, Peaches, and White Rose Movement. Humanzi headlined the New Band Stage on the Sunday night of the Oxegen festival in July 2006, made appearances at Reading and Leeds Festivals, The Wireless Festival, CMJ and were invited to play in New York City for Fader Magazine and more recently at the Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, the Netherlands.
Video games
The song "Fix The Cracks" was featured on the Atari video game Test Drive Unlimited, released in 2006.
TV
TV appearances have included slots on renowned Irish music show Other Voices and The Late Late Show as well as T4 and MTV2's Gonzo.
2007
Having won a Meteor award which they turned down, in 2006 for "Best New Act", Humanzi were nominated in 2007 for "Best Irish Band". 2007 will see the band spend time in Berlin to record their second album.
Discography
Studio albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
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IRL [3] | |||
2006 | Tremors
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44 | |
2010 | Kingdom of Ghosts
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"—" denotes a title that did not chart. |
References
- "Humanzi - Bass Balls | The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk.
- Newsdesk, The Hot Press. "Humanzi set album release date". Hotpress.
- "Discography Humanzi". Irish-charts.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
External links
- Humanzi's MySpace Page
- Humanzi's Moblog
- Fiction - Humanzi's record label in the UK
- Charting a cautionary tales of two albums - Irish Times article