Henry's Anger
{{Short description|Australian metal band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Henry's Anger
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| origin = Canberra, Australia
| genre = Alternative metal, nu metal
| years_active = 1994–2000
| label = Chatterbox
| current_members =
| past_members = Matt Coffey (drums)
Rod Yates (bass, piano)
Paddy Coffey (guitar)
Jamie Thomas (vocals)
Steve Simmons (vocals)
Malcolm McAllister (guitar and vocals)
Michael Patrick Monaghan aka Zebra Nowhere (vocals, keyboards, sampling)
}}
Henry's Anger was a Canberra-based metal band, active in the 1990s. Their second album, Personality Test, was nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Rock Album[http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-artist.php?letter=H&artist=Henry%27s%20Anger Aria Awards] Henry's Anger awards history
They supported many acts such as Deftones, Mr. Bungle, Suicidal Tendencies, Unsane, Strife, Regurgitator and The Mark of Cain.{{cite web|url=http://15min.org/articles/2000/november/8/rock_3.html|work=TE Archive|title= Powerhouse Simmons Set for Homecoming|date=8 November 2000|first=Anthony|last=Scully|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030613095700/http://15min.org/articles/2000/november/8/rock_3.html|archivedate=13 June 2003|accessdate=4 January 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal|first=Brian|last=Giffin|edition=3rd|date=2015|isbn=978-0-9943206-1-2}}
Biography
The band was formed in 1994 and were finalists in the Australian National University's Campus Bands competition.{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118136432|title=Set for Faze II|first=Nicole|last=Leedham|date=8 September 1994|page=32|newspaper=The Canberra Times}} That year it received an ACT cultural grant and released the Honest Brutality, Horrific Beauty demo tape. The demo tape was popular, selling about 350 copies by September 1995, helping them to establish a committed local following.{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/132461787|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=26 January 1995|first=Jane|last=Castles|title=No Henry, but his band is angry|page=25}}{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127279253|title=Honesty brutality and raw emotion|first=Melanie|last=Sheridan|page=24|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=7 September 1995}}
After the release of the Interfere EP, original guitarist Malcolm McAllister and vocalist Michael Patrick Monaghan left to join forces with previous members of the rock band "Stickman" and folk duo "Plutoastia" to create the Canberra Acid folk outfit "The Way Hip Antelopes".
Discography
=Albums=
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| scope="row"| Blacklining
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| scope="row"| Personality Test
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=Extended Plays=
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| scope="row"| Honest Brutality, Horrific Beauty
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| scope="row"| Interfere
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Awards and nominations
=ARIA Music Awards=
The ARIA Music Awards are a set of annual ceremonies presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia. They commenced in 1987.
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| 1999 || Personality Test || Best Rock Album|| {{Nominated}} || ARIA Award previous winners. {{cite web|url=http://ariaawards.com.au/history/award/best-rock-album|title=Winners By Award – 27th ARIA Awards 2013|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=11 April 2022}}
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