Hutch Harris
{{Short description|American songwriter and musician}}
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| origin = Portland, Oregon, US
| instrument = Guitar, vocals
| genre = Indie rock, punk rock, alternative rock
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| label = Saddle Creek Records, Kill Rock Stars, Sub Pop
| associated_acts = The Thermals, Hutch & Kathy, Forbidden Friends, Clear Rivers
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|10|05}}
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Hutch Harris (born October 5, 1975) is an American songwriter and musician, and was the lead guitarist/vocalist of Portland, Oregon rock band The Thermals.http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=BMI&cae=424882740&keyID=855423&keyname=HARRIS%20HUTCH&querytype=WriterID {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} He also writes and performs under the name Forbidden Friends.{{Cite web |url=http://www.killrockstars.com/artists/forbidden-friends |title=Forbidden Friends | Kill Rock Stars |access-date=2013-05-01 |archive-date=2012-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030165332/http://www.killrockstars.com/artists/forbidden-friends |url-status=dead }} More recently, he has performed with Clear Rivers .https://app.chartmetric.com/artist/10199276
Early life
Hutch Harris was born in New York City on October 5, 1975. His family moved to San Jose, California in 1983. Harris met Kathy Foster after graduating from Prospect High School in 1993. Harris and Foster played in the bands Haelah, Hutch & Kathy, and Urban Legends before moving to Portland in 1998 and forming The Thermals in 2002.{{cite web| url = http://www.discogs.com/artist/Hutch+Harris| title = Hutch Harris {{!}} Discography {{!}} Discogs| website = Discogs}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/hutch-and-kathy-mw0000224502 | title=Hutch and Kathy – Hutch and Kathy | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic | website=AllMusic }}
Musical career
Harris wrote and recorded the first Thermals record, More Parts per Million, in the kitchen of his one-bedroom house in Southeast Portland in early 2002. Sub Pop Records heard the recording via Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service, and signed The Thermals to a three-record contract when the band was less than six months old.{{Cite web | url=http://www.subpop.com/artists/the_thermals | title=The Thermals }} The Thermals released 7 studio albums between 2003 and 2016 before announcing their split in 2018.{{Cite web | url=http://www.thethermals.com/bio/ | title=Bio | date=May 11, 2012 }}
In 2011 Harris released two 7" singles on the Kill Rock Stars label under the name Forbidden Friends.{{Cite web|last=MANNHEIMER|first=About MICHAEL|title=Hutch Harris Goes Solo with New Project Forbidden Friends (Updated with press release)|url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-26192-hutch-harris-goes-solo-with-new-project-forbidden-friends-updated-with-press-release.html|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Willamette Week|language=en-US}}
Harris released his debut solo album Only Water in 2018.{{Cite web|date=November 12, 2018|title=Stream Former Thermals Frontman Hutch Harris' Solo Debut 'Only Water'|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2022492/hutch-harris-thermals-solo-only-water/music/|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Stereogum|language=en}} This was followed by Old Lost Days in 2020 which was a compilation of early songs from 1996 to 2002.{{Cite web|date=February 15, 2020|title=Get to know Hutch Harris|url=https://diehipsterrecords.wordpress.com/2020/02/15/get-to-know-hutch-harris/|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Die Hipster! Records|language=en}}
Personal life
Hutch Harris lives in Portland, Oregon.{{cite tweet|user=thethermals|author=Hutch Harris|number=586794684321677312|date=April 11, 2015|title=me and @AllieGoertz on our date last night}}
References
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{{The Thermals}}
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