Joby Harris
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|02|21}}
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| origin = Saxonburg, Pennsylvania[http://www.post-gazette.com/business/businessnews/2012/01/12/Doritos-contest-finalists-campaign-to-win-a-Super-Bowl-ad-spot/stories/201201120327 Doritos contest finalists campaign to win a Super Bowl ad spot]
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| occupation = Artist, Musician
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| associated_acts = Crash Rickshaw, Project 86
| website = {{URL|jobyharris.com}}
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Joby Harris (born February 21, 1975) is a designer and director in Los Angeles, California. He is also the lead singer and guitar player for the American post-hardcore band Crash Rickshaw. He is currently a visual strategist for NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
Music
Harris performed in Crash Rickshaw on two albums to date.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/crash-rickshaw/547283|title=Crash Rickshaw|work=iTunes|access-date=May 2, 2016}} A self-titled album on Seattle based record label Tooth & Nail Records in late 2001 and a second album entitled The Unknown Clarity independently released in 2005. In late 2016, Watchmaker Records announced a re-release of The Unknown Clarity on vinyl.{{cite web|url=http://watchmakerrecords.storenvy.com/collections/265933-all-products/products/18247034-crash-rickshaw-the-unknown-clarity-vinyl |title=| Crash Rickshaw "The Unknown Clarity" Vinyl | Online Store Powered by Storenvy |publisher=Watchmakerrecords.storenvy.com |date= |accessdate=November 7, 2016}}
Harris previously spent time performing with Pittsburgh local punk band Phatso, as well as Orange County, California bands Rainy Days, and The Moodswingers opening for such acts as At the Drive In, P.O.D., Project 86 and Zao.{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/crash-rickshaw|title=Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions|work=Answers.com|accessdate=May 2, 2016}}
In late 2009, he wrote and co-performed an independently released fight song for professional NFL football team the Pittsburgh Steelers.{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/steelernation/steelersongs_voting.asp |title=Steeler Nation - Sing Along Contest - Voting |accessdate=2010-08-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302223325/http://www.post-gazette.com/steelernation/steelersongs_voting.asp |archivedate=March 2, 2009 }}
Visual art
In December 2011, Harris became a finalist in the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl commercial contest. His commercial "Bird of Prey" airs on television in the United States and Canada.{{cite web|url=http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/tag/joby-harris/|title=Joby Harris|publisher=|accessdate=May 2, 2016}}
While working as a visual strategist for NASA's JPL, Harris illustrated several vintage-style travel posters showing terrestrial getaways to other planets, moons and exoplanets such as Kepler-186f, HD 40307 g and Kepler-16b entitled "Visions of the Future". The posters received international attention in major news outlets, television shows such as The Big Bang Theory, Marvel's Runaways (TV series) and the motion picture release Replicas (film) starring Keanu Reeves.{{cite web|author=Michael D. Lemonick |url=https://time.com/3659519/nasa-vintage-exoplanet-travel-posters/ |title=NASA Releases 'Vintage' Exoplanet Travel Posters |publisher=Time |date=January 8, 2015 |access-date=November 7, 2016}}{{cite web|last=Ziv |first=Stav |url=http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-makes-vintage-posters-futuristic-travel-297674 |title=NASA Makes Vintage Posters for Futuristic Travel |publisher=Newsweek.com |date= January 7, 2015|accessdate=November 7, 2016}}
Discography
With Crash Rickshaw
- The Unknown Clarity (2008)
- Crash Rickshaw (2001)
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.jobyharris.com}}
- {{IMDb name|1687738}}
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100606034722/http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2010/05/28/project-86-world-premiere-of-video/
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Category:Artists from Pennsylvania
Category:Artists from Los Angeles
Category:People from Butler County, Pennsylvania
Category:Guitarists from Pennsylvania
Category:Guitarists from Los Angeles
Category:American male guitarists
Category:21st-century American guitarists