Lee Harris (drummer)

{{Short description|English drummer and musician (born 1962)}}

{{Other people|Lee Harris}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}

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|name = Lee Harris

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|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

|birth_name = Lee David Harris

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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|7|20|df=y}}

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|instrument = Drums

|genre = Post-rock, art rock, synthpop

|years_active = 1981–present

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|associated_acts = Talk Talk, .O.rang, Bark Psychosis

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Lee David Harris (born 20 July 1962) is an English drummer and musician. Harris attended The Deanes School with Paul Webb, and they became good friends. They played in the reggae band Eskalator before being recruited to form Talk Talk in 1981.Bogdanov, Vladimir (ed.) (2001) The Allmusic Guide to Electronica, Backbeat UK, {{ISBN|978-0879306281}}, p. 372, 503 Harris played drums for Talk Talk until 1991. In the early 1990s, he and Webb formed .O.rang.Young, Rob (2011) Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music, Faber & Faber, {{ISBN|978-0571237531}}, p. 584Reighley, Kurt B. (1997) "[https://books.google.com/books?id=_CoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22lee+harris%22+%22o+rang%22&pg=PA16 'O Rang' Fields and Waves]", CMJ New Music Monthly, October 1997, p. 16. Retrieved 21 September 2013 He played drums on the Beth Gibbons and Webb album Out of Season (2002), Midnight Choir's Waiting for the Bricks to Fall (2003) and Bark Psychosis' Codename: Dustsucker (2004).The Wire, Volumes 245–250, 2004, p. 12 He was also part of Ian Tregoning's Magnetik North project.Stubbs, David (2012) "[http://thequietus.com/articles/10142-magnetik-north-evolver-review Magnetik North]", The Quietus, 24 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2013 He co-produced Beth Gibbons' 2024 solo-album Lives Outgrown and co-wrote four of the songs.{{cite web | url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/stories/portisheads-beth-gibbons-new-album-exclusive-its-a-psychedelic-pastoral-soft-explosion/ | title=Portishead's Beth Gibbons New Album Exclusive: "It's a psychedelic, pastoral, soft explosion." | date=20 February 2024 }}