Joby Harris (born February 21, 1975) is a designer and director in

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. He is also the lead singer and guitar player for the American

post-hardcore Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. Like the term " post-punk", the term "post-hardcore" has been applied to a broad conste ...

band

Crash Rickshaw Crash Rickshaw is a side project of the post-hardcore band Project 86. It was founded by Alex Albert, Steven Dail and Joby Harris, with Randy Torres joining later. Crash Rickshaw released their self-titled album on September 11, 2001, on Too ...

. He is currently a visual strategist for

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and the

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in Pasadena, California.

Music

Harris performed in

on two albums to date. A self-titled album on

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based record label

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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. Harris previously spent time performing with

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local punk band Phatso, as well as Orange County,

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bands Rainy Days, and The Moodswingers opening for such acts as At the Drive In, P.O.D.,

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and Zao. In late 2009, he wrote and co-performed an independently released fight song for professional

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team the

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Visual art

In December 2011, Harris became a finalist in the

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Crash the Super Bowl commercial contest. His commercial "Bird of Prey" airs on television in the United States and Canada. While working as a visual strategist for

's JPL, Harris illustrated several vintage-style travel posters showing terrestrial getaways to other planets, moons and

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such as Kepler-186f,

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and

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entitled "Visions of the Future". The posters received international attention in major news outlets, television shows such as

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, Marvel's

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and the motion picture release Replicas (film) starring

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Discography

With

* '' The Unknown Clarity'' (2008) * ''

'' (2001)

References

External links

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