Project .44

Instrumentation: Chri5 Harri5 - vox, prgramng, guitar, keys, etc. WormMike - guitar GuitarMark - lead guitar The Fly - lead guitar Louis Svitek - knobs, guitar (studio majority) Levi Levi - 5 string bass MeTaL - percussion, vox Kenny Symptoms - Drums Martin Atkins - Drums

Biography:

Firmly established within the nitches of [[CMJ New Music

Monthly|CMJ]]/Cleveland, CMJ/New York, MOBfest/Chicago, and many more

live music showcases, as well as solid radio play from Chicago's Rebel

Radio (Hard Rock/Metal) and Q101 (Alternative), along with several

college stations and podcasts worldwide, project . 44 has the genre

melding sound that is heavy enough to be Metal and different enough to be

Alternative. As Q101 DJ/Prgrm. Dir. James Van Osdel put it, "it's

aggressive, it's electronic ...it's just plain good!"

The assembly includes members of Ministry (13th.

Planet/Magaforce) and My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult (Rykodisc),

it's obvious project . 44 has a firm grasp on the

aggro/industrial/tek-metal scene.

Hailing from the industrial/tek-metal capital of Chicago, where pioneers

like Ministry paved the way for recent grads like

Static-X, project . 44 continues the tradition of Chicago's knack for

mixing pulverizing guitar licks with catchy dance beats. It is the

forging experience that Louis Svitek (Ministry)

provides when laying down the tracks that the band transfers to the stage

explicitly and explosively.

project . 44 's 'choatic' live show is a direct derivative of the

aggressive nature of their music in which no spectator has seen before.

Two hard pounding drummers flanked by players who attack their

instruments, each other and whatever else is around. Their impressive

stage show has garnered them slots on tours with Pigface & [[Hate

Dept]]., .

Harri5, unusual and imaginative, has an authoritative aura on stage that

simply cannot be reckoned with. Together, with the infamous presence of

Levi Levi (Thrill Kill Kult) on bass and MeTaL banging on metal they

are project . 44 .

Discography: Platform - EP (1996 - Independent) [http://www.amazon.com/Look-Me-Eye-Project-44/dp/B00000IYW5/ref=sr_1_3?ie

=UTF8&s=music&qid=1278203019&sr=1-3 Look Me In The Eye] - LP (2000 -

Sonic Wave/The Orchard) [http://www.bestbuy.com/site/The+System+Doesn't+Work+-+CD/7188394.p?id=14

34399&skuId=7188394&st=project%20.44&lp=1&cp=1 The System Doesn't Work] -

LP (2005 - Invisible) [http://www.amazon.com/System-Doesn-T-Work/dp/B0009HLD96/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UT

F8&s=music&qid=1278203019&sr=1-1 Coup D'Etat: The System Reworked] (2007

- Invisible)

Compliations [http://www.amazon.com/1999-Collection-V1-0-Negative-Reinforcement/dp/B00

0HKUC1K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1278203515&sr=1-2 Negative

Reinforcement] (1999 - Negative Gain) *includes a remix of the song

'Everything is Always Wrong (bitchmix) [http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Woman-Tribute-Various-Artists/dp/B00005JDCI/r

ef=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1278203714&sr=1-1 Firewoman: A Tribute to

The Cult] (2001 - Versailles Records) *includes a cover of 'The

Witch' w/ Sinderella Pussie of Thrill Kill Kult Hard & Heavy (2003 - Metalpushers) *includes a different recording of the

song 'Rather Be Dead' than the System Doesn't Work version Free For All (2005 - Underground Inc.) *includes the 12" mix of 'Warpath' Bandcamp (2007 - WJJO Radio) *includes 'Warpath' [http://www.amazon.com/Free-All-Pigface/dp/B001F4T8Z8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&

s=dvd&qid=1278205110&sr=1-2 Free For All] *DVD* (2008 - MVD) *various

songs heard in the background, guitar player Wormike is interviewed Gothicfest *DVD*

(2009 - Dark Star Records) *includes the song 'Everything is Always

Wrong' mixed in 5.1 surround sound

Notes:

http://www.fabryka.darknation.eu/php-files_en/articles.php?article_id=59

http://www.facebook.com/pages/project-44/51453393227

http://www.centerstagechicago.com/music/whoswho/Project44.html