Henry's Anger

Henry's Anger
Henry's Anger
Origin	Canberra, Australia
Genres	Alternative metal, nu metal
Years active	1994–2000
Labels	Chatterbox
Past members	Matt Coffey (drums); Rod Yates (bass, piano); Paddy Coffey (guitar); Jamie Thomas (vocals); Steve Simmons (vocals); Malcolm McAllister (guitar and vocals); Michael Patrick Monaghan aka Zebra Nowhere (vocals, keyboards, sampling)

Henry's Anger was a Canberra-based metal band, active in the 1990s. Their second album, Personality Test, was nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Rock Album^[1]

They supported many acts such as Deftones, Mr. Bungle, Suicidal Tendencies, Unsane, Strife, Regurgitator and The Mark of Cain.^[2]^[3]

Biography

The band was formed in 1994 and were finalists in the Australian National University's Campus Bands competition.^[4] That year it received an ACT cultural grant and released the Honest Brutality, Horrific Beauty demo tape. The demo tape was popular, selling about 350 copies by September 1995, helping them to establish a committed local following.^[5]^[6]

After the release of the Interfere EP, original guitarist Malcolm McAllister and vocalist Michael Patrick Monaghan left to join forces with previous members of the rock band "Stickman" and folk duo "Plutoastia" to create the Canberra Acid folk outfit "The Way Hip Antelopes".

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details
Blacklining	Released: 1997 Label: D.C Records (DC999) Format: CD
Personality Test	Released: 1999 Label: Chatterbox Records (CB005) Format: CD

Extended Plays

Title	EP details
Honest Brutality, Horrific Beauty	Released: 1994 Label: Henry's Anger Format: CD (demo)
Interfere	Released: 1996 Label: Henry's Anger (DDR 001) Format: CD

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards are a set of annual ceremonies presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia. They commenced in 1987.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
1999	Personality Test	Best Rock Album	Nominated	^[7]

References

^ Aria Awards Henry's Anger awards history
^ Scully, Anthony (8 November 2000). "Powerhouse Simmons Set for Homecoming". TE Archive. Archived from the original on 13 June 2003. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
^ Giffin, Brian (2015). Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal (3rd ed.). ISBN 978-0-9943206-1-2.
^ Leedham, Nicole (8 September 1994). "Set for Faze II". The Canberra Times. p. 32.
^ Castles, Jane (26 January 1995). "No Henry, but his band is angry". The Canberra Times. p. 25.
^ Sheridan, Melanie (7 September 1995). "Honesty brutality and raw emotion". The Canberra Times. p. 24.
^ ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners By Award – 27th ARIA Awards 2013". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 11 April 2022.

[1] Aria Awards Henry's Anger awards history

[2] Scully, Anthony (8 November 2000). "Powerhouse Simmons Set for Homecoming". TE Archive. Archived from the original on 13 June 2003. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

[3] Giffin, Brian (2015). Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal (3rd ed.). ISBN 978-0-9943206-1-2.

[4] Leedham, Nicole (8 September 1994). "Set for Faze II". The Canberra Times. p. 32.

[5] Castles, Jane (26 January 1995). "No Henry, but his band is angry". The Canberra Times. p. 25.

[6] Sheridan, Melanie (7 September 1995). "Honesty brutality and raw emotion". The Canberra Times. p. 24.

[Rock-7] ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners By Award – 27th ARIA Awards 2013". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 11 April 2022.

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