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Human Waste Project was a band from Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California in southern California, United States. As of the 2006 census, the city population was 194,436....
 with Aimee Echo
Aimee Echo

Aimee Echo is an United States vocalist. She is the ex-frontwoman of Human Waste Project and currently the vocalist of TheStart.Aimee is also a practitioner of Ashtanga style yoga....
 on vocals, Mike Tempesta
Mike Tempesta

Mike Tempesta is a rock guitarist. He also goes by the moniker "M.33". He was a member of Human Waste Project, and later a member of Powerman 5000 until his departure in 2005....
 on guitar, on bass, and Scott Ellis on drums. They released their album E-lux in 1997 and broke up soon after.

History
Friends Jeff Schartoff and Scott Ellis, while on the way to Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring alternative rock, hip hop music, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths....
, decided to start a band.






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Human Waste Project was a band from Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California in southern California, United States. As of the 2006 census, the city population was 194,436....
 with Aimee Echo
Aimee Echo

Aimee Echo is an United States vocalist. She is the ex-frontwoman of Human Waste Project and currently the vocalist of TheStart.Aimee is also a practitioner of Ashtanga style yoga....
 on vocals, Mike Tempesta
Mike Tempesta

Mike Tempesta is a rock guitarist. He also goes by the moniker "M.33". He was a member of Human Waste Project, and later a member of Powerman 5000 until his departure in 2005....
 on guitar, on bass, and Scott Ellis on drums. They released their album E-lux in 1997 and broke up soon after.

History


Friends Jeff Schartoff and Scott Ellis, while on the way to Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring alternative rock, hip hop music, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths....
, decided to start a band. They then drafted Aimee Echo as vocalist after asking if she could scream. John Monte joined as guitarist but did not last long and they went through a string of guitarists before finding Mike Tempesta. The group began opening for large name bands such as Sublime
Sublime (band)

Sublime is an American ska-punk band that originated in Long Beach, California. Founded in 1988, Sublime consisted of Bradley Nowell , Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson ....
, Helmet
Helmet (band)

Helmet is an United States alternative metalpost-hardcore band formed in New York City by Page Hamilton with Henry Bogdan , Peter Mengede and John Stanier in 1989....
, Deftones
Deftones

Deftones is an American rock music musical ensemble from Sacramento, California formed in 1988, consisting of Chino Moreno , Stephen Carpenter , Chi Cheng , Frank Delgado , and Abe Cunningham ....
, and Korn
Korn

'Korn' is an American rock music band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band's catalogue consists of nine consecutive debuts in the top ten of the Billboard 200, including a compilation album, Greatest Hits, Vol....
 and struck a deal with Hollywood Records. The band also toured the UK with Tura Satana and Coal Chamber respectively in 1997 before playing the UK Ozzfest in June 1998. Their last show was at the House of Blues
House of Blues

House of Blues is a corporate chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan Aykroyd....
 in Los Angeles on July 8, 1998.

On Aimee Echo's birthday (March 27th, 2008) after theSTART played their last residency day at Crash Mansion in Los Angeles, the former members of Human Waste Project came on stage and played two songs ("Dog" and "Shine") with Aimee Echo. Also in attendance were former members of Snot
Snot (band)

Snot is an American rock music band from Santa Barbara, California. Formed in 1995, their musical style is a fusion of punk rock, funk and heavy metal music....
, Sevendust
Sevendust

Sevendust is an American hard rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. They were originally signed to TVT Records, but then released their fifth album with Winedark Records in the US, and Roadrunner Records overseas....
, Craig Riker of Deadsy
Deadsy

Deadsy is an United States Rock music band from California. They have played many shows in California, but have also toured nationally multiple times as well as touring as part of the Family Values Tour....
, producer Ross Robinson
Ross Robinson

Ross Robinson is a music producer, who has worked with acts such as Machine Head , Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot , The Cure, Sepultura, Glassjaw and many others....
 and Chibi of The Birthday Massacre
The Birthday Massacre

The Birthday Massacre is a synthpop band, based in Toronto, Canada. The band was officially formed in 1999, known at that time as Imagica, a name taken from a novel by Clive Barker....
.

Human Waste Project had a reunion show at the Key Club in Hollywood on October 10, 2008.

Discography


  • First Demo (1993)
  • Second Demo (1995)
  • "Powerstrip" single (1997), Hollywood Records
  • E-lux
    E-lux

    E-lux was the only album by Human Waste Project. It was released on June 10, 1997....
     (1997), Hollywood Records


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