Harvest

There are five bands with the name Harvest:

Harvest (US) was a seminal hardcore band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. It released two full lengths on Trustkill Records plus numerous 7"s and splits. Members have gone on to bands such as The Hope Conspiracy, Season of Fire, Krakatoa and The Good Fight.
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Harvest is also the name of the Christian band founded in Lindale, Texas by Jerry Williams in 1977. The vision of Harvest was to see 100 million people come to know Jesus Christ personally through the band's music ministry.

Along with Jerry Williams, the original members of Harvest were Ed Kerr and Paul Wilbur - both music students. Wilbur had met Williams at a church where Williams was the youth pastor, and Williams had been influential in Wilbur's decision to become a Christian.

Ed Kerr was a mutual friend of both Williams and Wilbur. The three men collaborated on the first two albums created by Harvest: Harvest and Morning Sun.

Later in 1981, Wilbur left Harvest and the group was reformed as a duo of Williams and Kerr. Williams and Kerr were together for the production of many records, including It's Alright Now, Send Us to the World, Voices, Only the Overcomers, Give Them Back, Holy Fire and Carry On. In 1982 the magazine CCM took notice of the duo in its article, "A Bountiful Harvest." The writer praised the group's vocal harmonies and was especially fond of the song "Because I Am" (found on the album It's Alright Now.

In 1988, it was the Discovery Broadcasting Network that took note of the band. The network recorded a live video of Harvest in concert. On the cover of the video, the network stated that Harvest averages "over 100 concerts a year," a large number of performances for any band.

By 1991, Ed Kerr left the group and Harvest became a five-player band led by Williams. With various members, Williams' band produced Let's Fight (For a Generation), Mighty River, and 41 Will Come. In 1992 the band went on an "Olympic and European Tour." They performed in Spain at the Barcelona Summer Olympics and at the Sevilla World Expo. Their tour also took them into Germany as part of Operation Mobilisation's "Love Europe" crusade. Harvest finished its tour with a performance in Holland.

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The third Harvest is a Japaneses indie band that is a part of Kisaki's ROAD AWAKE sub label.

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The fourth Harvest was a band based in Bristol UK in the late '90s/early part of the new millennium. Swirling soundscapes and soaring vocals characterised their inimitable style. The band broke up in 2001 with most of the members going on to folk rock and rockabilly act Babel, which is signed to People Tree records and awaiting the release of their its first album.

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The fifth Harvest is a New Zealand hard rock band. Harvest formed in Rotorua in early 2004 playing a range of Metal based music. The band began gigging in December that year and by 2005 had placed third in the Rotorua regional Rock Quest finals. In 2006 Hugh White took over vocals and Harvest began to take their music in a more Metal/Hard Rock direction influenced by the likes of Pantera, Avenged Sevenfold and Alice in Chains.