Justin Harris

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Waikato Times photo showing the last show on Contact 89FM, with Justin Harris on the left

Justin Harris was a guitarist and vocalist in Spatula Death (formed primarily to teach himself to play guitar), the popular Inchworm, and the short-lived Groll. He wrote the Hamilton music column for "Rip it Up" between 1993 and 1997, organised the inaugural Contact 89FM Battle of the Bands in 1993 (and others in the late 1990's), and also the Spatula Death Battle of the Bands "competitions" (1995-1997).

Justin was a popular announcer on Contact FM through most of the 1990's, and also announced for some time on UFM and The Rock (where he managed to play the likes of Watershed and Book of Martyrs unnoticed). While working for Contact, he coordinated the release of the 1997 Green Eggs and Hamilton compilation, and was the host of the stations final broadcast in 1998. He also aided in the coordination of the 1992 Hamilton music compilation Juice Extractor.