For musical inspiration, vocalist Josh Taylor looks to people you wouldn’t usually read about in the pages of Metal Hammer. “I love Robbie Williams, he’s a proper showman,” he enthuses, recalling how the pop singer’s dramatic entrance at his legendary 2003 Knebworth shows were a lightbulb moment. “When he came onstage dangling upside down… I’ve got to do that!”
Josh doesn’t spend live shows suspended in mid-air – not yet, anyway. But in the nine years since The Hara formed in Manchester, they’ve built a rep off the back of silly TikTok videos that bring their dry sense of humour to the fore, plus whirlwind performances anchored in angsty punk rebellion, anthemic choruses and bouncy metalcore.
