Harry and the Potters

Fannish Band
Name:	Harry and the Potters
Type of music:	wizard rock
Current Members:	Joe DeGeorge & Paul DeGeorge
Former Members:
Dates Active:	22 June 2002 - present
Fandom(s):	Harry Potter
Links:	harryandthepotters.com Harry and the Potters at Wikipedia
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Harry and the Potters is the first and best-known wizard rock band, made up of brothers Joe and Paul DeGeorge.

Harry and the Potters at Mac's Backs bookstore in Cleveland, OH on July 29, 2004.

History

The band was created an hour before their first live performance on June 22, when the bands scheduled to play at a concert in the DeGeorges' backyard failed to show up and the brothers were left to entertain the audience.

The next spring, with the forthcoming release of the fifth Harry Potter book, the brothers decided to dig up their Harry Potter-themed songs and record an album. Their self-titled first album was released on June 21, 2003, the same day as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and Harry and the Potters were featured at a number of local release parties, playing five sets within a period of 24 hours.

The band began to experience widespread popularity with the release of its second album, Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock, on June 29, 2004 and the extensive North American and European tours that followed.

Activism

[Involvement with The Harry Potter Alliance, etc.]

Discography

Studio Albums

• Harry and the Potters (2003)
• Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock! (2004)
• Harry and the Potters and the Power of Love (2006)

EPs & Rarities

• Mail Songs #1 (2003)
• Scarred for Life (2006)
• Untitled split 7" with The Zambonis (2006)
• The Enchanted Ceiling (2007)
• In the Cupboard (2008)
• Sonorus Cassette series (2009)
• Harry and the Potters at the Yule Ball (2009)
• Mail Songs #2 (2011)

Compilations & Live Albums

• Live at the Yule Ball 2008 CD/DVD (2008)
• Priori Incantatem (2009)
• A Wizardly Christmas of Wizardry (2010)
• Remixes (2010)
• Live at the New York Public Library (2011)

Other Appearances

• "Under the Mistletoe" and "Christmas at Hogwarts" (as well as "Drop the Needle, It's Christmas" and "Money for Christmas", credited as Dumbledore and The Gringotts Goblin Choir respectively), on A Magical Christmas of Magic (2005)
• "The Forbidden Forest Hockey League" (Demo), on Yule Ball Cassette 2005 (2005)
• "Xmas Rulez, Voldemort Droolz", on Yule Ball Cassette 2006 (2006)
• "Bacon", on Wizards and Muggles Rock for Social Justice (2007)
• "Xmas Rulez, Voldemort Droolz", on Jingle Spells (2007)
• "Don't Believe It", on Rocking Out Against Voldemedia (2007)
• "Maybe Kreacher Will Bring Me a Sandwich", on Wizards and Muggles Rock for Social Justice, Volume 2 (2008)
• "Never Going to the Bathroom Again" and "The Gringotts Goblin Coaster", on The Best of the 2007 Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club (2008)
• "Snowy Owl", on Jingle Spells 2 (2008)
• "Vernon Dursley", on Siriusly Smiling (2008)
• "Christmas Shopping for Dobby", on Jingle Spells 3 (2009)
• "Priori Incantatem", on The Best of the 2008 Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club (2010)
• Live versions of "Bacon", "Dumbledore", and "The Weapon", on Live at the Leaky Cauldron: Wizard Rock from LeakyCon 2009 (2010)
• "Hermione's Favorite Food", on A New Hope: A Tribute to the Giant Squidstravaganza (2010)
• "When Bellatrix Came Over for Christmas/What?!", on Jingle Spells 4 (2010)
• "Livin' in a Mirror", on Jingle Spells 5 (2011)