HISTORY

HUMAN WASTE PROJECT WAS: Aimee Echo - voice, Jeff Schartoff - bass, Mike Tempesta - guitar, Scott Ellis - drums

HUMAN WASTE PROJECT MADE: 1 full length CD titled E-LUX (originally titled electralux) recorded in 1996 in Malibu at Indigo Ranch Studios and released in June of 1997 through Hollywood Records.

HUMAN WASTE PROJECT TOURED WITH: Korn, Manhole/Tura Satana, Ozzfest, Deftones, Coal Chamber, Snot, Sevendust, System of a Down, Man Will Surrender, Incubus, Sepultura, Far, Life Of Agony, Sublime, Helmet, Dayinthelife, Suicidal Tendencies, Spineshank, Limp Bizkit, Powerman 5000, and oh so many more...

HUMAN WASTE PROJECT HAD BEEN CALLED: "Aggressive, artistic, melodic, disturbing experimental music that you either get or you don't."

INFLUENCES: The Cure, Tricky, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sepultura, Tool, the Clash, Tom Waits, Public Enemy, PJ Harvey, Skinny Puppy, Jane's Addiction, Portishead, the Sex Pistols, the Doors, Girls Against Boys, Johnny Cash, Depeche Mode, Slayer, Soul Coughing.

NAME: "In case anyone was wondering where the name comes from... this is an ingredient: Human Waste Project is an observation, the result of a black hole in the mind that has to do with the separation of the physical plane to nowhere. The part of the human condition that is lost... the end of the line." - JEFF Schartoff

ORIGIN: Buddies Jeff Schartoff and Scott Ellis thought up Human Waste Project while on a road trip to catch one of the Lollapalooza shows. The boys drafted Aimee Echo into their effort, almost by default, having no previous knowledge that she held any singing or shrieking abilities. The band itself originally had two singers. The unnamed vocalist was said to not have enjoyed the direction the band was going in musically and also disliked the attention Echo was getting. After having chose asinger, they searched their native Huntington Beach scene for a guitarist. John Monte tried out and seemed a tight fit, but soon differences in style soon became apparent. The trio tried and discarded many before at last lucking out with transplanted Bronx axist Mike Tempesta.

Once they got busy, Human Waste Project quickly found themselves recording and playing the college radio and club circuit with rabid audience response. On the strength of this hype, HWP landed a deal with Hollywood Records. There, the band joined forces with Korn/Deftones producer Ross Robinson and began recording a major debut in 1996. Bad luck hounded our heroes, however; work on the record was held up by changes on Hollywood's roster and interrupted by the wild fires that swept Southern California that summer. At one point, HWP had to literally stop playing, unplug and rush all their gear and the master tapes into to a van in order to escape the fires as they ate thru Malibu. Finally, though months later than they’d originally expected, Human Waste Project made their entrance in the fall of 1997, with e-lux.

After playing all over the United States and frequently visiting the United Kingdom due to a bigger following and better promotion there, Human Waste Project decided to call it quits after being invited to join the UK's Ozzfest. After they played and the tour was completed, the band held their last show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on July 8, 1998. The project was apparently cursed. Aimee Echo and Scott Ellis moved on to form a new band called theSTART (originally called Hero), while Jeff Schartoff joined Professional Murder Music and Mike Tempesta began playing with Powerman 5000.