Human Assembly Band Performs at Party with a Purpose Fundraiser

With a master’s degree in justice, law, and society from American University, Hayley Dierker recently worked as chief of staff and chief operating officer for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in Washington, DC. Outside of politics, Hayley Dierker enjoys listening to her brother’s band, the Human Assembly, perform.

A San Francisco-based band, the Human Assembly plays beach funk Americana music. It prides itself on performing music that celebrates the human condition as well as the gathering of friends. Also known as HA, the band previously went by Hopi Astronaut.

The current lineup has frontman Brooks Dierker on the band’s vocals, keyboard, melodica, and harmonica; Michael Dyer on the drums; Oliver Hendrickson on the bass; and Thomas Patrick on guitar. The band began in 2012 when founding members Dierker, Dyer, Patrick, and former member Ansgar Lorenz joined together. Their friend’s Los Angeles band needed an opening act in San Francisco, and the band began.

Since the summer of 2015, the band has hosted several Party with a Purpose events, which benefit nonprofits. On November 10, 2017, at the American Legion Post 416 in Encinitas, the band hosted a FundRager with the HA and Friends. Proceeds from the event went toward the Party with a Purpose campaign, the Love Harder Foundation, and the American Legion baseball league.