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Mike (Bass guitar & Co-Songwriter)

Mike

  • DOB: 1972
  • Birthplace: Los Angeles
  • Height: 5’10”
  • Weight: A bit more than I’d like to admit.
  • Eyes: Blue
  • Hair: Brown
  • Status: Married
  • Siblings: One sister
  • First Band: Lot’s of church bands. ITB is my first secular band.


FAVORITES

  • Band/Album: Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
  • Movie: Search for the Holy Grail
  • Meal/Food: The Clam Chowder from Phil’s Fish Market in Moss Landing, California
  • Book: Gulliver’s Travels
  • Recently Read: Logan’s Run
  • Historical Figure: Theodore Geisel
  • Holiday: Christmas
  • TV shows: The IT Crowd, laugh out loud funny!
  • Hobbies: Music of course!
  • Cliché: When in doubt, do without.
  • Sport: Skiing, downhill rollerblading, SCUBA diving, etc.
  • Album cover from a band: Oingo Boingo - Only A Lad, there’s a subtle sinister foreshadowing of what you’ll find in the music in the character on the cover. This idyllic boy scout strolling through a serene cloudy environment, whose hand has become monstrous, and may be hiding some form of derangement. Wonderful symbolism and juxtaposition of two seemingly opposites.
  • Season: Fall and Winter
  • Number: 42
  • Piece of technology: My Meater thermometers.
  • Vacation Spot: Vail, Colorado, IN THE SUMMER!
  • Christmas/holiday song: Carol of the Bells


NOTABLES

  • Best concert attended in person: Oingo Boingo - The Farewell Tour: WOW!
  • Musical Influences: Sting, Doug Wimbish, Scott Ambush, Trent Reznor
  • First concert ever attended: Ozzy Osbourne 
  • Fondest memory: Getting married
  • Most important life lesson: The world does not revolve around me.
  • Who would you want to play you in a movie: Christopher Lambert, best voice in Hollywood.
  • Morning person or night owl: Prefer night, but I have kids, so morning by default
  • Where/when would you go in a time machine: 10 minutes ago, I burnt my toast. 
  • What 3 items would you bring to a deserted island other than food and water: A magnifying glass, a good sharp knife, and a boat.


GEAR

  • GUITARS: Ibanez SR755 5 string Bass
  • PICKS: My fingers!
  • STRINGS: Ernie Ball Slinky Cobalt 5 String
  • OTHER EFFECTS/RACK EQUIPMENT
  • Furman M-8X2
  • Cioks Eventide Power Mini
  • Korg PitchBlack X Pro
  • GK MB800 (for now)
  • Line 6 HX Stomp
  • Shure GLXD+ Wireless System
  • CABINETS: EBS ProLine 410

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