Meet the band

TOO MANY MIKES

	Mike: Vocals I first started singing in High School. I didn’t pick up a mic again until I was in Japan when I was in the Navy. Karaoke was big and I gave it a shot. I ended up winning a couple of contests singing Led Zeppelin, so I started a couple of bands. Traveling in the navy is frequent and hard to keep a band together. I eventually got out of the Navy and went back home to Colorado for a few years. I came back to Southern Maryland in 2004 and joined a band called Red Rocket. The rest of the crew were all Navy guys that I worked with. We had a great time, but eventually the guys had to transfer somewhere else. I was not ready to quit playing, so I put an ad in on www.somd.com and got some replies. I have to say that this group is all about the music and enjoying the happiness that it gives to the crowd. When you come and see us, you will not forget the name ‘Too Many Mikes’, a band dedicated and determined to make you ROCK YOUR ASS OFF!!!
	Mike: Lead/Rhythm Guitar, Backup Vocals I started listening to Rush, Kiss (yes I know), Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, and many other bands around 1975. I started playing guitar by playing records and 8 tracks over and over again. Self taught, and extremely eager I was in my first Rock band in 8^th grade (Condition Red). Then I was in different bands for a few years and we never played out (Thank,god) Then in my senior year of HS, I joined 2 other guys and we played a lot of Rush, Kiss, Ozzie, Van Halen, etc. We played in local Civic Centers, partys and other gigs. Then I joined the US Navy in 1983. Then for the next 7 years while in the Navy I didn’t play any guitar. But when Stateside I hit a lot of concerts, catching everyone from Cheap Trick, UFO, Bon Jovi, Poison, Def Lepperd, Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Steve Vai, Alanis Morrisette, Heart, Dream Theatre, etc… Fast forward 18 years later to 2001, I joined a band called Poor Boy Zeus as bass player for a year. Then our lead guitarist went on to bigger and better things so I was asked to take over as lead guitarist. We played all over St. Marys County and had a great time. In 2005 PBZ broke up. So in mid 2006, I answered an online ad and got the lead guitar slot for an unknown startup group. After our singer went on a 4 month hiatus on the other side of the world we reunited in the fall of 2006 to work on songs. Now (Too Many Mikes) is ready to rock the crowds and just have fun. Hope to see you at our shows.
	Mike: Rhythm/Lead Guitar, Keys, Backup Vocals I have been musically inclined since a young age and was thankfully given piano, trumpet, and eventually guitar lessons. I picked up guitar in high school, partially out of frustration. This frustration stemmed from the fact that my family had an acoustic guitar, but it sat around unused, like some sort of hokey decoration. Compliments of my prior musical knowledge I was able to learn the strings, and play some simple songs relatively quickly. Within a year I had lessons, and in another year I was in a band playing a rock version of Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" complete with guitar solo. Although this effort was more of a joke than anything serious, I became interested in hard rock and more advanced guitar playing, while garnering affection for the NWOBHM bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden and eventually the more progressive acts of Rush and Dream Theater. I soon started my own band, Renegade Samurai (yes, a very long pretentious band name), a power trio bent on playing heavy progressive rock even if our skills could not match our ambitions. After a couple years and several uncomfortable performances, I practically ditched the idea of playing live with any moderate success. I soon entered college which further crushed whatever ambition for anything I once had let alone music (let's just say real college is a lot like Animal House except without the fun). Upon graduation, I vowed to finally find another band and actually have some fun playing music despite my previous experiences. Luckily, through my current neighbor I met Mike and saw the previous incarnation of TMM perform around the area. I knew upon seeing them that they had a level of professionalism I was not used to while at the same time enjoying themselves. Overall, I was impressed. Some holes opened up in the lineup and I was eventually offered a position on rhythm guitar that I gladly accepted. Now, like the rest of the band, I am ready to bring some rock to southern Maryland.
	Mike: Bass Guitar Born in 1971 in a secret lab located deep beneath the Ibanez Guitar Corporation headquarters in Japan, I was created by scientists who were determined to develop a genetically altered bass player, one who could not only be able to play the most complex technical arpeggios known to man, but would also be able to overtake governments with fierce, booming bass melodies and eventually conquer the world. I had no formal name, but rather was identified as BP132 Alpha. At the age of 2, rather than watch Sesame Street, I was studying bass players like Geddy Lee and John Entwistle. At the age of 5, I had a personal trainer which focused solely on building the muscles in my fingers. But thanks to a rogue group known as the Bassist for a Better World Liberation Army (BBWLA), I was freed from the cruel daily punishment that was my life. After years of denying my incredible bass playing ability and instead focusing my attention on non-music interests like competitive darts, I was approached by the band Too Many Mikes who heard of my story and believed that they could rehabilitate me and teach me to enjoy playing the bass guitar and to put my torturous youth in the past. Please come out and support Too Many Mikes. Bass players around the world with my same story need your help. I hope to see you all at our shows.
	Mike: Drums