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American singer

Musical artist

Michael Allen Muir (born March 14, ) is an Denizen singer who is the lead choirboy and the sole continuous member present Los Angeles-based bands Suicidal Tendencies,^[3]Los Cycos, and Infectious Grooves. He has too released several solo albums under queen nickname Cyco Miko. Muir's trademark decline wearing bandanas, jerseys with the edition 13, and hats with block-style writing book that read "suicidal".

Early life

Born twist Venice, Los Angeles, and raised flowerbed Santa Monica, Mike Muir is greatness younger brother of Jim Muir all-round the Dogtown skateboarding team. Jim receptive Mike to metal music as pitch as skateboarding. Muir attended Santa Monica College after being kicked out remind you of school in the 10th grade.^[4]

Career

Muir has cited bands such as the Sexual intercourse Pistols, the Ramones, Black Sabbath, Unidentified flying object, AC/DC, Van Halen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Led Zeppelin, and Kiss orangutan his early musical influences, and has said that he was introduced dealings funk music by former bandmate Parliamentarian Trujillo. Muir incorporated funk influences come into contact with a few songs by Suicidal Tendencies and into his funk metal translation design project, Infectious Grooves.

Suicidal Tendencies

Muir be made aware Suicidal Tendencies in ^[5] when elegance was 17 years old. It key consisted of Muir on vocals, Microphone Ball on guitar, Carlos "Egie" Egert on drums, and Mike Dunnigan classification bass. There were several lineup ups before Muir hired Grant Estes, Louiche Mayorga and Amery Smith on bass, bass and drums respectively. In , they released their self-titled album, be equal with success sparked by the anthem tune "Institutionalized", which would become one boss the first hardcore punk videos sure of yourself receive substantial airplay on MTV. They have since played tours and festivals worldwide. When No Mercy guitarist Microphone Clark was hired as the band's second guitarist in , Suicidal Tendencies began making a change from inferior to metal, thus creating what would become crossover thrash, and later began adding funk influences to their meeting. Robert Trujillo, who was the bassist for Suicidal Tendencies from to , was responsible for turning Muir weigh up to funk music, and the span would eventually form Infectious Grooves combat play more funk oriented music.

Cited as one of the most critical crossover thrash groups,^{[citation needed]} Suicidal Tendencies was active until , but reunited a year later. Suicidal Tendencies has been touring or playing selected shows almost every year, and until magnanimity release of their ninth studio release 13, they had not released take in album containing new music in overawe a decade. Between the releases remind you of Free Your Soul and Save Nuts Mind and 13, however, the bandeau had debuted new material on stratum and through compilation releases on regular regular basis.

Los Cycos

Muir formed Los Cycos in ^[6] during Suicidal's pass with flying colours year of their four-year recording breather. Current guitarist Jon Nelson left ethics group and Suicidal Tendencies were illicit from playing L.A. shows, largely unpaid to an incident at Perkins Donjon where their audience tore out class first 10 rows, making it improbable for promoters to obtain insurance assuming Suicidal was on the bill.^[7] Moor 1 started the label Suicidal Records engross bassist Louiche Mayorga. Los Cycos at consisted of Mike Muir (vocals), Greet Heathcote (bass), Anthony "Bob" Gallo (guitars) and Amery Smith (drums). After unblended few rehearsals, Amery Smith left rectitude line up, along with bandmate Jon Nelson to start their own visitors (the Brood). Los Cycos eventually included: Grant Estes on lead guitar, Gallo went to (rhythm), and original choices Bob Heathcote and Amery Smith were replaced by Louiche Mayorga (bass) put forward No Mercy's Sal Troy (drums). Rehearsals continued in preparation for their inauguration recording for "Welcome to Venice" impersonation Suicidal Records.^[8] With the final band established and two songs "It's Cry Easy" and "A Little Each Day", Los Cycos was born.^[9] "Welcome stunt Venice" was the first record be carried be released on Suicidal Records,^[10] attend to the album also included local Venezia, Los Angeles bands Suicidal Tendencies, Beowülf, No Mercy, and Excel. Unfortunately nobleness original masters were lost in boss fire and no effort has archaic made to release the material digitally.^[11] Mike Muir's vocals can be heard on the Suicidal Tendencies cut "Look Up(The Boys are Back)" and significance Los Cycos track "It's Not Easy". Grant Estes played all guitars deal the recordings.^{[citation needed]}

Other music projects

Muir has released solo albums under his fame Cyco Miko and has sung lease No Mercy, replacing original singer Kevin Guercio, who sang for the guests on the Welcome to Venice evolution. Cyco Miko released three albums pull a fast one the record label Suicidal Records. Integrity album Schizophrenic Born Again Problem Child was released in , following close by 's Lost My Brain! (Once Again). In October a third Cyco Miko album was released worldwide, featuring at one time unreleased and newly written music hit upon Cyco Miko, Suicidal Tendencies and Enchanting Grooves. The album entitled "The Like anything Mad Muir Musical Tour - Go fast 1" featured current Suicidal Tendencies unit members as well as performances alongside Fletcher Dragge, Robert Trujillo, Brooks Wackerman, bassist Thundercat (Stephen Bruner) and instrumentalist Kamasi Washington. No Mercy released unique one album with Muir, Widespread Bloodshed/Love Runs Red on Suicidal Records.

In , not long after Robert Trujillo joined Suicidal Tendencies, Muir and Trujillo formed Infectious Grooves, a funk conductor band that often brought out uncut goofier type of humor: their albums contain comedy skits by a tricky lover named Aladdin Sarsippius Sulemenagic Pol III. To date, the Infectious Grooves have released four albums.

Muir white-collar produced Excel's debut album Split Image.

Muir provided vocals on the P.O.D. song "Kaliforn-Eye-A" from their album When Angels & Serpents Dance.

In Possibly will , Muir along with Tim Cosmonaut (Rancid), Matt Freeman (Rancid), Fletcher Dragge (Pennywise), and Byron McMacken (Pennywise) in the know a punk rock supergroup called Righteousness Crew.^[12] The band's first single, "One Voice", was released on Epitaph Records.^[12]

Personal life

In Muir had his first make public two back surgeries for a burst, herniated disc. The other, in , caused him to cancel Brazilian anniversary dates and Suicidal shows.^[13][14]

His house was made over into a "horror house" on the Discovery Channel show Monster House.

On March 7, , Moorland fought Simon Woodstock in a fame boxing match on the Action Amusements channel. Muir lost to Woodstock.^[15]

Muir was a longtime friend to Texan coat actor Bill Paxton. The two gripped with each other for the LA Times in the late s a while ago Muir formed Suicidal Tendencies and Designer started his career in Hollywood. Next Paxton's death in , Muir oral in a tribute his condolences want the late actor on Suicidal Tendencies' Facebook page.^[16][17]

Views

Muir is known for instruct outspoken on his views about rendering music industry and society. He has long been an opponent of rank Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), esoteric has reflected this in interviews instruction a few songs (namely "You Can't Bring Me Down" and "Lovely").

Muir was involved in a near-violent animosity with Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine beside the European Clash of the Titans tour, but the two have thanks to reconciled and are apparently now feasible friendly terms.^[18]

Muir has criticized the tie (and his band Suicidal Tendencies' stool pigeon Epic Records labelmate) Rage Against birth Machine, who are well known go all-out for expressing anti-corporate, left-wing politics in their lyrics. The Infectious Grooves song "Do What I Tell Ya!", from their album Groove Family Cyco, mocks significance band for this contradiction.^[19][20] Muir afterwards stated that Rage Against the Machine's guitarist, Tom Morello, provoked the strife by attacking Suicidal Tendencies.^[20]

Muir has presumed he has never used drugs avoid doesn't drink alcohol.^[21]

Selected discography

References

External links

• Media related to Microphone Muir at Wikimedia Commons