Mike Garrigan
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Mike Garrigan is a singer-songwriter
from Greensboro, North Carolina
. He is best known as the former frontman of the rock band Collapsis
, which, in 2000, reached the #28 slot on the Billboard Modern Rock charts with the hit song "Automatic". He was also the second and final lead guitarist for the North Carolina-based band Athenaeum
, replacing Grey Brewster for their second album and continuing until the band disbanded in 2004. With former Athenaeum members, Garrigan has formed a new band called the "Mike Garrigan Four" (formally known as mg4), but they only play a few shows each year. Currently, he's working as a solo artist.
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
from Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...
. He is best known as the former frontman of the rock band Collapsis
Collapsis
Collapsis is a band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Their name can be traced back to an old Dillon Fence song. They can loosely be categorized as late-nineties post-grunge, with melodic vocals and lyrical themes of broken relationships, cautious yearning, and loneliness...
, which, in 2000, reached the #28 slot on the Billboard Modern Rock charts with the hit song "Automatic". He was also the second and final lead guitarist for the North Carolina-based band Athenaeum
Athenaeum (band)
Athenaeum was an alternative pop rock four-piece band from Greensboro, North Carolina, USA formed in 1990 at an eighth grade dance by Nic Brown and Mark Kano.- Overview :...
, replacing Grey Brewster for their second album and continuing until the band disbanded in 2004. With former Athenaeum members, Garrigan has formed a new band called the "Mike Garrigan Four" (formally known as mg4), but they only play a few shows each year. Currently, he's working as a solo artist.
Discography
- Building a Hole (solo acoustic)
- The Lessons of Autumn (solo album)
- The Chartreuse EP ("Collapsis")
- Dirty Wake ("Collapsis")
- Athenaeum (as lead guitarist of "Athenaeum")
- The Promise of Summer (with "Athenaeum")
- Gravity Affects Me ("mg4" EP)
- Live at the Evening Muse (CD/DVD - live, solo, sold-out concert in downtown Charlotte, NC)
- The Gossman Passion (a contemporary Christian rock opera)
- Voyage of the Malamander (solo album)
- The Return of Spring (his latest release)