Mike Kirsch
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Mike Kirsch has been active in the San Francisco Bay Area hardcore and punk community since the mid-1980s.
Band history
- The Skinflutes (guitar and backing vocals, 1988–89)
- FuelFuel (hardcore band)Fuel was a Bay Area post-hardcore musical act that created both personal and political songs, something that was unique during the "first wave" of emo in the 1990s. Fuel had a sound akin to early-Hot Water Music and especially Fugazi with twin guitars and dueling rough post-hardcore vocals...
(guitar and vocals, 1989–1991) - FifteenFifteen (band)Fifteen was a punk rock band formed by Jeff Ott. Ott was the group's main songwriter and only consistent member. According to Ott, the band had a total of fifteen members by the time it finally disbanded in 2000: Jack Curran, Mikey Mischief, Mark Moreno, Jean Repetto, Lucky Dog, Chris Flanagan,...
(second guitar on s/t 7", 1990) - Silver Bearing (vocals on split LP with Moss IconMoss IconMoss Icon was an Annapolis, Maryland post-hardcore band from 1986 to 1991. Its original members were singer Jonathan Vance, guitarist Tonie Joy, bassist Monica DiGialleonardo, and drummer Mark Laurence. Alex Badertscher joined as second guitarist in 1990...
, 1990) - Pinhead GunpowderPinhead GunpowderPinhead Gunpowder is an American punk rock band formed East Bay, California, in 1990. The band has consisted of Aaron Cometbus , Bill Schneider , Billie Joe Armstrong and Jason White for the majority of its existence...
(guitar and vocals, 1990–1994) - Sawhorse (guitar and vocals, 1991–1992)
- Navio Forge (guitar and backing vocals, 1993)
- John Henry West (guitar, 1993)
- Sixteen Bullets (guitar and vocals, 1994)
- Torches To Rome (guitar and vocals, 1995–1996)
- Bread and CircuitsBread and CircuitsBread and Circuits were a band that formed in 1999 and released a self-titled LP on Ebullition Records as well as a split with Former Members of Alfonsin on El Grito Records....
(guitar and vocals, 1998–1999) - Please Inform the Captain This is a Hijack (guitar/vocals/samples/beats, 2000–2003,2006)
- Colbom (guitar and backing vocals, 2001)
- Baader Brains (guitar, 2005–present)
- Mothercountry Motherfuckers (guitar and vocals, 2010–present)