Mikey Glenister
Encyclopedia
Mikey Glenister is a musician from Southend, Essex, who was born on 20 September 1984. He plays trumpet
, cornet
and drum
s. He currently plays with Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
.
in Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
.
Mikey has also recorded and played live with The Walkmen
, Plan B
and Tubelord
.
Mikey currently plays drums in his own pop rock band The Power of Voodoo with his identical twin brother Rob Glenister, ska/punk band The Rejects, and he still plays cornet with The Tilbury Band
.
on shows like T4 Transmission and The Culture Show
, Mikey appeared on one episode of Hollyoaks
, playing as himself in Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
. They also did a live performance on set.
Mikey was also a contestant on the reality TV show Dating In The Dark
on Living TV in 2010. He appeared on the episode with his twin brother Rob Glenister. On the show, Mikey met Stephani Sams, who models for SuicideGirls
.
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
, cornet
Cornet
The cornet is a brass instrument very similar to the trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B. It is not related to the renaissance and early baroque cornett or cornetto.-History:The cornet was...
and drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s. He currently plays with Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is the stage name of English artist Sam Duckworth and his band. He is sometimes referred to as Get Cape, Cape, GCWCF and Slam Dunkworth . According to Duckworth, his stage name comes from a ZX Spectrum magazine...
.
Musical career
Coming from a brass band background from an early age, Mikey went on to study at The British Academy of New Music where he studied drums and contextual studies. Shortly after this he started playing with Sam DuckworthGet Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is the stage name of English artist Sam Duckworth and his band. He is sometimes referred to as Get Cape, Cape, GCWCF and Slam Dunkworth . According to Duckworth, his stage name comes from a ZX Spectrum magazine...
in Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is the stage name of English artist Sam Duckworth and his band. He is sometimes referred to as Get Cape, Cape, GCWCF and Slam Dunkworth . According to Duckworth, his stage name comes from a ZX Spectrum magazine...
.
Mikey has also recorded and played live with The Walkmen
The Walkmen
The Walkmen are an American indie rock band, with members based in New York City and Philadelphia. The band formed in 2000 with three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater—Paul Maroon , Walter Martin , and Matt Barrick —and two from The Recoys, Peter Bauer and Hamilton Leithauser . All but Bauer...
, Plan B
Plan B
Plan B is a popular term used to mean a reserved, secondary plan, in case a first plan fails. Plan B is also an FDA-approved emergency contraception drug.It also may refer to:-People:...
and Tubelord
Tubelord
Tubelord is an Alternative Rock band from Kingston upon Thames, England, formed in 2006. The band consists of Lead Singer and Guitarist Joseph Prendergast, Backing vocalist and Drummer David Catmur, Bassist Tom Coulson-Smith and Keyboardist and Sampler James Elliot Field.In 2009, the band signed a...
.
Mikey currently plays drums in his own pop rock band The Power of Voodoo with his identical twin brother Rob Glenister, ska/punk band The Rejects, and he still plays cornet with The Tilbury Band
The Tilbury Band
The Tilbury Band is an Essex-based Brass Band, founded in 1919 by the Tilbury Branch of the National Union of Railwaymen. In 2011, the Band is a second section contesting Brass Band.-Early history:...
.
Television Appearances
As well as live appearances with Get Cape. Wear Cape. FlyGet Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is the stage name of English artist Sam Duckworth and his band. He is sometimes referred to as Get Cape, Cape, GCWCF and Slam Dunkworth . According to Duckworth, his stage name comes from a ZX Spectrum magazine...
on shows like T4 Transmission and The Culture Show
The Culture Show
The Culture Show is a weekly BBC Two Arts magazine programme. It is broadcast in the UK on Thursday nights at 7pm, focusing on the best of the week's arts and culture news, covering books, art, film, architecture, music, visual fashion and the performing arts...
, Mikey appeared on one episode of Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
, playing as himself in Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is the stage name of English artist Sam Duckworth and his band. He is sometimes referred to as Get Cape, Cape, GCWCF and Slam Dunkworth . According to Duckworth, his stage name comes from a ZX Spectrum magazine...
. They also did a live performance on set.
Mikey was also a contestant on the reality TV show Dating In The Dark
Dating in the Dark
Dating in the Dark is a reality show created in the Netherlands where 3 single men and 3 single women move into a light-tight house getting to know each other and form bonds in total darkness.-International versions:...
on Living TV in 2010. He appeared on the episode with his twin brother Rob Glenister. On the show, Mikey met Stephani Sams, who models for SuicideGirls
SuicideGirls
SuicideGirls is a website that features softcore pornography and text profiles of goth, punk and indie-styled young women who are known as the "Suicide Girls"...
.