Mike Clark (guitarist)
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Mike Clark is an American heavy metal and punk rock guitarist. He is best known for being the rythm guitarist with Suicidal Tendencies. He has been playing with the band since 1987, and was the only member besides Mike Muir to return to the band when they reunited. He originally played in the speed metal band No Mercy with Muir. During Suicidal's breakup he was a member of Creeper.
From the day he joined Suicidal Clark was very active in the band's songwriting, writing much of the music his first album with the band, How Will I Laugh Tomorrow... When I Can't Even Smile Today?. His early compositions were mostly thrash oriented but stuck to the bands already melodic sound, but he continued to write music for the band that covered many different styles, this comes into play best on Art of Rebellion, as Clark even claimed in an interview "This is definitely our most diverse album yet, but it wasn't really planned that way, it's just the way we've grown musically" [1]
Clark has had endorsement deals with B.C. Rich, Jackson, and Yamaha guitars in the past. He used to play a custom made Jackson Dinky guitar with a skull wearing the classic Suicidal flip cap painted on it, but he no longer plays this guitar. Clark's early trademark image was his straight long hair and the Suicidal flip cap. He has since cut his hair, he also now wears a blue bandana like Mike Muir.
Mike and his wife Shannon have a daughter named Christina, who was seen at the end of the live video for "War Inside My Head".
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| Mike Muir | Mike Clark | Dean Pleasants | Ron Brunner, Jr. | Steve Brunner |
| Former members: Mike Dunnigan | Mike Ball | Grant Estes | Jon Nelson | Rocky George | Andrew Evans | Louiche Mayorga | Bob Heathcote | Robert Trujillo | Josh Paul | Sean Dunnigan | Amery Smith | R. J. Herrera | Jimmy DeGrasso | Brooks Wackerman |
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| Albums and EPs: Suicidal Tendencies | Join the Army | How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today | Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu | Lights...Camera...Revolution! | Art of Rebellion | Still Cyco After All These Years | Suicidal for Life | Six the Hard Way (EP) | Freedumb | Free Your Soul and Save My Mind |
| Compilations: F.N.G. | Prime Cuts |
| Related articles |
| Infectious Grooves | Cyco Miko | No Mercy | Beowülf | Excel | Uncle Slam |
