Mike Glita
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| Birth name | Michael Glita |
| Born | July 7, 1982 |
| Origin | West Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Post hardcore |
| Associated acts | Love Automatic Senses Fail Knights In Paris Playing Poker In Fedorai Tokyo Rose |
Mike Glita (Michael Glita) (born July 7, 1982) is the bass guitarist for the band Love Automatic and is the singer/co-songwriter for the band Knights In Paris. He was formally the bassist and background vocalist for New Jersey rock band Senses Fail. His favorite bands are Metallica, Jimmy Eat World, Billy Joel, The Beach Boys, Muse, The Police, Phil Collins, Death Cab for Cutie, Pantera, and Alkaline Trio.
Michael graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School in 2000, and attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey prior to joining Senses Fail and is currently finishing a degree in Psychology and Music. He also attended Stratton Mountain School in Stratton, Vermont for most of high school as a ski racer. During his time at Rutgers he was also a member of New Jersey rock band Tokyo Rose. Mike has 5 Fender American Precision basses and has been known to use a Fender Standard Jazz bass from time to time. He uses Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder pickups, Ampeg Amps, Dean Markley Strings, and a Sans Amp DI Driver for distortion. In early 2007, he started a side project called Knights In Paris with his friend and Vampire for Hire guitarist, Nick "Danger" Goncalves. They have released their first demo song entitled "Love Like Robots" on their myspace page.
In January, 2008, Glita announced via myspace that he would be joining the band Love Automatic. The side proect, Knights in Paris will continue. Love Automatic will be releasing an EP entitled "Dance Floor Disaster" on May 13th.
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