John Mitchell (musician)
| John Mitchell | |
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 John Mitchell performing with Frost* in 2008. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 21 June 1973 |
| Genres | Neo-Progressive rock, progressive rock |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals, keyboards, bass, violin |
| Associated acts | It Bites, Arena, Frost*, Kino, A, The Urbane |
John Mitchell (born 21 June 1973) is guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the UK band It Bites. He also plays guitar for a number of other progressive rock bands including Arena, The Urbane, Kino, Frost*, and John Wetton.
In 2008, Mitchell joined A,[1] playing bass in place of original bass player Daniel P. Carter to support The Wildhearts on their December UK tour, as well as a ten-date headline tour in 2009.
In 2012, Mitchell toured with Martin Barre in his band "New Day", singing lead vocals on many of the Jethro Tull songs.[2]
He is also a record producer and sound engineer at Outhouse Studios, a recording studio in Reading, UK, where he has recorded and produced music for a number of popular UK rock bands including Enter Shikari, You Me At Six, Lower Than Atlantis, Architects, Ivyrise, Anavae, The Blackout, Kids In Glass Houses, Funeral for a Friend, My Passion, Exit Ten, Touchstone and You And What Army.[3]
Discography
With The Urbane
- Neon (1999)
- Glitter (2003)
With Arena
- The Cry (1997) (EP)
- Welcome To The Stage (1997) (live)
- The Visitor (1998)
- Immortal? (2000)
- Breakfast In Biarritz (2001) (live)
- Contagion (2003)
- Contagious (2003) (EP)
- Contagium (2003) (EP)
- Live & Life (2004) (live)
- Pepper's Ghost (2005)
- Ten Years On (2006) (compilation)
- The Seventh Degree Of Separation (2011)
With Kino
- Picture (2005)
- Cutting Room Floor (2005) (compilation)
With Frost*
- Milliontown (2006)
- Experiments In Mass Appeal (2008)
- FrostFest Live CD (2009) (live)
- The Philadelphia Experiment (2010) (live)
With It Bites
- When The Lights Go Down (2007) (live)
- The Tall Ships (2008)
- This Is Japan (2010) (live)
- It Happened One Night (2011) (live)
- Map Of The Past (2012)
Equipment
Mitchell primarily uses Cort Guitars - white and black G254s on stage, and for recording, a tobacco G210 and a blue/black G290. He also plays an Alvarez Yairi acoustic guitar in the studio, and a PRS Classic. John's rack setup consists of a Marshall JMP1 Preamp with effects being produced by a vintage Korg A3 effects unit. This signal is then amplified by a Marshall Valvestate 8280 power amp to a 4 x 12 Marshall cab.
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