Mike Garrigan

Mike Garrigan is a singer-songwriter from Greensboro, North Carolina.

Biography

Garrigan grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina[1] and attended the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where he performed in local coffee houses as a vocalist and guitarist.[2] He is best known as the former frontman of the rock band Collapsis, which, in 2000, reached the #28 slot on the Billboard Modern Rock charts with the hit song "Automatic". He was also the second and final lead guitarist for the North Carolina-based band Athenaeum, replacing Grey Brewster for their second album and continuing until the band disbanded in 2004. With former Athenaeum members, Garrigan formed a new band called the "Mike Garrigan Four" (formally known as mg4), which released an EP in 2004. Since then he worked as a solo artist, while continuing to play occasional shows with Mark Kano, lead singer of Athenaeum.[3] In 2006, he released Live at the Evening Muse, a CD/DVD of a solo acoustic show he recorded at a venue in Charlotte, North Carolina in June 2005.[4] Several of his solo albums have been partially supported through Kickstarter, including the 2011 release The Return of Spring.[5]

Discography

As leader
With Collapsis
With Athenaeum
With mg4

References

  1. ↑ Future looks bright for band teetering on verge of big time. Fayetteville Observer, October 31, 1999.
  2. ↑ Mike Garrigan interview, Internet Archive
  3. ↑ Mark Kano and Mike Garrigan to play The Evening Muse. Creative Loafing, July 17, 2008.
  4. ↑ Review of Live at the Evening Muse. Ink 19, March 13, 2006.
  5. ↑ Review of The Return of Spring. Alternative Addiction.


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