Michael

BIOGRAPHY Michael Michailoff is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and an enternatiner. He is born in Gällivare, Sweden, but raised in Östersund.His career started at the age of five when he received his first guitar. At that time, what interested him most though was his father´s drums.When he was 13 years old, he joined his first rock-band Glorybox, as a drummer. A few months later he started to play the guitar instead, and within a copule of years he was the songwriter and lead singer, leaning from pop to melodic rock.From this time, the band developed and Michael made himself a reputation as a great singer and powerful songwriter. His qualities as an entertainer are expressed both by his fans and from the media.In 1997 Michael and his band toured all over the northern part of Sweden and performed together with different guest artists, for example the English artist Carlton.In 1999 Michael and his new band, Mondja, took part in a national rock-band competition and made it to the final.During the years 1997 to 1999 Michael also performed together with different jazz-, blues- and rock-constellations and appeared as a guest artist at a rap album, released in 1999.Michael grew up in a blues environment, which has had a great impact on his songwriting and guitar playing. His backgrund as a drummer has made his guitar playing rhythmical and dynamic. Together with his experiences in different music genres this has created his own style of music.This year, Michael has been touring around the country, performing his songs. Sometimes with the guitarist Fredrik Magnusson and other times with the whole band.During the summer 2003 his first single "Gilliott Road" was released and in the beginning of 2004 his fullength album "In God I Trust" came out on the market. His second album "Live from blackbox" Was recorded in norrlandoperan during a live gig and was released in 2005.The singer and songwriter and entertainer i currently recording his third album. The cd will be released in april of 2008.