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About Me

Mike Alton has flown under the musical radar for over a decade, both under his given name and as "Mike Sucks." He has also participated in such catastrophes as Puddleglum (who played probably five shows and broke up after each one) and the Original Fruits (who broke up probably three times and played a show after each one). In early 2005 Mike began work on his forthcoming EP, "Songs for a Lonely Gong." Mike is one of those idiots that Does Not Play Well with Others, so this project is taking awhile. In late 2005 he became the drummer for piano-pop trio Blaming Tim, who released an EP of their own and would love to sell you a copy. In mid/late 2006 he left Blaming Tim amid a barrage of gunfire and obscenities. Long story short, his forthcoming EP hopefully will come forth sometime before God smites us all. And don't even get us started on his search for a backing band...but in the meantime he's been adopted by the Rustic Family and forbidden to play any instruments costing more than sixty-five dollars. Recent rumor also has it he's run off and joined his brother's band Purrington, which not only opens the door to some Kinks-style stage brawling but also adds to the number of bands that don't want him anywhere near a guitar. Perhaps this is a sign...? Now for a brief bit of whoring: I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 26/02/2006
Band Members: throat. acousticandelectric guitar. cello. accordion. trap kit. electric bass. melodica. moog. hammond. piano that is not piano. hand drums. gong. various other bangy and shakey things. others TBA once i find 'em cheap.
Influences: mark allan, austin wills
Sounds Like: a parking lot, a parking lot, a parking lot. ample parking asphalted over bunny bones.
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

03/28 SHOW CANCELLED

Yep.The Mike Alton/Rustic Family show at the Strutting Duck has been cancelled.Since y'all got nothing to do now, haul it up to Ringgold and catch the Purrington show. They're a lot catchier, anyway.....
Posted by on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:59:00 GMT

this is weirdness.

Hey all.Read up. http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=903780 Coup le thoughts:--if your opponent sucks, they suck. Get over it and move on.--team came from a Christian school. Headmaster of whi...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:37:00 GMT

2008 music rundown

Yep. That time of year again...but what happened to 2007?!? I typed it all up and it shoulda posted...but I was using dial-up then, it's probly still stuck in the phone cord somewhere.As memory serves...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:21:00 GMT

sometimes craigslist just makes my head hurt.

such as: "1200 frim or trade for auto full size truck i have a 91 ford ranger 6 cilidor 4.0 its a manual 4x4 new driveshaft spark pulgs wires juss had a oil change and oil fliter and air fliter last o...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:36:00 GMT

big news (releases and such)

hey allwithin the next year i plan to unleash a torrent of noise.the ever-resourceful alonzo green recorded the mill (charleston sc) show, and the audio's so good i've decided to release it...up now i...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:51:00 GMT

since ya can’t find music on mtv anymore...

the lovely angela methvin shot a bunch of photos at the last th'insomniacs gig, and she actually video'd about a minute of "postlove song." complete with audio. which i found just this morning. man o ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:19:00 GMT

somethings a little wrong here...

ok. fuck one kid, and they throw the book at you. if you're lucky enough to survive the jailtime you're spit back out, branded an outcast for life and your every move is watched with hostile suspicion...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:34:00 GMT

hire me.

no. really. hire me. love y'all m
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:21:00 GMT

this has to be a joke.

this http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071228/ap_on_fe_st/japan_hello_ kitty_for_men love y'all m
Posted by on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:19:00 GMT

piece of me

the other day my brother and i and a couple others were discussing musical guilty pleasures and the difference between an album you really oughtn't be listening to and an album that may/not be great, ...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:05:00 GMT