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Mike Brickman

About Me

I'm currently playing bass for Don't Open Your Eyes, and Cell Block 5. My former bands include Hirax, Resistant Culture, Lunatics On Parole, Tchildres, White Trash Debutantes, Action 45, N.O.S. Saddams Angels, Toxic Noise, and The Mike Wingo Band. I'm fortunate to have had the opportunity to have toured both nationally and internationally and have recorded multiple albums. I have been a constant participant in the heavy music scene for over 25 years. Along the way I have shared the stage with such bands as Discharge, The Dwarves, Dead Kennedy's, The Adicts, DRI, Fear, Leftover Crack, The Dickies, Rage Against The Machine, 45 Grave, RKL, Sublime, Conflict, SUBHUMANS, The Vibrators, Mondo Generator, UK Subs, Dr Know, Dio, Thin Lizzy, Twisted Sister, System Of A Down, Immolation, Overkill, Sodom, Napalm Death, Vader, Machinehead, Chaimera, Dokken, Y & T, Dying Fetus, MOD, White Zombie, Brutal Truth, Monstrosity, English Dogs, and so many others. This year I will continue to tour and record. The new Cell Block 5 CD 'Pop the Clutch' will be released this summer. It features some guest musicians including Blag and Mark of the Dwarves and Pete D of the Adicts. I'll be touring all over the West Coast and in October will do an East Coast tour so check back for tour dates...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/07/2006
Band Website: www.ludeboyrecords.com
Band Members:
Influences: Tom Waits, The Raconteurs, Stiff Little Fingers, Black Flag, Excel, Betty Blowtorch, The Clash, Plasmatics, Johnny Cash, Ben Folds, Elvis Costello, Head P.E., Kyuss, Discharge, Celtic Frost, Adicts, Jeff Buckley, S.O.D., Iggy and the Stooges, Immortal Technique, DRI, Dag Nasty, Motorhead, The Dwarves, Zeke, Butthole Surfers, David Bowie, At The Drive In, Fear, Frank Zappa, Leftover Crack, Dickies, Dead Kennedys, Reagan Youth, SUBHUMANS, MDC, Minor Threat, Buzzcocks, Sonic Youth, Sex Pistols, Elton John, Christian Death, King Crimson, Counting Crows, Germs, NY Dolls, Steel Pulse, GG Allen, Pink Floyd, Gomez, Devo, Septic Death, classical, opera, jazz, Earnest Hemmingway, F Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Pasos, Bad Brains, Beyond Possession, COC, Black Sabbath, Dave Carpenter, Vibrators, X, Attitude Adjustment, Bob Marley, Cryptic Slaughter, Destruction, Crass, Raw Power, Nam Myoho Renge Kyo, Charles Bukowski, The Grateful Dead, Nip/Tuck, Jerry Garcia, Robert Fripp, Yes, Return To Forever, Slayer, Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Dead Boys, NWA, Fenders Ballroom, Balboa Theater, Sticky Green, The Damned, Fang, The Cramps, Rudimentary Peni, Chris Pigpen Catania, Breaking Bad
Record Label: Lude Boy Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

ATTRACT ABUNDANCE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaEf9or-Wik
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:09:00 GMT

Temper Tantrum, hip-hop, and movies...

I joined SGV punk band Temper Tantrum last week after taking over 8 months off from playing punk rock. I had been busy writing music for a movie and working with some hip hop artists and missed being ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 10:41:00 GMT

Hoookers Inc Premier

2 of my songs are featured in the upcoming movie Hookers Inc. The premier is Feb 20, 21, and 22nd in Hollywood. The songs featured are Dance Floor and Strike Slip Fault. Anyone interested in attending...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:59:00 GMT

Shooting New Video 1/24

My new band Don't Open Your Eyes will be shooting our second video for the song Dance Floor on 1/24 and 1/25. It will feature rock legend Nick Oliveri... QOTSA, Dwarves, Knives, Mondo Generator etc......
Posted by on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:57:00 GMT

Chuck Was Right...

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting. Charles Bukowski
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:23:00 GMT

Lude Boy Records Vol2 In Stores Now

Lude Boy Records Vol2 is available now.Featuring punk rock legends:Cell Block 5DwarvesConfrontand many other great bands!Pick me up a copy!Brickwww. ludeboyrecords. com
Posted by on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:28:00 GMT

Immortal Technique - Bin Laden Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0m4WkK9eU8
Posted by on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:56:00 GMT

Resistant Culture Sept 10th

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Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:38:00 GMT

Resistant Culture East Coast/Midweast Tour Dates

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Posted by on Mon, 26 May 2008 01:19:00 GMT

Immortal Technique

I got a chance to meet Immortal Technique yesterday and watch him perform at UCLA! Way fucking cool. That man speaks the truth! You should check him out if you've never heard of him...
Posted by on Mon, 26 May 2008 00:30:00 GMT