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| Instrument = Bass guitar, guitar, vocals | | Instrument = Bass guitar, guitar, vocals | ||
| Active = [[1993]]–[[2011]] | | Active = [[1993]]–[[2011]] | ||
| Associated acts = [[Weezer]], [[Homie]], [[The Special Goodness]], [[Juliana Hatfield]], [[The Kickovers]], [[Heretix]] | | Associated acts = [[Weezer]], [[Homie]], [[The Special Goodness]], [[Jocobono]], [[Juliana Hatfield]], [[The Kickovers]], [[Heretix]] | ||
| URL = [http://www.mikeywelsh.com/ Official website] | | URL = [http://www.mikeywelsh.com/ Official website] | ||
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===As a musician=== | ===As a musician=== | ||
Welsh was born [[April 20]], 1971 in Syracuse, New York. He started off as a Boston-area musician, playing in bands such as Heretix, Chevy Heston, Jocobono, Left Nut, and Slower. He also performed in [[Juliana Hatfield]]'s backing band and, during Weezer's hiatus, he performed as a touring musician for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbena_(band) Verbena] and in the first full-band incarnation of [[Patrick Wilson]]'s musical project [[The Special Goodness]]. Welsh joined Weezer following the departure of [[Matt Sharp]] in [[1998]]. According to Welsh in [[Facebook posts by Mikey Welsh|a Facebook post]] from [[September 13]], [[2011]], Welsh first met Rivers Cuomo when a member of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mighty_Mighty_Bosstones The Mighty Mighty Bosstones] recommended Welsh to Cuomo: | Welsh was born [[April 20]], 1971 in Syracuse, New York. He started off as a Boston-area musician, playing in bands such as Heretix, Chevy Heston, [[Jocobono]], Left Nut, and Slower. He also performed in [[Juliana Hatfield]]'s backing band and, during Weezer's hiatus, he performed as a touring musician for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbena_(band) Verbena] and in the first full-band incarnation of [[Patrick Wilson]]'s musical project [[The Special Goodness]]. Welsh joined Weezer following the departure of [[Matt Sharp]] in [[1998]]. According to Welsh in [[Facebook posts by Mikey Welsh|a Facebook post]] from [[September 13]], [[2011]], Welsh first met Rivers Cuomo when a member of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mighty_Mighty_Bosstones The Mighty Mighty Bosstones] recommended Welsh to Cuomo: | ||
<blockquote>''the first time i met rivers cuomo, was in a bar in the south end of boston called "the deluxe".. it was after a jon spencer blues explosion show.. i was sitting at a table with several friends just hanging out when rivers walked in with a couple of guys from the band. we were all star struck about seeing r.c., and we started talking about how much we all loved his band.. i was trying not to look a...t him when he suddenly turned and started walking directly towards where i was sitting.. r. came up to me and asked me if i was mikey, the bass player.. i stammered out that i was. he told me that one of the guys in the mighty mighty bosstones had recommended to him that we try playing together, that we would probably hit it off.. we did. this was probably around the spring of 1997.. rivers went off that summer to tour on "pinkerton".. it was late august when he finally called me.. we ended up doing a lot of hanging and jamming together, ultimately playing two shows in boston as the rivers cuomo band..in jan. of 1998, i flew to los angeles to officially audition for weezer...after 3 or 4 days of playing together, rivers took me out to dinner at a california pizza kitchen on pico blvd. in hollywood... he was about to ask me a question, and my life would forever change....''</blockquote> | <blockquote>''the first time i met rivers cuomo, was in a bar in the south end of boston called "the deluxe".. it was after a jon spencer blues explosion show.. i was sitting at a table with several friends just hanging out when rivers walked in with a couple of guys from the band. we were all star struck about seeing r.c., and we started talking about how much we all loved his band.. i was trying not to look a...t him when he suddenly turned and started walking directly towards where i was sitting.. r. came up to me and asked me if i was mikey, the bass player.. i stammered out that i was. he told me that one of the guys in the mighty mighty bosstones had recommended to him that we try playing together, that we would probably hit it off.. we did. this was probably around the spring of 1997.. rivers went off that summer to tour on "pinkerton".. it was late august when he finally called me.. we ended up doing a lot of hanging and jamming together, ultimately playing two shows in boston as the rivers cuomo band..in jan. of 1998, i flew to los angeles to officially audition for weezer...after 3 or 4 days of playing together, rivers took me out to dinner at a california pizza kitchen on pico blvd. in hollywood... he was about to ask me a question, and my life would forever change....''</blockquote> | ||
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* [[1998]] — "[[Velouria]]" from the compilation ''[[Where Is My Mind? A Tribute To The Pixies]]'' | * [[1998]] — "[[Velouria]]" from the compilation ''[[Where Is My Mind? A Tribute To The Pixies]]'' | ||
=== With Jocobono === | === With [[Jocobono]] === | ||
* [[1995]] -- ''Jocobono'' | * [[1995]] -- ''[[Jocobono (album)|Jocobono]]'' | ||
=== With Juliana Hatfield === | === With Juliana Hatfield === | ||