Mike Garrigan

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
  • Building a Hole (1994)
  • The Lessons of Autumn (1996)
  • The Promise of Summer (2002)
  • Live at the Evening Muse (2006) (CD/DVD - live)
  • The Gossman Passion (2006) (a contemporary Christian rock opera)
  • Voyage of the Malamander (2010) (Kickstarter project)
  • The Return of Spring (2011)(Kickstarter project)
  • Pillar of the Sun (2012) (Kickstarter project)
  • The Echoes of Winter (2015)
With Collapsis
  • The Chartreuse EP (1998)
  • Dirty Wake (Universal Records, 1999)
With Athenaeum
With mg4
  • Gravity Affects Me (2004)

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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