Mike Lerner is an American

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ist best known for his work with Behold... The Arctopus.

Career

Lerner began playing the piano when he was five years old. He attended

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where he received a degree and met fellow musician Colin Marston. The two began to play together and eventually formed the tech-metal group Behold... the Arctopus. They were later joined by drummer Charlie Zeleny.

Equipment

Lerner is endorsed by

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and is often seen performing on their RG model. His first Ibanez guitar was a bright yellow coloured RG565 that he found at a pawn shop in the mid-1990s. He also uses a Peavey 5150 head and a

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4x12 cabinet.

Discography

With Behold... The Arctopus

*2002: ''We Need a Drummer'' (demo, MP3.com) *2003: '' Arctopocalypse Now... Warmageddon Later'' (demo, self-released) *2005: '' Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning'' (EP,

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, Epicene Sound Systems) *2006:

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with

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(Split, Crucial Blast Records, Eyes of Sound) *2007: ''Memphis 3-6-06'' (Video, s.l.a.p.) *2007: '' Skullgrid'' (album, Black Market Activities) *2012: Horrorscension (album, Black Market Activities) *2016: Cognitive Emancipation (album) *2020: Hapeleptic Overtrove (album, Willowtip Records)

As Direwolf

*2007: '' Beyond the Lands of Human Existence'' (album, Blastard Entertainment)

Other appearances

*2006: Astomatous - '' The Beauty Of Reason'' **Performed guitar on the track "The Ascetic Ponders"

External links

Blastard Entertainment
Website
Mike Lerner
on Myspace

References

American male guitarists Living people 1981 births Behold... The Arctopus members 21st-century American guitarists 21st-century American male musicians {{US-metal-guitarist-stub