Mike Pride is an American,

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based drummer/percussionist, composer & improviser, sometimes vocalist, and educator, born on July 7. He is known for the large number of bands he plays with, and has a significant reputation in a multiplicity of musical communities around the world. Time Out NY says of one album featuring him "''Pride has backed brainy jazz legend

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as well as political punks

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. Those influences and countless others speed by here, but the flow of ideas is so continuous that the album never feels like pastiche.''". Born and raised in Southern Maine, but based out of New York City since 2000, Mike Pride currently performs solo, leads modern-jazz quartet From Bacteria To Boys, the 7-drummer installation-band Drummer's Corpse, and the piano trio I HATE WORK (which interprets the songs of Pride's former band, hardcore legends, MDC). He also co-leads the ensembles Pulverize The Sound (w/ Peter Evans and

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), and Period (w/

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and Chuck Bettis). Pride is renowned for his ability to excel in a wide range of genres and ensembles. He has worked with everyone from improvised music icon Anthony Braxton to punk legends Millions Of Dead Cops, toured extensively on four continents, appeared on more than 100 recordings, and is currently touring the world opening for comedian

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with Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore. A short list of his collaborators includes

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, Dynamite Club, Peter Evans,

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, Sam Mickens, Butch Morris, Joe Morris, William Parker,

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Discography

As leader

* The MPThree: ''Sleep Cells'' (Rec. 2003; Utech, 2006), Trio with

and

* ''Scrambler'' (Not Two, 2005), with William Parker,

* Mike Pride's From Bacteria to Boys: ''Betweenwhile'' (AUM Fidelity, 2010), with Darius Jones, Peter Bitenc, Alexis Marcelo *''Drummer's Corpse'' (AUM Fidelity, 2013)

Collaborations

* ''

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/ Brandon Evans /

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/ Mike Pride / Shanir Blumenkranz'' (Parallactic, 2003) *

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: ''Moody Pike'' ( Darla/Agenda, 2004) * Marcos Fernandes / Mike Pride: ''A Mountain Is a Mammal'' (Accretions, 2006) * Evil Eye: ''Doin' It All for My Baby'' (KMB Jazz, 2007) * Jack Wright / Ben Wright / Mike Pride / Nate Wooley: ''Tenterhooks'' (Bug Incision, 2009) * Kirk Knuffke & Mike Pride: ''The Exterminating Angel'' (Not Two, 2012) *

/ Mike Pride /

: ''I Don't Hear Nothin' But the Blues, Volume 2: Appalachian Haze'' (Irabbagast, 2012)

As sideman

With Marc Gartman * ''All's Well That Ends'' (Pushpin, 2002) With Brandon Evans * ''Elliptical Axis 31'' (Parallactic, 2003) With Millions of Dead Cops (MDC) * ''Magnus Dominus Corpus'' ( Sudden Death/ Yellow Dog/Peculio Discos, 2004) With Burd Early * ''Mind and Mother'' (

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, 2004) With

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* ''Bleeding Light'' (Darla, 2005) With

* ''77 Boa Drum'' (Commmons, 2008) * ''77 Boa Drum'' (DVD,

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, 2010) With Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore * ''A Calculus of Loss'' (

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, 2008) * ''Three Less Than Between'' (

, 2009) * ''Three Kinds of Happiness'' (Not Two, 2010) With

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, 2009) With Yoni Kretzmer Trio * ''Nevertheless'' (Hopscotch, 2010) With Quivers * ''Split'' (Part of album by Chart; Ultramarine, 2010) With Pretty Monsters * ''Pretty Monsters'' (Public Eyesore, 2012) Hungry Cowboy * ''Dance'' (Rec. 2010; Prom Night, 2013)

References

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