Mike Belitsky
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Michael Jonathon Belitsky is a Canadian musician. He has played drums for a number of bands, including Jellyfishbabies, Jale, Neko Case, and Pernice Brothers,[1] and later The Sadies.
Early life
Belitsky was born in Toronto, Ontario.[2] He attended Concordia University in Montreal.[3]
Career
Belitsky left Concordia in 1987 to join the band Jellyfishbabies, who relocated to Toronto.[3] He later moved to Halifax, drumming in punk bands.[1] In 1996 he became a member of the band Jale, and drummed on their second album, So Wound. A year later he performed at the New York Pop Explosion festival with the band Cheticamp.[4]
By 2004 he was playing with the band Unintended[5] as well as The Sadies.[6]
In 2013 he joined the band The New Mendicants. He toured Spain with the group in 2014,[7] and drummed on their 2014 album Into the Lime.[8]
In 2018 Belitsky injured his shoulder while ice skating, and was unable to perform for several months.[9] Since that time he has continued to play in The Sadies, The Unintended, and The New Mendicants.[7]
Album appearances
- Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006, Anti-)
References
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- ↑ a b "Mike Belitsky". Exclaim!, By Jason Schneider, Sep 01, 2004
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- ↑ a b "The New Mendicants – the indie supergroup that begs to differ". The Irish Times, Jan 17, 2014, Lauren Murphy
- ↑ " The New Mendicants". AllMusic Biography by Timothy Monger
- ↑ "Through Northern Passages and Broken Bones: The Sadies". The Sound, by Chris Illich, June 5, 2019
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