Subject: Mike Malinin info!!!!! From: mickeymoto@aol.com (MickeyMoto) Date: 1997/08/12 Message-ID: <19970812233200.TAA05782@ladder01.news.aol.com> Newsgroups: alt.music.goo-goo-dolls [More Headers] Article Segment 1 of 2 (Get All 2 Segments) Posted on the goo e-mail list!!! >Greetings. > >It's me, Alex Malinin. > >Here's some background on my brother Mike. You can post all or part of it if >you want: > >Birthday: Oct. 10, 1967. > >Birthplace: Washington, D.C. > >Our family moved to Miami, Fl in 1970. All four of us kids attended the same >high school - Ransom Everglades. Mike graduated in 1985. After that, he >enrolled at North Texas State Univertsity (since renamed the University of >North Texas) in Denton, Texas. He started as a music major, but decided to >change majors after one semester, eventually settling on Philosophy; he has >not yet completed his degree. > >While in Texas he played in a string of bands including Last Rites (who can be >heard in the XXX Records compilation "Dude, You Rock") and caulk (independent >CD release titled "Learn to Take..." features Mike on drums). In between Last >Rites and caulk, Mike moved to L.A. with a band called Blowfish that featured >ex-Pantera and Lord Tracy lead singer Terry Glaze. (fyi -Blowfish changed >their name to Red Tool Box after Hootie hit big...).They never landed a record >deal and broke apart after a couple years of trying. Mike then auditioned for >and got a gig with the band Careless, featuring Brian Baker (ex-Minor Threat, >now with Bad Religion), Nathan December (who toured worldwide with REM as an >extra guiter player a couple years ago), and Marc Solomon (also fron Texas, >currently with Tommy Stinson's band Perfect). Careless was a great band and >was being looked at seriously by Atlantic Records (I think) before a deal fell >through. Eventually, Careless split up as one after another >too-good-to-pass-up opportunities came along (see above). Careless had been >managed by the same outfit (Third Rail Mgmt / Pat Magnarella) as Goo Goo Dolls >and after George got the boot, Pat asked Mike if he'd be interested in >auditioning with the Goos (this was in January '95). Pat had by this rime >passed along a Careless demo tape to John and Rob, and the two of them liked >it and thought Mike would be a good fit, and since he wasn't doing anything at >the time, Mike accepted the invitation. John and Rob flew out to California, >booked some rehearsal space and the rest is history. > >Mike's public debut w/ the Goo Goo Dolls took place in L.A in the late winter >of 1995 (at the Whiskey, I think). They then played in New Orleans at the >Gavin Report industry convention during Mardi Gras, appearing with Belly and >the Poster Children at the State Palace (a huge old movie theater) on Canal >Street. I was there for that one. The show was good, but was marred by some >equipment malfunctions - John's guitar (or amp) quit working and the set came >to a premature conclusion. Anyway, they went out on tour shortly after that >and stayed on the road for ever and a day. They passed through Houston in >April '95 and drew a whopping 50 or so paying customers to their show at the >tiny Urban Art Bar. Next time back was on the Bush tour (and after 'Name' >broke big time) and they were all of a sudden playing to 15,000 people at the >Summit (basketball arena). In between, I also saw the Dolls play at Irving >Plaza in NYC in September(?) of '95. It was a great show - sold out, very >enthusiastic crowd; opening act was Smoking Popes. > >Mike also has a side project band called Clumsy (formerly the Noods). They are >Mike on drums, Marc Solomon on guitar and vocals, and Rob Cooper on bass. >(both Marc and Rob also play in Tommy Stinson's band Perfect). They just >recorded a demo this spring - I have a copy - and are looking for a record >label. Clumsy is really cool - and sounds a lot like Careless did for obvious >reasons. > >Mike still lives in LA (Hollywood, actually) while John and Rob have moved >back to Buffalo after living briefly in NYC. > >Mike's family: >Parents: Ted and Dorothy Malinin >Siblings: Ellen, Alex, Catherine. Mike is the youngest. > >Mike's interests include distance running (he has completed several >marathons), skiing, and cycling. > >He is single, but he does have a girlfriend. > >At 6'-3", he is by far the tallest member of the band. > >GGD Recordings w/ Mike on drums include 'Don't Change' on the Ace Ventura / >When Nature Calls soundtrack, 'Name (live)' on the VH1 Crossroads various >artists CD, and 'Lazy Eye' on the Batman and Robin soundtrack. I understand >there is also a version of 'Only One' on ESPN's X-games soundtrack. If it's >live, it probably includes Mike on Drums, but I haven't heard it, so I don't >know for sure. > >As you already know, the Goo Goo Dolls will be recording their next album >beginning this summer in Buffalo. Mike will probably relocate (temporarily) to >Buffalo for the duration of the recording sessions. >