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Mike Mangini
Mike Mangini, American drummer from Waltham, Massachusetts; Dream Theater drummer 2011-2023 after winning the 2010 audition; Grammy winner for "The Alien"; ex-Extreme, Steve Vai, Annihilator; W.F.D. speed record holder; now touring with Godsmack.
Mike McCready
Mike McCready (Michael David McCready, born 1966) is the American lead guitarist and founding member of Pearl Jam, also of Temple of the Dog and Mad Season (Above, 1995), known for Stevie Ray Vaughan and Hendrix-influenced solos and his 1960 Fender Stratocaster.
Mike Mills
Mike Mills (Michael Edward Mills) is an American musician, bassist, keyboardist, backing vocalist, and co-songwriter of R.E.M., which he co-founded in Athens, Georgia in 1980.
Mike Muir
Mike Muir (Michael Allen Muir), aka Cyco Miko, is the American vocalist who founded Suicidal Tendencies in Venice, California in 1980, also fronting Infectious Grooves and Los Cycos and releasing solo albums as Cyco Miko.
Mike Ness
Mike Ness (Michael James Ness) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter who founded the punk rock band Social Distortion in Fullerton, California, in 1978 and remains its only constant member.
Mike Nolan (singer)
Mike Nolan (born 1954, Dublin) is an Irish-born pop singer, founding member of Bucks Fizz, winners of Eurovision 1981 with Making Your Mind Up; later The Fizz, retired 2024. Not the silent-film musician of the same name.
Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield (Michael Gordon Oldfield, マイク・オールドフィールド), English multi-instrumentalist; his 1973 debut Tubular Bells, first Virgin Records release, sold ~16 million copies, won a 1974 Grammy, and spawned a series plus pop hits like Moonlight Shadow.
Mike Patton
Mike Patton (born 1968, Eureka, California) is the American vocalist of Faith No More and founder of Mr. Bungle, Fantômas, Tomahawk, Peeping Tom, and Ipecac Recordings, known for extreme vocal range.
Mike Pinder
Mike Pinder (1941–2024), co-founder and original keyboardist of the Moody Blues and pioneer of the Mellotron in rock; last surviving original member, key figure on Days of Future Passed, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee in 2018.
Mike Porcaro
Mike Porcaro (Michael Joseph Porcaro, 1955–2015), American bassist, longtime bass player of rock band Toto from 1982, replacing David Hungate; brother of Jeff and Steve Porcaro; died of ALS in 2015.
Mike Portnoy
Mike Portnoy (Michael Stephen Portnoy, born 1967, Long Beach, New York) is an American progressive metal drummer who co-founded Dream Theater in 1985, left in 2010, rejoined in 2023, and also plays in Transatlantic, The Winery Dogs, and Liquid Tension Experiment.
Mike Posner
Mike Posner, Detroit-born singer-songwriter (born 1988 or 1989), known for "Cooler Than Me" and "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" (2017 Grammy Song of the Year nomination), who walked across America in 2019 and summited Everest in 2021.
Mike Post
Mike Post (Michael Postil, born 1944 or 1945) is an American composer of TV themes, including The Rockford Files, Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Magnum P.I., and Law & Order; five Grammys, one Emmy, and 2025 Television Academy Hall of Fame induction.
Mike Reno
Mike Reno (Joseph Michael Rynoski, born 1955) is the Canadian lead singer of rock band Loverboy, formed in Calgary in 1979; also sang on Moxy's Under the Lights and the 1984 hit duet Almost Paradise with Ann Wilson.
Mike Rutherford
Mike Rutherford, born 1950, is an English musician and songwriter, a founding member of Genesis, and the leader of Mike + The Mechanics, formed in 1985.
Mike Score
Mike Score is the Liverpool-born keyboardist, vocalist, and songwriter who founded synthpop band A Flock of Seagulls (1979), wrote and sang "I Ran (So Far Away)", won a 1983 Grammy for "DNA", and remains its only constant member.
Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda (Michael Kenji Shinoda, born 1977) is an American rapper, producer, and visual artist, co-founder and primary songwriter of Linkin Park and founder of Fort Minor (The Rising Tied); his solo debut Post Traumatic (2018) followed Chester Bennington's death, and Linkin Park returned with From Zero in 2024.
Mike Starr (musician)
Mike Starr (Michael Christopher Starr, 1966–2011) was the original bassist of Seattle grunge band Alice in Chains, playing on Facelift and Dirt before leaving in 1993; distinct from the Steel Panther singer Michael Starr.
Mike Vennart
Mike Vennart, also Vennart, is a Manchester-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist, former Oceansize frontman, Biffy Clyro live guitarist, British Theatre co-founder, Empire State Bastard member, and new Cardiacs vocalist on LSD (2025).
Mike Watt
Mike Watt (born 1957, San Pedro) is an American punk bassist: Minutemen and fIREHOSE founder, Stooges bassist 2003–2016, Dos and MSSV member, solo artist behind Ball-Hog or Tugboat? and the 'jamming econo' ethos.
Mikey Way
Mikey Way (Michael James Way, born 1980) is the American bassist and co-founder of My Chemical Romance, brother of Gerard Way, later frontman of Electric Century, with Fender signature Mustang (2012) and Jazz Bass (2023) models.
Mikey Welsh
Mikey Welsh (Michael Edward Welsh, 1971–2011), American bassist for Weezer 1998–2001 who played on the 2001 Green Album, and later a full-time painter in Burlington, Vermont; died in Chicago at 40 after tweeting a prediction of his own death.
Miki Berenyi
Miki Berenyi (born 1967, London) is a British singer-guitarist, co-frontwoman of shoegaze band Lush, later Piroshka and Miki Berenyi Trio, and author of the 2022 memoir Fingers Crossed.
Miki Howard
Miki Howard, born Alicia Michelle Howard in Chicago, is an American R&B singer and actress, ex-Side Effect member, with R&B number ones "Ain't Nuthin' in the World" and "Ain't Nobody Like You," a 2002 Grammy nomination for Three Wishes, and the Billie Holiday role in Malcolm X.
Mikis Theodorakis
Mikis Theodorakis (Μίκης Θεοδωράκης, 1925–2021), Greek composer of Zorba the Greek, Z, and Serpico scores, resistance fighter, MP and minister; founder of entechno art-song and "music for the masses."
Mikkey Dee
Mikkey Dee, born Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou (1963, Gothenburg), is a Swedish drummer of Greek descent who played in King Diamond and Motörhead from 1992 to 2015 and has drummed for Scorpions since 2016, surviving a 2024 sepsis crisis.
Mila J
Mila J (Jamila Chilombo, born 1983, Los Angeles) is an American R&B singer-rapper, ex-member of girl groups Gyrl and Dame Four, sister of Jhené Aiko, known for the shelved Split Personality album, the 2014 M.I.L.A. EP and "Smoke, Drink, Break-Up."
Miles Davis
Miles Davis (Miles Dewey Davis III, 1926–1991), American jazz trumpeter and bandleader: pioneer of cool, modal, and fusion jazz, leader of Kind of Blue, the best-selling jazz album.
Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis Quintet, the Second Great Quintet (1964-1968): Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams. Studio albums E.S.P. through Filles de Kilimanjaro; 'controlled freedom'; Plugged Nickel live recordings.
Miles Kane
Miles Peter Kane, born 1986, is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Birkenhead who co-fronts the Last Shadow Puppets with Alex Turner and has released six solo albums.