HERE IS A LIST OF THE GROUPS THAT MIKE IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH. Check upcoming gigs page for concert dates. *******AS A LEADER*******: -FROM BACTERIA TO BOYS- Darius Jones- alto sax Evan Lipson- bass Mike Pride- drums (presenting Mike's "Statement Musics": looping, collage-based material & chant works) -the MPTHREE- Mary Halvorson- guitar Ken Filiano- bass Mike Pride- drums, glockenspiel, occasional vocals, compositions (new-music for power trio & song cycles) -EVIL EYE- Jonathan Moritz- tenor & soprano sax Mike Pride- drums Nate Wooley- trumpets Ken Filiano- bass (improvising quartet co-lead by Jonathan Moritz) -WHOOPIE PIE- Bill McHenry- tenor sax Jamie Saft- fretless electric bass Mike Pride-drums (down-East power blues trio) myspace.com/WhoopiePie -DRUMMER'S CORPSE- Mike Pride- voice, keyboard, floor tom Fritz Welch, Kevin Shea, Brian Chase, Chuck Bettis, Ben Gerstein, Ian Antonio, Russel Greenberg, Johnny McLellan, Oran Canfield & more- drums Chris Welcome, Charlie Looker orBen Greenberg- guitar Marissa Perel or Terresa Velez- dance Jaime Fennelly- live processing, farfissa (multi-layer, polyrythmic, hyper-dense, drone based catharsis music for DRUMMERS, composed by Mike Pride) -DYNAMITE CLUB- Kentaro Saito- guitar & voice Mike Pride- drums & voice Evan Lipson- bass (high-octane avant-rock band) dynamiteclub.com -ANGEL Ov DEATH- Andrew d'Angelo- alto sax, bass clarinet Jamie Saft- keyboards, bass Mike Pride- drumset, vocals -Mike Pride's BIG F***ING SELL OUT (Quintet or Big Band)- Andrew D'Angelo & Darius Jones- alto sax & bass clarinet Nate Wooley- trumpets Mike Gamble- el. guitar Evan Lipson- el. bass Mike Pride- drums *SOMETIMES EXPANDED TO A 12-16 PERSON BIG BAND!!! (serialized and "Statement Musics" for quintet or big band) -Scene Fucker- Socio-political settings for a revolving cast of musicians from a variety of musical backgrounds. Previous partcipants include: Tony Malaby, William Parker, Charlie Looker, Okkyung Lee, Perry Robinson, Aaron Ali Shaikh, Jessica Pavone, Brian Moran, Gerald Menke, Brett Deschenes, Nat Baldwin, Eyal Maoz, Kentaro Saito, Tim Kiah, Loren Dempster & Ben Lee. -Snuggle/Stencil- Mike Pride- drums, vocals Mike Gamble- guitar Jesse Krakow- el. bass (thrash/prog. rock meets additive classical composition) -NED MUFFLEBURGER BAND- Ned Muffleburger- vocals, guitar, shamanistic engineering Mike Gamble- guitar Fritz Welch- drums Jesse Krakow or Byrne Klay- bass (shamistic noise-pop/psych-folk) -PERIOD- Charlie Looker- guitar Mike Pride- drums Chuck Bettis- vocals (semi-composed cellular slay motives) -Mike Pride's SCRAMBLER- Tony Malaby- tenor sax Charlie Looker- guitar William Parker or Mark Helias- bass Mike Pride- drums (free-improvisation meets avant-rock) -VISITORS- (chris forsyth) electric guitar:drums & percussion (mike pride) (song based improvisations) -Mike Pride SONGS- Mike Pride singing his songs with or without band. -BUNDA LOVE - Mike Pride & id m theft able- percussion, electronics, vocals etc. (noise from the southern-maine underground) -PUNKAPPELLA- International political a cappella ensemble. With Dusan Hedl & Bojan from Slovenia's CZD, Mike Pride & a revolving cast of Brooklyn-ites. AS A SIDEMAN: DEALBREAKER Aaron Ali Shaikh- alto sax James Ilgenfritz III- doublebass Mike Pride- drums (impressionistic readings of standard jazz repetiore, release on Utech Records) Josh Sinton's Holus-Bolus Josh Sinton- bass clarinet, bari sax Jeremy Udden- alto sax Peter Bitenc- bass Mike Pride- drums Jack Wright/Brandon Seabrook/Mike Pride Trio Jack Wright Quartet Jack Wright- saxaphones Nate Wooley- trumpets Mike Pride- drums & percussion Ben Wright- doublebass Sonny Simmons RENEGADE SOCIETY Sonny Simmons- alto sax, english horn Brandon Evans- tenor sax, bass clarinet Shanir Blumenkranz- doublebass Mike Pride- drums Andrew d'Angelo's Morthana with Pride Andrew D'Angelo- baritone sax Anders Hana- guitar Morten Olsen- drums, percussion Mike Pride- vocals, drums, amplified percussion Jason Stein's LOCKSMITH ISADORE Jason Stein- bass clarinet Jason Roebke- bass Mike Pride- drums, vibraphone Matthew Welch's BLARVUSTER Matthew Welch- bagpipes, soprano sax, voice Leah Faye Paul- flutes Karen Waltuch- viola Mary Halvorson- el. guitar Ian Riggs- el. bass Mike Pride- drums & glockenspiel Emily Manzo- piano Matthew Welch Trio Matthew Welch- bagpipes Mike Pride- drums Timothy Dahl- bass The Sperm Wales Jason Weston- programming Tom Shad- bass Mike Pride- drums Aarktica Jon Derosa's loop based drone/songs/improv band. -FREE IMPROVISATION DUOS- -Nate Wooley//Mike Pride DUO- trumpet & voice:drums, percussion & voice -Kevin Davis//Mike Pride- cello:percussion -Marcos Fernandes//Mike Pride- percussion, field recordings:percussion, electronics -Bill Horist/Mike Pride- prepared guitar/drumset ****FOR MORE INFORMATION AND/OR BOOKING INFO CONTACT MIKE PRIDE @ mp AT mikepride DOT com