Mike Killeen Bio

Originally from Athens, Georgia and now living in Decatur, Mike counts
Bob Dylan, Vic Chesnutt, Nirvana, and Uncle Tupelo among his formative
influences. He has shared the stage with southern rock legends the
Marshall Tucker Band and Grammy Award winners The Blind Boys of
Alabama.

Mike's third full-length album, "Poverty is Real" is set for release
in spring 2011. Produced by Will Robertson, the record is a more
muscular presentation of Mike's songwriting than found previously,
with crunchy electric guitars and racous crash cymbals appearing
throughout.

Mike’s first album, "Guns Kill People," was produced by Mark Van Allen
and released in 2006. The record opens with the electric guitars of
"Crippled Town," before settling into the pedal-steel-laden "Searching
for an Angel". Together, the first two tracks capture the spirited
arrangements found throughout. Appearing on the album are Van Allen
(Indigo Girls) on pedal steel, Mike Steel (Randall Bramlett band) on
bass, and Claire Campbell (Hope For Agoldensummer) on backing vocals.

The following year, Mike released "Demos, Outtakes, Live, and Whatnot
Volume I: 2002-2006," a collection of songs recorded before the Guns
Kill People album. The compilation includes "Verb in E," which
appeared on Vol. 2, No. 1 of "Verb," an award-winning audioquarterly
that features original fiction, poetry, and music.

In 2008, Mike reconnected with Mark Van Allen to record and release
"Little. And Low.," an EP featuring five of Mike's more melancholy
songs. "Baby Be True" was recorded live at Full Moon Studios in
Watkinsville, Georgia in May, 2009. Produced by Jay Rodgers, the album
captures Mike's songs in their rawest forms, supported only by
acoustic guitar and harmonica.

Some important nouns in Mike's life:
Northside Hospital
Athens (Hershel Walker, REM)
Tears (hungry, Reagan elected)
Greg
Solid foods
The Giving Tree
Sean
Dale Murphy
Athens Montessori School
Infiniti
Barnett Shoals Elementary
Michael Jackson Thriller
Book It!
Star Wars
Principal’s office (spoons)
Long division
Little League baseball
Rob
Clarke Middle School
Braces
The Beatles Rubber Soul
Girls
Nirvana Nevermind
Cedar Shoals High School
Liz Phair Exile in Guyville
Jack Logan Bulk
Guitar
Jaywalking Lady
Vic Chesnutt Little
Memorial Park
Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home
Ford Ranger
Pavement Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
The Catcher in the Rye
#12 in your program
Son Volt Trace
Harmonica
High school sweetheart
University of Georgia
Fern Hill, America
I’m a Georgia Voter
Piano
J school (omit needless words)
Nathan
Conflict of Interest
Name in print
Bass
Name in lights
Marshall Tucker Band
Jessica
Arthur
Alcohol
Ping pong (Nate 91, me 73)
Hanging chads
Joshua
Black eye (punk rock argument with punks)
B average (almost)
Zell Miller demented commencement
Paint
Decatur
Lenz, Inc.
Confederacy of Dunces
Curbside Crush
Blind Boys of Alabama
Matrimony
Mortgage
Guns Kill People
Verb in E
Demos, Outtakes, Live, and Whatnot, Volume I
Little. And Low.
Mike Killeen and the Sweethearts
Liam
Mourning Auntie
Godfather to Judy
Baby Be True
Poverty is Real