After a weekend concert preview-induced delay, here is this month's Defunct Local Band Profile! This monhtly feature post looks at a defunct or inactive local metal, hard rock, or punk act (randomly selected from our band links), and this month gives us a prolific and familiar face who has a lot of music to his name and promoted by his podcasting and radio platforms, so with that said, here's what you should know!
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Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Genre: Classic/Funk/Hard Rock/Jazz
Lineup:
Mike Cliffe, all instruments
Audio/Video: A prolific original musician with online material dating back to at least the late 2000s, Mike has hundreds of original songs and collaborations on his Reverbnation page, and while that platform maddeningly doesn't display upload dates for songs, none are visibly recent. His YouTube channel also features "assorted Audiofumes and Randomoniumz" from his active period on social media, the vast majority featuring him performing in some capacity. Note that Mike does not perform in live concert settings (at least not formally) and has not released his solo music on major streaming platforms or physical media. Here's Mike playing his 2013 original composition "Dream Of Insomnia"!
Info/Analysis: A staple of our local band links since the SMS moved to Blogger in 2009, Mike Cliffe has been an active musically in various forms since then, though he always focused on studio collaborations and jamming over live performance, with only sporadic covers. Much of his work with other musicians has been via international and far-flung artists, often met via networking for Mike's podcast-turned-internet radio station Audiofumes, which remains active with a very eclectic playlist of genre-free music. Local collaborations have happened, including with prolific local rock drummer Glen Thomas in the early 2010s, while Mike is the father-in-law of Jupiter Marvelous frontman Anthony Marcello. Mike seems to be focusing on running Audiofumes more than his own music nowadays, but his guitar talents cross genre lines with a lot of technical flair and a good ear for melodies, and you do still hear his own music on the Audiofumes podcast!
It would be interesting to hear Mike compile even a compilation of his best solo material as a paid album release, but there's plenty of good songs of his to check out between Reverbnation and YouTube, like "Bad Regime", "In Equity", and "Dog's Breakfast" among many others. Give him a listen above, and check out Audiofumes for a wide array of underground music!
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I hope that you guys liked this month's Defunct Local Band Profile! Next month in this series, our randomly selected inactive band is actually from another prolific local rock guitarist name Mike, specifically the inactive early-mid 2020s punk supergroup Mikey & His Uke! Look for that on or around October 10th, and for more news and notes on the SMS soon! Thanks everyone!
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