Mike Belitsky

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Mike Belitsky
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Belitsky with the Sadies in 2025
Background information
Born
Michael Jonathon Belitsky

(1966-01-19) January 19, 1966 (age 59)
Boston, Massachusetts
Genres Indie rock, country
Instrument Drums
Years active1980s–present
LabelsBlue Fog, Sonic Unyon

Michael Jonathon Belitsky is a Canadian musician. He has played drums for a number of bands, including Jellyfishbabies, Jale, Neko Case, and Pernice Brothers, [1] and later The Sadies.

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Early life

Belitsky was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [2] [3] He attended Concordia University in Montreal. [4]

Career

Belitsky left Concordia in 1987 to join the band Jellyfishbabies, who relocated to Toronto. [4] He later moved to Halifax, drumming in punk bands. [1] In 1996, he became a member of the band Jale, and drummed on their second album, So Wound . A year later he performed at the New York Pop Explosion festival with the band Cheticamp. [5]

By 2004, he was playing with the band Unintended [6] as well as The Sadies. [7]

In 2013, he joined the band The New Mendicants. He toured Spain with the group in 2014, [8] and drummed on their 2014 album Into the Lime . [9]

In 2018, Belitsky injured his shoulder while ice skating, and was unable to perform for several months. [10] Since that time he has continued to play in The Sadies, The Unintended, and The New Mendicants. [8]

Album appearances

References

  1. 1 2 "Mike Belitsky". Exclaim! , By Jason Schneider, Sep 01, 2004
  2. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1713528/2020/04/05/tales-from-the-juno-cup-and-identifying-canadas-best-hockey-playing-musician/
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050209195906/http://www.hdf.ca/
  4. 1 2 Michael Barclay; Ian A.D. Jack; Jason Schneider (June 2011). Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance, 1985-1995. ECW Press. p. 636. ISBN   978-1-55490-968-1.
  5. ↑ Josh O'Kane (1 April 2016). Nowhere with You: The East Coast Anthems of Joel Plaskett, The Emergency and Thrush Hermit. ECW Press. p. 93. ISBN   978-1-77090-840-6.
  6. ↑ No Depression. Vol. 49–54. No Depression. 2004. p. 154.
  7. ↑ Larry LeBlanc (14 August 2004). "Sadies get colourful" - Billboard. p. 59. ISSN   0006-2510.
  8. 1 2 "The New Mendicants – the indie supergroup that begs to differ". The Irish Times , Jan 17, 2014, Lauren Murphy
  9. ↑ " The New Mendicants". AllMusic Biography by Timothy Monger
  10. ↑ "Through Northern Passages and Broken Bones: The Sadies". The Sound, by Chris Illich, June 5, 2019
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