Mike Turner (musician)
| Mike Turner | |
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Turner in September 2001
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mike A. Turner |
| Also known as | Emtee |
| Born |
June 5, 1963 Bradford, England, United Kingdom |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, record producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Associated acts | Our Lady Peace, Fair Ground, Crash Karma |
| Notable instruments | |
| Tom Anderson Hollow T Classic with custom artwork by Oli Goldsmith | |
Michael A. "Mike" Turner (born June 5, 1963) is an English-born Canadian musician and producer. He is best known as the former lead guitarist and founding member of the band Our Lady Peace and current member of alternative rock supergroup Crash Karma.
Born on June 5, 1963, in Halifax, England, Turner grew up heavily influenced by punk rock. His first guitar was a gift from his mother on his seventeenth birthday. He played in a variety of bands during the 1980s.
Turner moved to Ontario, Canada at the age of eighteen. He studied English literature at the University of Western Ontario. He lived in Saugeen-Maitland Hall at the University of Western Ontario along with fellow Our Lady Peace band member Duncan Coutts.
After his departure from OLP he began producing music and played guitar in the Canadian band Fair Ground, with Harem Scarem guitarist Pete Lesperance, In 2008, he joined Canadian super group Crash Karma composed of Edwin, former lead singer of I Mother Earth; Jeff Burrows, former drummer for the Tea Party; and Amir Epstein, former bassist for Zygote. The band released a self-titled album on March 16, 2010.
In late 1991, Turner placed an ad in Toronto-based Now newspaper in search of musicians. Michael Maida, a criminology student at the University of Toronto, was the first to reply. The two formed a band called As If, inviting Jim Newell as drummer and a friend of Turner's, Paul Martin, to play bass. After they played a number of gigs in Oshawa with sets containing a mix of original and cover material, Martin departed soon after, and the band placed an ad for a replacement bassist. Chris Eacrett, a business student at Ryerson University, replied and was accepted after an audition. During that time, Turner and Maida attended a music seminar where they met songwriter and producer Arnold Lanni, the owner of Arnyard Studios. The band, with Lanni, commenced writing new material and recorded some material under the As If name.
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