Mike Clark (guitarist)

Mike Clark
Genres	Heavy metal, thrash metal, funk metal, punk rock
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	since 1987
Associated acts	Suicidal Tendencies

Mike Clark is an American heavy metal and punk rock guitarist. He is best known for being the rhythm guitarist with Suicidal Tendencies. He has been playing with the band since 1987, and was the only member besides Mike Muir to return to the band when they reunited.^[1] He originally played in the thrash metal band No Mercy with Muir. During Suicidal's breakup he was a member of Creeper.

From the day he joined Suicidal Clark was very active in the band's songwriting, writing much of the music for his first album with the band, How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today. His early compositions were mostly thrash oriented but stuck to the bands already melodic sound, but he continued to write music for the band that covered many different styles, this comes into play best on The Art of Rebellion, as Clark even claimed in an interview "This is definitely our most diverse album yet, but it wasn't really planned that way, it's just the way we've grown musically"

Clark has had endorsement deals with B.C. Rich, Jackson, and Yamaha guitars in the past. He used to play a custom made BC Rich Gunslinger guitar with a skull wearing the classic Suicidal flip cap painted on it, but he no longer plays this guitar. Clark's early trademark image was his straight long hair and the Suicidal flip cap. He has since cut his hair, he also now wears a blue bandana like Mike Muir.

Mike and his wife Shannon have a daughter named Christina, who was seen at the end of the live video for "War Inside My Head".

References

1. ^ http://metalstorm.ee/bands/band.php?band_id=399&bandname=Suicidal%2BTendencies Metal Storm

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