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In the News (Sat 12 Dec 09)

  
  Rock Salt Plum Welcomes Artist Mikey Welsh
Mikey Welsh is a self-taught artist based in Burlington, VT. His style is somewhat akin to Art Brut and the Cobra movement of the 1940's.
Mikey's mother, who is a classically-trained painter, immersed him in art from a young age.
The illusion of art success, he said, is appealing, but the reality might be as disappointing as rock stardom.” Mikey, it seems to me that you escaped into the country to avoid fame and fortune, but your success as an artist might sabotage your efforts.
www.rocksaltplum.com /RSPSpring2007/ARTMikeyWelsh.html   (3110 words)

  
  Encyclopedia: Mikey Welsh
Welsh makes a dozen or more paintings a week; since July, when he moved to the Main Street townhouse with his wife Danielle and her 6-year-old son, he estimates he's painted 150 canvasses.
Welsh, who dropped out of high school in 10th grade, is a self-taught artist, and in some ways his work is consistent with that of the uninhibited and often childlike "outsider" canon: The perspective is flat; human anatomy and proportion are crudely approximated.
Mikey Welsh is a self-taught artist based in Burlington, VT. His style is somewhat akin to Art Brut and the Cobra movement of the 1940's.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mikey-Welsh   (1256 words)

  
 Mikey Welsh   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mikey Welsh (born April 20, 1971) is a bass player from Weezer.
Mikey Mikey is a weekly comic strip about a kid named Mikey and his buddies.
David's Welsh Society of Greater Kansas City Founded in the 1890s by Welsh immigrants for fellowship and mutual aid, the society is open to anyone with an interest in learning about and promoting Welsh history and culture.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Mikey_Welsh.html   (382 words)

  
 Mikey Welsh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mikey Welsh (born April 20, 1971 in Syracuse, New York) was the bassist of the band Weezer.
Welsh started off as a Boston-area musician, playing in bands such as Chevy Heston, Jocobono, Left Nut, and The Heretix.
Welsh left Weezer in 2001 for reasons that don't seem to be fully understood.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mikey_Welsh   (454 words)

  
 Weezer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Future Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh was part of the solo band's line-up.
As reported on August 16th, 2001, by MTV, bassist Mikey Welsh was checked into a psychiatric hospital.
The fourth album, Maladroit, was released in 2002 with Scott Shriner replacing Mikey Welsh on the bass, and served as a harder-edged version of their trademark catchy pop-influenced music.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Weezer   (3334 words)

  
 Mikey Welsh USA painting...sculpture
Mikey makes art from the inside of his mind and splatters it all over the inside of yours.
Unlike the polite sensibility found in a floral still life or windy landscape, Mikey's spitting attack on color and form bring a unique change to the viewer as Welsh's world becomes visible.
Mikey's advance through the images in his mind continues to show his colorful world dragged into ours.
www.outsiderart.info /welsh.htm   (313 words)

  
 Mikey Welsh   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mikey's mother, who is a classically-trained painter, immersed him in art from a young age.
Starting with watercolors and collage, Mikey continued to work on art until the age of 19, at which point he started his music career.
The day of the Paradise opening, one of Mikey's pieces from the show, titled Heroin, was prominently featured in a Rolling Stone article about musicians who also paint.
www.mikeywelsh.com /mbio.htm   (365 words)

  
 The CHUD.COM Message Boards - Weezer Bassist Missing...
Over the weekend Weezer's official website reported that bassist Mikey Welsh might not be able to make it out to LA for rehearsals because of an unspecified medical problem.
Welsh was supposed to get on a red-eye flight from Boston to LA in order to make a video shoot (the band is shooting a second video for "Islands in the Sun," this time with Spike Jonze at the helm), but Welsh never got on the plane.
Hopefully Welsh, who replaced original bassist Matt Sharp after the release of the fan-favorite and commercial flop Pinkerton in 1996, is physically okay and simply doesn't want to be in Weezer anymore.
www.chud.com /forums/printthread.php?t=25223   (488 words)

  
 Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries
The news comes as the band is auditioning possible replacements for Welsh for upcoming live dates and after the bassist missed the band's video shoot for "Island In The Sun" on Wednesday (August 15) in Chatsworth, California.
Welsh joined Weezer after original bassist Matt Sharp left the band to concentrate on the Rentals.
Welsh recently told us about his history prior to joining Weezer and how he joined the band.
top40-charts.com /news.php?nid=618   (550 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : Welsh in Psychiatric Hosp.
Welsh is the band's second bassist, having replaced original member Matt Sharp when he departed in 1998 to pursue his side-project, the
Although Welsh had recently announced a leave of absence from Weezer because of a "private medical condition," he had been expected to join band mates Rivers Cuomo, Pat Wilson and Brian Bell in Los Angeles on Tuesday for a Spike Jonze-directed video shoot of "Island in the Sun" the following day.
Without explanation, Welsh missed his scheduled flight from Boston to Los Angeles, leaving the remaining members of the group to ponder the severity of his condition.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5932491/welsh_in_psychiatric_hosp   (363 words)

  
 July 2003 | DIW | Side Dish
Most recently, second bassist Mikey Welsh exited the band and then headed straight to the psychiatric ward - and was quickly replaced by Scott Shriner.
Through his musical contribution to the group wasn't significant, Welsh was the guy who lived with Cuomo during Weezer's post-Pinkerton dry spell and was pivotal in resurrecting the band.
Suffice to say, Welsh's viewpoint is certainly a far cry from Wilson and Bell's portrait of growth and maturity.
wma.weezernation.com /200307diw.htm   (2758 words)

  
 Mikey Jewellery   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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 WEEZER [MTV: Music Television - MTV.TV artist of the week]
Before they entered the studio to record their third release, Weezer tested the waters by playing on the 2000 Warped Tour, and were warmly welcomed back by enthusiastic crowds.
Mikey Welsh departed the band shortly afterwards and was replaced by Scott Shriner, and that winter in-between touring the group began recording their next album "Maladroit";, which arrived in 2002.
With a slightly harder edged sound than it's predecessor, the album none-the-less was still characteristically energetic and fun, and went on to be the feel-good rock album of the summer.
www.mtv.tv /mtv.tv/dynamo/shells/artist_of_the_week.jhtml;jsessionid=THANXFKZ0M40NQFIAIICFE4AVABBCIV0?article=30119015   (626 words)

  
 102.1 Milwaukee's Alternative Station   (Site not responding. Last check: )
filling matt's place is mikey welsh, of boston, and formerly of juliana hatfield's band.
the following spring rivers and mikey joined brian and pat in los angeles and had on/off rehearsal sessions over the next couple of years.
The band continued their relentless touring through 2001, finally pausing to record their 4th album, Maladroit, which was released in May 2002.
www.rock102one.com /bandbio.asp?ID=140   (594 words)

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