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Encyclopedia > Mike Carden

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Michael Stephen Carden (b. 1984, in Schaumburg, Illinois) is the lead guitarist and co-founder of the band The Academy Is..., which is currently signed to Atlantic Records/Fueled By Ramen.[1] Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... For the city Schaumburg in the United States see Schaumburg, Illinois and for the castle in Lower Saxony near Rinteln, see Schaumburg. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... The Academy Is… is a rock band based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... Fueled By Ramens Logo Fueled by Ramen is an independent record label from Gainesville, Florida started by John Janick and Vinnie Fiorello in August of 1996, the drummer for Less Than Jake. ...


Mike attended Schaumburg High School and was a member of the band Jodie; he and future bandmate William Beckett were rivals in the local music scene. When Jodie broke up, Mike and William began to talk about music and eventually, in Mike's junior year, formed The Academy, which released a self-titled EP through LLR Recordings (run by Mike and William's friends Johnny Minardi and Tony Marino).[2] Mike played rhythm guitar at this point. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... LLR logo LLR Recordings was an independent record label located in the suburbs of Chicago. ...


Mike did not attend college, opting instead to focus on music, which he says did not please his family at first. He and William shared an apartment in Chicago and wrote the music for The Academy Is...' first album, Almost Here, which was released by Fueled By Ramen in 2005, thanks to a tip from Pete Wentz. In 2006, Mike appeared in Fall Out Boy's music video "A Little Less 16 Candles, A Little More Touch Me" as a member of William's gang of vampire dandies. Almost Here may refer to: Almost Here (The Academy Is album), an album by The Academy Is. ... This page may meet Wikipedia’s criteria for speedy deletion. ... Fall Out Boy (commonly abbreviated as FOB) is an American alternative rock band from Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago, Illinois) that formed in 2001. ... A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More Touch Me (just Sixteen Candles in the UK) released in 2006, is a single by Fall Out Boy, the third taken from their 2005 album, From Under the Cork Tree. ...


Mike currently plays lead guitar for The Academy Is... and sometimes adds backing vocals at live shows. The Academy Is… is a rock band based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. ...


References

  1. ^ http://groups.msn.com/taionline
  2. ^ http://www.fueledbyramen.com/theacademyis

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