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Mike Turner

Born: 1963-06-05

Mike A. Turner is a musician and producer. He is the former lead guitarist of the band Our Lady Peace. He currently plays guitar in the Canadian band Fair Ground, with Harem Scarem guitarist Pete Lesperance.

Born on June 5, 1963, in Bradford, 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.

Turner placed a "Musicians Wanted" ad in NOW for his band As If. The ad was answered by Raine Maida and Our Lady Peace eventually formed.

Of the four members of Our Lady Peace, Turner was the most active with its online fans. He joined and read the Clumsy Congress (the official Our Lady Peace message board) regularly and often talked about how intelligent its members were in interviews. He occasionally posted, but never liked to sway conversation or attract attention to himself.

Turner left Our Lady Peace in December of 2001, citing musical and creative differences. Following his departure he stated that he and the band were growing in different directions.

Inspired by his work with producers Arnold Lanni (Our Lady Peace, Simple Plan, Finger Eleven) and Bob Rock (Our Lady Peace, Metallica, The Cult), he became very interested in the production side of music. Mike decided to produce and write full-time.

He established himself as a source for live recordings, using a streamlined mobile live recording rig of his own design, and he also built a private recording studio in his home, taking on projects for labels like Capitol, EMI and Sony. Turner partnered with kindred music industry veterans Mari Dew, Caryn Hanlon, and Trevor Kustiak to launch The Pocket Entertainment and The Pocket Studios in Toronto.

Past Bands
Our Lady Peace: guitar (1992-00-00 - 2001-12-00)
Fair Ground: guitar (2005-00-00 - 2009-00-00)
Crash Karma: guitar (2009-00-00 - 0000-00-00)

Writer
Our Lady Peace - All for You: music
Our Lady Peace - Annie: music
Our Lady Peace - The Birdman: music
Our Lady Peace - Blister: music
Our Lady Peace - Bring Back the Sun: music
Our Lady Peace - Car Crash: music
Our Lady Peace - Carnival: music
Our Lady Peace - Consequence of Laughing: music
Our Lady Peace - Denied: music
Our Lady Peace - Dirty Walls: music
Our Lady Peace - Happiness and the Fish: music
Our Lady Peace - Hope: music
Our Lady Peace - Is Anybody Home?: music
Our Lady Peace - Is It Safe?: music
Our Lady Peace - Julia: music
Our Lady Peace - Let You Down: music
Our Lady Peace - Life: music
Our Lady Peace - Lying Awake: music
Our Lady Peace - Naveed: music
Our Lady Peace - Neon Crossing: music
Our Lady Peace - One Man Army: music
Our Lady Peace - Potato Girl: music
Our Lady Peace - Shaking: music
Our Lady Peace - Starseed: music
Our Lady Peace - Stealing Babies: music
Our Lady Peace - A Story about a Girl: music
Our Lady Peace - The Story of 100 Aisles: music
Our Lady Peace - Supersatellite: music
Our Lady Peace - Thief: music
Our Lady Peace - Under Zenith: music
Our Lady Peace - Waited: music
Our Lady Peace - Whatever: music
Our Lady Peace - The Wonderful Future: music

Performer
Fair Ground - Automatic: guitar, backing vocals
Fair Ground - Boy without a Clue: guitar, backing vocals
Fair Ground - Down In It: guitar, backing vocals
Fair Ground - Life Goes On: guitar, backing vocals
Fair Ground - Nameless: guitar, backing vocals
Fair Ground - No Sign of Life: guitar, backing vocals
Fair Ground - Say You Will: guitar, backing vocals
Fair Ground - Skeleton Tree: guitar, backing vocals
Fair Ground - Upside Down: guitar, backing vocals
Fair Ground - What Are You Waiting For?: guitar, backing vocals
Jay McGroarty and Mike Turner - The Alchemist: guitar, backing vocals, programming
Jay McGroarty and Mike Turner - Beautiful Forever: guitar, backing vocals, programming
Jay McGroarty and Mike Turner - Don't Start: guitar, backing vocals, programming
Jay McGroarty and Mike Turner - I Want to Be: guitar, backing vocals, programming



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