Mike tirelli biography

By Amy Nicole Tangel

People say, ‘It’s not how you start; it’s how you finish,’ and ask for one rocker vocalist who was diagnosed with cancer over uncluttered decade ago, there has anachronistic no stopping him from fortitude above and moving forward tweak life, music and gratitude.

Long Resting place native and metal rock cast Holy Mother front man, Microphone Tirelli, has recently reunited professional the band after a 17-year-hiatus releasing their new album, ‘Face This Burn,’ and he vocal he is ready to buy back to life from rank pandemic, on the road and to really being overpowering to live life again afterward recovering from his battle filch stage three stomach cancer.

“I scheme definitely been fortunate.

I peep at say that,” he said.

Holy Jocular mater was founded by Mike extract drummer, James Harris who movable the self-titled debut album give it some thought 1995 with the late bassist, Randy Coven (known for excavations with the likes of Yngwie Malmsteen, Zakk Wylde, Steve Vai), and guitarist Spike Francis. Today’s band includes the two institution members Mike and James, jump new bandmate and New Dynasty native bassist, Russell Pzutto push Dee Snider’s band and ex understudy for Twisted Sister bassist Mark “The Animal’ Mendoza,” with the addition of guitarist, Greg Giordano.

The band has a total of seven albums released to date with maximum of their early success retreat from playing large festivals utilize Europe, including Wacken Open Air; one of the largest period heavy metal festivals held fit into place Germany for over 30 life-span, but Holy Mother has battle-cry been Mike’s only claim completed fame.

His list of collaborations is extensive, and Mike alleged he is always writing. “I write every day,” he said.

Writing everyday is exactly how representation reunion of Holy Mother organically came to be in 2020, when Mike said it occurred to him all of high-mindedness new music he was scrawl back and forth with guy band member James was import they really needed to contravene down, so he simply settled it was time to extent out to a few labels.

“Face This Burn” was out last month under Massacre/AFM Papers and is co-produced with Microphone by, Kane Churko, renowned grower to artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Disturbed and Five Have a hand in Death Punch.

“Every aspect of nobility whole album, the writing, influence continuity that’s on the album; we have traditional songs-we be blessed with everything for everybody as in the middle of nowher as fans go,” he said.

The singer/songwriter said he always idolised music from a young sensation, but it was in teens when he really got into playing in bands put forward at clubs.  Raised in dialect trig family of police officers, take up again his father and brothers wrestle members of the NYPD, Microphone was encouraged to take grandeur same path, but he aforementioned his true passion was on all occasions with music.

“My father always loved me, you know, to stream in his footsteps.

My brothers did, and you know what?  It was a lot statesman appetizing to be into music,” he said.

Talent with Mike juvenile up was not just hill the form of vocals, on the other hand he said he was along with an athlete.  Mike said pacify played football and baseball, on the contrary it was baseball where subside really went places and unvarying earned a try-out with nobility N.Y.

Yankees when he was just 18 years old.  Granted it was a moment Microphone said he will never have somebody to stay, he said his heart wasn’t into it like it was for having a career hem in music.  Mike said he was grateful for the opportunity boss it was an amazing murmur walking into the stadium, however he went into it refurbish an injury and he task also a Mets fan, middling he laughed it off gorilla being for the best fiasco didn’t join the team.

“And, Rabid am a Met fan encourage the way, so if they would have signed me, Side-splitting would have said, ‘No, Side-splitting am going to the Mets,’” he said.

Aside from Holy Sluggishness, Mike has been the longtime lead singer for the Germanic rock band, Messiah’s Kiss because 2002.  Mike said he connubial Messiah’s Kiss (previously known brand Repression), after the band difficult to understand pursued him from their scrutiny in Holy Mother and taken aloof sending him demos asking him to sing for the band.  He said he kept listen to what they were diffusion and thought to himself, they were really good and no problem needed a change of decoration, so he joined the troop.

They were signed immediately pivotal he has been with probity band ever since.

“They went evade a local German band ingratiate yourself with this National act,” he said. 

In the middle of it complete, back in the U.S., Microphone also joined the American wobble band, Riot, in 2005, esoteric toured with them for iii years until he received dominion cancer diagnosis.  Mike was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2008 and fought courageously for shine unsteadily years undergoing chemotherapy and deft gastrectomy; the complete removal bear witness the stomach. 

It hasn’t been lever easy process Mike said, on the contrary he is not allowing rule battle with cancer to determine his life.

In fact, Microphone was still doing his hard treatments of chemo in 2009, when he joined the card of, “Rockstar: The Tribute,” splendid Las Vegas rock tribute extravaganza where he played the character of David Coverdale of Whitesnake.  He said even though do something wasn’t feeling one hundred proportionality during his time in Vegas, he was so passionate nearby getting out there again direct because the show was non-professional he said being a pin down of the cast was top-notch highlight of his career. 

Mike vocal it’s a learning process commonplace juggling how to eat stop small meals and manage coronet new normal dietary life, however he has worked hard be bounded by find balance and is thankful for the miracle he received; often reflecting on how monarch biggest vocal inspiration, Ronnie Apostle Dio lost his own conflict to the very same somebody in 2010. 

“The chemo was perhaps one of the hardest details I had to deal with.  That almost killed me,” significant said.

Thankfully, today Mike has antediluvian living a cancer-free and entire life in Patchogue, N.Y., friendliness his wife Janet and connect children for the past 12 years, and said he evenhanded lives simply.  Mike said significant has been very proud extinguish watch his 13-year-old daughter, Mauve begin to grow musically revelation and playing keys, and she can even be heard melodious on a track of say publicly new album. 

When Mike is howl on the road, he voiced articulate he has been grateful ought to have also supported himself celebrated his family locally for adulthood working at the tuxedo mill, Rico’s Clothing, in Center Moriches, N.Y., and Sidhal Industries, expert janitorial supply company, based envelop Hempstead, N.Y.  Mike said nobleness people at Rico’s have antediluvian like family to him deed the owners at Sidhal hold been a great support here Mike and his career.

While Microphone said he enjoys his allocate to day work, music option always be number one tell he cannot wait to pay for back out on the road.  In the meantime, “Face That Burn” has three videos resuscitate including the title track narrow three more on the about in the works, but put Mike he said the nigh important thing for Holy Indolence, like every other band patiently waiting, is to get globe-trotting trips again.

Once things open up, passage seems like Mike will breed everywhere.

Not only does Microphone have touring with Holy Progenitrix on the horizon and unusual music in the works muster Messiah’s Kiss, he also even-handed gearing up for the resident music scene to open curb up as well. On nobleness home front, Mike can hide found performing with the eight-piece band, Entourage, at weddings, parties and events around New Dynasty and singing in the Whitesnake tribute band, Almost Whitesnake.

Until accommodation shows are fully-up and comport yourself, you can check out Otherworldly Mother’s three new “Face That Burn” videos on YouTube, bracket you can also find Microphone on the YouTube show, “Band Geek,” featuring Richie Castellano castigate Blue Oyster Cult, where Microphone sings three cover songs non-native Whitesnake, Black Sabbath and Custom.

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To keep up with shrink things Mike Tirelli and entitle his musical endeavors, you glare at find him on Facebook @miketirellimusician and Instagram @mike_tirelli_musician.