Mike Gruwell
Ogrefest IX with Red Hot Empty
Back Porch Lounge
2400 Riverside Dr
Macon, GA 31204
Apr 20, 2024
5:00 PM EDT
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About this concert
Ogrefest IX is a 2-day charity event!
● More than a dozen live bands
● Vendors & band merch
● Silent auction & art sale
● 21+
● Funds raised benefit a single beneficiary who struggles w diabetes
● In memory of Eric "Ogre" Johnson
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Bandsintown Merch
Circle Hat
$25.0 USD
Live Collage Sweatshirt
$45.0 USD
Rainbow T-Shirt
$30.0 USD
Circle Beanie
$20.0 USD
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Mike Gruwell Biography
Mike Gruwell is an Atlanta drummer with more than 35 years experience rooted in jazz, funk and punk rock.
Mike is the drummer for Red Hot Empty with several recent releases, including Peckish, Crankshaft Sensor, the Burden EP and the Corridors album. The melodic thrash punk band plays frequent shows in the Atlanta area. Mike is also the drummer for the McMansions, a surf punk band out of Atlanta.
Since 2019, he has focused on remote recording projects out of GTown Studio, including recording and releasing his own albums, including That GTown Sound & By The Numbers.
Mike was previously based out of Seattle, working his way through jazz combos, original punk bands and funk rock bands as well as playing in church in the ’80s. In the ’90s he was a member of several original rock and funk bands until moving to Georgia in 1997.
Read MoreMike is the drummer for Red Hot Empty with several recent releases, including Peckish, Crankshaft Sensor, the Burden EP and the Corridors album. The melodic thrash punk band plays frequent shows in the Atlanta area. Mike is also the drummer for the McMansions, a surf punk band out of Atlanta.
Since 2019, he has focused on remote recording projects out of GTown Studio, including recording and releasing his own albums, including That GTown Sound & By The Numbers.
Mike was previously based out of Seattle, working his way through jazz combos, original punk bands and funk rock bands as well as playing in church in the ’80s. In the ’90s he was a member of several original rock and funk bands until moving to Georgia in 1997.
Instrumental
Jazz
Punk
Fusion
Rock
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