Name John Mitchell | Role Vocalist | |
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Born 21 June 1973 (age 50) ( 1973-06-21 ) Instruments Guitar, vocals, keyboards, bass, violin Associated acts It Bites, Arena, Frost*, Kino, A, The Urbane Music groups It Bites (Since 2006), Frost* (Since 2004), Kino (Since 2004), Arena (Since 1997), A (Since 2008) Genres Neo-progressive rock, Progressive rock Albums Immortal?, Milliontown, Experiments in Mass Appeal, The Rockfield Files, Arena live Similar People Mick Pointer, John Jowitt, Jem Godfrey, Clive Nolan, Francis Dunnery | ||
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John Mitchell (born 21 June 1973) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer.
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- Massive impact media uncut john mitchell
- John mitchell take me home
- With The Urbane
- With Arena
- With Kino
- With Frost
- With Blind Ego
- With It Bites
- With Gandalfs Fist
- With Lonely Robot
- Solo
- Equipment
- References
A multi-instrumentalist who predominantly sings and plays guitar, Mitchell is best known as the current frontman for British prog-pop band It Bites (having replaced original singer and guitarist Francis Dunnery in 2006). Mitchell has also played guitar for a number of other progressive rock bands including Arena, The Urbane, Kino, Frost*, and the John Wetton band. In 2008, Mitchell was drafted in to join A, playing bass in place of original bass player Daniel P. Carter to support The Wildhearts on their December UK tour, as well as a ten-date headline tour in 2009. In 2012, Mitchell toured with Martin Barre in his band "New Day", singing lead vocals on many of the Jethro Tull songs.
Mitchell is also a record producer and sound engineer at Outhouse Studios, a recording studio in Reading, UK, where he has recorded and produced music for a number of rock bands including Enter Shikari, You Me At Six, Lower Than Atlantis, Architects, The Blackout, Kids In Glass Houses, Funeral for a Friend, My Passion, Exit Ten, I Divide, Ivyrise, Anavae, Touchstone, Your Demise and You And What Army.
Mitchell's latest music project is a solo project called Lonely Robot, whose album 'Please Come Home' was released on 23 February 2015. It features a number of guest artists including Peter Cox, Steve Hogarth, Jem Godfrey, Nik Kershaw, and British actor Lee Ingleby. A follow up album, 'The Big Dream' was released in April 2017.
Mitchell is also the co-owner and co-founder of White Star Records, an independent record label which focuses on prog rock artists. Mitchell released his EP, 'The Nostalgia Factory', on White Star Records in 2016.
John mitchell take me home
With The Urbane
With Arena
With Kino
With Frost*
With Blind Ego
With It Bites
With Gandalf's Fist
With Lonely Robot
Solo
Equipment
Mitchell primarily uses Cort Guitars - white and black G254s on stage, and for recording, a tobacco G210 and a blue/black G290. He also plays an Alvarez Yairi acoustic guitar in the studio, and a PRS Classic. John's rack setup consists of a Marshall JMP1 Preamp with effects being produced by a vintage Korg A3 effects unit. This signal is then amplified by a Marshall Valvestate 80/80 power amp to a 4 x 12 Marshall cab.