Name Micah Ortega Music group Five Iron Frenzy | Role Guitarist | |
Albums Cheeses, Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric B, Proof That the Youth Are Revol, Engine of a Million Plots, All the Hype That Money C Similar People Leanor Ortega, Dennis Culp, Andrew Verdecchio, Reese Roper, Sufjan Stevens | ||
Micah Ortega is best known as a guitarist for Five Iron Frenzy. He was born on May 31, 1976 in Greeley, Colorado and is a graduate of Heritage High School in Littleton, Colorado. His constant absence from band rehearsals prompted the song "Where Is Micah?" on Five Iron's album Our Newest Album Ever!.
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His sister was a student at Columbine High School, trapped in the choir room during the massacre of April 20, 1999.
Rap Side Micah
Even while with Five Iron, Micah has sought to improve his musical repertoire. Though Five Iron was a third wave ska band, he managed to feature his hip-hop skills on their album All the Hype That Money Can Buy (2000). He DJ'ed on The Echoing Green's album Supernova (2000), and, taking the pseudonym DJ Mizzicah, on Brave Saint Saturns' first album, So Far from Home (2000).
Micah also shows his hip-hop talent touring and recording with Soul-Junk. His involvement with the avant-garde group began in 2000 when Five Iron and Soul-Junk toured together with 5 Minute Walk Records. Mizzicah appears with Soul-Junk on the EP 1942 (2001), the album 1958 (2003), and various compilation tracks.
In 2003 he co-engineered Five Iron's final studio release, The End Is Here. His latest forays into hip-hop produced an EP entitled Rap Music with “Alan the Fisherman” (R. Alan Brooks II). Micah has continued making music with Alan (now known as Soul Daddy): Soul Daddy.
Micah now works with Fastlane Productions [1], where he holds the position of lead audio engineer.
Songs
Wizard Needs Food - Badly
These Are Not My Pants
Most Likely to Succeed
Every New Day
Oh - Canada
My Evil Plan to Save the World
Blizzards and Bygones
Battle Dancing Unicorns
You Can't Handle This
Zen and the Art of Xenophobia
One Girl Army
Ugly Day
Four-Fifty-One
Blue Mix
Handbook for the Sellout
Combat Chuck
Pre-Ex-Girlfriend
On Distant Shores
We Own the Skies
Banner Year
The Untimely Death of Brad
I've Seen the Sun
Faking Life
Get Your Riot Gear
All That Is Good
Something Like Laughter
Sweet Talkin' Woman
Farsighted
Where is Micah?
Superpowers
Blue Comb '78
A Flowery Song