Instruments Guitar Role Isis guitarist | Name Michael Gallagher Years active 1994 – present | |
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Genres Post-metal, experimental, post-rock, progressive metal, sludge metal, avant-garde doom Associated acts Isis
Cast Iron Hike
MGR Record labels Ipecac Recordings, Hydra Head Records Albums Panopticon, Wavering Radiant, In the Absence of Truth, Oceanic, Oceanic Remixes/Reinterpretations | ||
Music groups Isis (1999 – 2010), MGR |
Michael Gallagher is an American guitarist, best known for his work with post-metal band Isis. He joined them in 1999 for their debut LP Celestial, having previously been a member of Cast Iron Hike. He has an ambient project known as MGR (Mustard Gas & Roses); under this moniker he has released two albums and scored one film.
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He plays a '78 Les Paul Custom, which he bought on eBay, through a Fryette Sig:x Amplifier. While playing in Isis he normally tuned his guitar down to Dropped B (B-F#-B-E-G#-C#), like his bandmate Aaron Turner.
He hails from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
With Cast Iron Hike
With Isis
As MGR
References
Michael Gallagher (Isis guitarist) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA