Mike Pinera | |
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 Pinera performing in 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Carlos Michael Pinera |
| Born | September 29, 1948 Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Died | November 20, 2024 (aged 76) |
| Genres | Rock |
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| Instruments | |
| Years active | 1960s-2024 |
| Labels | Atco |
Mike Pinera (September 29, 1948 – November 20, 2024)[1][2] was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer who started professionally in the late 1960s with the group Blues Image, which had a number 4 hit in 1970 with their song "Ride Captain Ride". After the breakup of that group, he joined Iron Butterfly, and later formed the group Ramatam. Pinera was then the founding member of the band New Cactus, a later incarnation of the band Cactus. He was the lead guitarist for Alice Cooper from 1980 to 1982.
- ^ Mike Pinera, Guitarist for Blues Image & Iron Butterfly, Dies at 76
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1961. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.