Michael Jonathon Belitsky is a

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musician. He has played

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s for a number of bands, including

Jellyfishbabies Jellyfishbabies were an alternative rock band in Canada, active from 1986 to 1993. Although the band never attained mainstream success, they were one of the major influences on the "Halifax Pop Explosion" scene of the early 1990s. Originally fro ...

, Jale,

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, and

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, and later

The Sadies The Sadies are a Canadian rock and roll / country and western band from Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of Travis Good, Sean Dean and Mike Belitsky. Dallas Good, a founding member, died in 2022. Dallas and Travis are the sons of Margaret a ...

Early life

Belitsky was born in

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. He attended Concordia University in Montreal.

Career

Belitsky left Concordia in 1987 to join the band Jellyfishbabies, who relocated to Toronto. He later moved to Halifax, drumming in punk bands."Mike Belitsky"
''

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'', By Jason Schneider, Sep 01, 2004 In 1996 he became a member of the band Jale, and drummed on their second album, '' So Wound''. A year later he performed at the New York Pop Explosion festival with the band Cheticamp. By 2004 he was playing with the band Unintended as well as The Sadies. In 2013 he joined the band The New Mendicants. He toured Spain with the group in 2014,"The New Mendicants – the indie supergroup that begs to differ"
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'', Jan 17, 2014, Lauren Murphy and drummed on their 2014 album '' Into the Lime''. In 2018 Belitsky injured his shoulder while ice skating, and was unable to perform for several months."Through Northern Passages and Broken Bones: The Sadies"
''The Sound'', by Chris Illich, June 5, 2019 Since that time he has continued to play in

, The Unintended, and The New Mendicants.

Album appearances

- '' Fox Confessor Brings the Flood'' (2006,

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)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Belitsky, Mike Canadian rock drummers Canadian male drummers Living people Musicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia Musicians from Toronto Year of birth missing (living people) Concordia University alumni