Michael Weber Explained

Mick Weber
Background:non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Name:Michael Peter Weber
Birth Date:17 March 1966
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genre:Hard rock
Occupation:Musician
Instrument:Guitar
Years Active:1984–1999
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Michael Peter Weber (17 March 19662 January 1999) was the lead guitarist of Australian punk rockers Seminal Rats, from 1984 to 1988. Weber also worked as a technician at the Maton guitar facility. He was a member of punky power poppers Slush Puppies (1988), before joining hard rock band Hoss, between 1990 and 1992. He returned to Seminal Rats from 1992 until his death from an accidental heroin overdose, aged 32.

Biography

Michael Weber formed a student band, Skippy, while at secondary school with Todd McNeair and Reuben Pinkster. Weber was the founding lead guitarist of Seminal Rats, a punk rock group formed in Melbourne in 1984 by Weber on guitar, Dave Balsamo on bass guitar, Mick Harley on lead vocals, McNeair on drums and Pinkster on guitar.

During 1988, with McNeair joined punky power pop group, Slush Puppies.

In 1990 Weber and McNeair founded hard rock band, Hoss.

Discography

Studio albums

with Seminal Rats
with Hoss

Compilation albums

with Seminal Rats

Extended plays

with Seminal Rats

Singles

with Seminal Rats
with Slush Puppies
with Hoss

Other appearances

with Seminal Rats

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