Mike Belitsky

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Canadian musician

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Field	Value
name	Mike Belitsky
image	Mike Belitsky 2025.jpg
caption	Belitsky with the Sadies in 2025
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background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth_date	January 19, 1966
birth_name	Michael Jonathon Belitsky
birth_place	Boston, Massachusetts
instrument	Drums
genre	Indie rock, country
years_active	1980s–present
label	Blue Fog, Sonic Unyon
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Michael Jonathon Belitsky is a Canadian musician. He has played drums for a number of bands, including Jellyfishbabies, Jale, Neko Case, and Pernice Brothers, and later The Sadies.

Early life

Belitsky was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 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. 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.

In the late '90s, Belitsky joined Toronto band the Sadies. 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, 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. Since that time he has continued to play in The Sadies and The New Mendicants.

Following the Sadies' lead singer Dallas Good's death in 2022, Belitsky suffered a torn ligament in his wrist, providing a further setback for the band. After Belitsky healed from wrist surgery, the Sadies rallied and continue to tour and record to this day.

Album appearances

Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006, Anti-)

References

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(2004). "No Depression". No Depression.
Larry LeBlanc. (14 August 2004). ""Sadies get colourful" - Billboard".
[https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/the-new-mendicants-the-indie-supergroup-that-begs-to-differ-1.1655007 "The New Mendicants – the indie supergroup that begs to differ"]. ''[[The Irish Times]]'', Jan 17, 2014, Lauren Murphy
[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-new-mendicants-mn0003121653/biography " The New Mendicants"]. ''[[AllMusic]]'' Biography by Timothy Monger
[https://thesound.rocks/through-northern-passages-and-broken-bones-the-sadies/ "Through Northern Passages and Broken Bones: The Sadies"]. ''The Sound'', by Chris Illich, June 5, 2019
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