Mike Kelley

Mike Kelley (1954-2012) was an American artist, born in Wayne, Michigan, near Detroit, who died in South Pasadena, California. Alongside his visual art he made noise and experimental music from the 1970s onward. He co-founded the Ann Arbor group Destroy All Monsters with Cary Loren, Niagara and Jim Shaw, a band whose music the Mike Kelley Foundation describes as post-hippy and pre-punk. At the California Institute of the Arts Kelley formed the short-lived band The Poetics with John Miller and Tony Oursler.