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Mike Peecher
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Mike Peecher is an american musician and online Loan officer born and raised in forest grove oregon. He is well known for his distinctive singing. Which some liken to a cross between Conor Oberst and Freddy Mercury. Mike achieved some early success in his Post hardcore band another last chance, playing many concerts including the OSU battle of the bands. In which one year mike requested that all audience members throw things at the band, many fans likened it to the Green day set at 1994 Woodstock Festival. Through out the time in which Mike was singing for another last chance, he was also in oregon state university studying political science. After another last chances demise mike resorted to writing solo acoustic music under the moniker A Second Strike, the early demos were very influenced by Dashboard confessional and other Emo crossover groups. In the early winter of 2005 Mike was approached by budding musician Dave Lindell who Mike had met previously met at a Taking back sunday concert. Robot eyes released a demo and started playing a heavy concert schedule playing and touring with the likes of Daggermouth,First to leave, I Am The Avalanche, shakey bones, Life Long Tragedy, and None More Black. "At first when I heard the voice on the first track "Gamble,gamble,gamble,die!", I thought no way I will never like this, probably a mis-interpretation of me cus after two tracks its realy stirring and you hear the vocals are carrying this album." Mike has been immortalized in the Daggermouth song "Fact: Mike Peecher Rollerblades" in which suggests that Mike and the vocalist from Daggermouth Nick Leadlay, where sparing over the choices Mike made in school. Chanting the words "So, you have a university degree? So what? So what? And you think you're better than me?" It is still unknown whether the two are on speaking terms. Robot Eyes signed to punk/hardcore label upstart Escapist records in 2006 and released the album Arret. They went on multiple lengthy west coast tours. After Robot Eyes disbanded in early 2007, Mike immediately started working on new songs for his A second strike project. Taking close to 2 years to complete them he recently released recordings via the social networking site Myspace. 
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