Michael Colin Spreitzer is a producer, mixing engineer, and one of the guitarists of the American heavy metal band DevilDriver. He is the second longest lasting member following the departures of all original members except vocalist Dez Fafara. He replaced guitarist Evan Pitts in 2004. Michael co-wrote and performed on DevilDriver's albums The Fury of Our Maker's Hand, The Last Kind Words, Pray for Villains, BeastWinter KillsTrust No One and .
Biography
In 2001, Mike joined a local heavy metal band from Santa Barbara called Grolby alongside future DevilDriver band mates John Boecklin, Jon Miller, and Jeff Kendrick. Unfortunately, Grolby broke up eight months after Spreitzer joined. At this point, Mike went on to form an industrial-metal band called No Love Lost with friends Cliff Ross and Dan Bellinger. Although an album's worth of material was written and recorded, nothing was ever released. In April 2004, DevilDriver was about to embark on their first European tour opening for Swedish heavy metal band In Flames. Two days before the tour began, DevilDriver’s guitarist Evan Pitts was forced to withdraw from the tour due to personal reasons, leaving the band without a second guitar player. At the time, Jon Miller and Jeff Kendrick lived with Spreitzer when not touring with DevilDriver. When Mike heard that Pitts would not be going on the European tour he immediately offered to fill in temporarily for the duration of the tour. Shortly after DevilDriver returned to Santa Barbara, Pitts had decided not to continue with the band and Spreitzer became a permanent member. Since joining DevilDriver in 2004, Mike has continued to tour with the band and contribute on the albums The Fury of Our Maker's Hand, The Last Kind Words, Pray for Villains, Beast, Winter Kills, Trust No One, and. He has also written and recorded music for small movie projects including the documentary Tokyo Comedy Store that has been featured on the Documentary Channel in the United States. In 2009, Mike co-wrote three songs featured on the video gameMX vs ATV Reflex soundtrack alongside Raymond Herrera, Christian Olde Wolbers, and Jeff Kendrick. In 2012, Mike worked with London-based alternative rock bandESO and featured on their debut single, 'We Are Watching You', from their new album, 'Nothing Left To Lose'.
