Mike Marsh (musician)

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Mike Marsh (born August 13, 1974 in Miami, Florida) is an American musician, known for being the drummer for The Avett Brothers and formerly of Dashboard Confessional. Marsh was featured on all Dashboard Confessional's albums, from The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most to Alter the Ending. He also played with them for MTV Unplugged. In 2006, Marsh and Dashboard Confessional did an AOL Sessions recording, playing not only their songs, but a cover of "In A Big Country" by Big Country.^{[citation needed]} According to posts by Marsh on Facebook, he officially joined The Avett Brothers as their drummer in early 2013. Marsh is also an engineer and record producer. He has a recording studio in East Nashville called Papermill Studio.

Marsh started drumming in 9th grade around 13 years of age. He was the drummer and one of the lead vocalists for the Miami ska/thrash/punk band, The Agency, which featured guitarist/vocalist Klaus Ketelhohn and bassist/vocalist Chris Drueke.^[1] Their second album Engines was released on Fiddler Records and featured Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional.

Marsh had a short stint in the Florida band Seville whose EP Waiting In Seville was also released on Fiddler Records.^[2] In February 2002, it was announced that Marsh decided to stay in Dashboard Confessional rather than pursue a career with Seville.^[3]

Marsh met The Avett Brothers while in Malibu, California to meet Rick Rubin.^[4] On March 28, 2009, Marsh played with The Avett Brothers on The Late Show with David Letterman.^[5] In December 2012, Marsh was asked to join the Avett Brothers full time.^[6]

Marsh owns an East Nashville studio called The Papermill, where he is both a producer and engineer.^[7]

• 1997: Rock To The Apocalypse
• 2000: Engines
• 2007: Turn

• 2001: Waiting in Seville

• 2000: The Swiss Army Romance
• 2001: The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most
• 2003: A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar
• 2006: Dusk and Summer
• 2007: The Shade of Poison Trees
• 2009: Alter the Ending

• 2002: MTV Unplugged 2.0

• 2001: The Drowning EP
• 2001: So Impossible EP
• 2002: Summers Kiss EP
• 2006: Sessions@AOL

• 2009: I And Love And You
• 2016: True Sadness
• 2019: Closer Than Together

• 2015: Live Vol. Four