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  • Mike believes that dogs will one day take over the world
  • Mike got his 'surname' "Dirnt" from high school when he would pretend to be playing single notes on the bass, making sounds like "Dirnt, dirnt, dirnt..."
  • Mike was put up for adoption by his mother when he was 6 months old as she was addicted to heroin
  • Mike's adoptive parents divorced when he was 6 years old
  • He completed a year's worth of college after high school
  • He has a stepsister called Myla
  • During high school Mike rented a small part of Billie's house to live in because his adoptive mother and sister wanted to move away from Rodeo, but he didn't want to leave behind Billie or his love for music
  • Mike dressed up as a vampire for Halloween 2004. He called himself Count Mikeula
  • Mike wrote the baseline for Longview when he was high and forgot it the next day
  • He smoked his first joint with his mum's friend
  • Mike part owns "Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe" in Emeryville, California
  • He likes donuts and coffee
  • He was mistaken for an ambushing fan at Woodstock 1994 and a security guard repeatedly kicked him and knocked three of his teeth out
  • Mike was hospitalized in June 1998 after a fight with Arion Salazar of Third Eye Blind, who ran onstage and bear-hugged Mike. He was so surprised he started kicking him which later led to an onstage and offstage scuffle. Mike was hit on the head with a beer bottle causing a skull fracture
  • Mike was born with a heart problem and sometimes has panic attacks
  • He graduated from Pinole Valley High in 1990
  • Mike also plays with The Frustrators, Screeching Weasel and is the guest vocalist on the debut album by Squirtgun