Mike
is an American guitarist who started professionally in the late
1960s with the group Blues Image, which had a #4 hit in 1970 with
their song "Ride Captain Ride". After the breakup of
that group, he joined Iron Butterfly, and later formed the group
Ramatam. Pinera was then the founding member of the band New Cactus,
a later incarnation of the band Cactus. He was the lead guitarist
for Alice Cooper from 1980 to 1982. He is currently performing
with the Classic Rock All Stars.[1] Pinera met the band Renegade
through their manager, Kim Richards, who also managed Pinera at
the time.[2] They remained close friends and appear together in
the television special "Renegade Live @ The House of Blues",
which was filmed before a sold out audience at the Hollywood House
of Blues.
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