Height Issues
I mean look at me in the middle compared to the rest of the boys. I’m waist high! Hopefully a drum riser will solve the problem of staring…
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PIG · North American Tour 2026 · Rehearsals begin August 22Follow the Build →
Drummer · Recording Artist · Producer
Michael J.
Carrasquillo
Drummer · Recording Artist · Producer
Currently with PIG
Touring, recording, writing and producing across industrial and electronic music. This is the working headquarters for what I’m doing now, what I’ve made, and what’s coming next.
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LIVE WITH PIG
WATCH MICHAEL WITH PIG
A featured performance from the current chapter.
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PIG · 2026
Rehearsals begin August 22. The first show is August 26 in St Paul.
Current Chapter
North America 2026
Upcoming dates · Full tour runs Aug–Oct 2026
On the Road
Become Part of the Tour
The audience isn't outside the story. I'm building an archive from the encounters, footage and strange little artifacts that happen along the way.
FROM THE ROAD
RECENT / CURRENT
A changing feed of rehearsal notes, live clips, drum cams, backstage fragments and road relics.
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LATEST FIELD NOTES
The newest road notes, rehearsal decisions, studio work, gear experiments and things learned while they are still being built.
Locked Down!
There’s nothing like shoving Facebook Marketplace “jail cage” purchases into your friend’s car…effectively turning the passenger seat into Rikers Island! We took a slew of crap out of…
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Stencils Made by Real Hands!
In a world full of online sites and vendors that can make stencils for you…as a gen xer I’m bullheaded and still say, “fuck you, I’ll do it…
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FROM THE MERCH TABLE
A few things from the current run, the studio and the archive.
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Elsewhere
Interviews · Podcasts · Projects
A few useful paths outside this site: conversations, coverage and official projects connected to the work.
MUSIC / PROJECTS / RELEASES
MORE THAN THE DRUM THRONE
Performance is one lane. Recording, writing, production and my own artist work are the others.
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The Journey
I've spent more than three decades moving between stages, studios, tour vans and the stranger corners of industrial music. Wax Trax! era. KMFDM. ohGr. En Esch. PIG. Along the way I've collected memories, recordings, photographs and scars.
This is more than a résumé. It's a life documented in rhythm.
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Behind the Curtain
Tour journals, drum cams, road stories, recording process and the things that don't make the official posts.
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Join the Community
Hang out, share stories, talk gear and keep the conversation going beyond the show.
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GET THE ROAD BEFORE THE ROAD
Rehearsal notes, gear prep, live clips, road artifacts and occasional drops from the current chapter.