# Michael Happoldt

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'''Michael "Miguel" Happoldt''' (born July 5, 1969, in [Atlanta, Georgia](/source/Atlanta)){{cn|date=January 2024}} is an American musician, producer, songwriter, mixing engineer, and label executive. 

==Career==
While studying at [California State University, Dominguez Hills](/source/California_State_University%2C_Dominguez_Hills), Happoldt met alternative rock group [the Ziggens](/source/the_Ziggens). He began recording and producing with the group and eventually joined to record their first album, ''C0002''. Inspired by the punk rock and [DIY](/source/Do_it_yourself) movements of [SST](/source/SST_Records), [BYO](/source/BYO_Records) and [Dischord Records](/source/Dischord_Records) tracks, in 1989 Happoldt created the logo and label [Skunk Records](/source/Skunk_Records) and released the Ziggens' album on cassette.

In 1990, Happoldt moved to Long Beach, California, where he met [Sublime](/source/Sublime_(band))'s [Bradley Nowell](/source/Bradley_Nowell) at a party. Happoldt invited Sublime to make some live-to-[DAT](/source/Digital_Audio_Tape) recordings. Intrigued by the Ziggens' cassette release, Nowell played a four-song demo for Happoldt, which Nowell had recorded before meeting Happoldt, and asked him to put it out on Skunk Records.

Happoldt has been involved in some capacity with [the Long Beach Dub Allstars](/source/Long_Beach_Dub_Allstars), the [supergroup](/source/Supergroup_(music)) [Volcano](/source/Volcano_(supergroup)), [Lucky Boys Confusion](/source/Lucky_Boys_Confusion), [Unwritten Law](/source/Unwritten_Law), [Slightly Stoopid](/source/Slightly_Stoopid), and [Long Beach Shortbus](/source/Long_Beach_Shortbus).<ref>imdb biography: Michael Happoldt</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skunk.com/miguel/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-08-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19971224190626/http://skunk.com/Miguel/ |archivedate=1997-12-24 }}</ref>{{clarification inline|date=April 2021}}

Since 2010, Happoldt formed and has led the band Perro Bravo, and they have released three albums to date.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://perrobravomusic.com/history.html|title=History}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Happoldt was raised between [Virginia Beach, Virginia](/source/Virginia_Beach%2C_Virginia), and [Lakeland, Florida](/source/Lakeland%2C_Florida). Upon graduating high school in 1987, he moved to [Carson, California](/source/Carson%2C_California), to attend California State University, Dominguez Hills, where he studied audio recording and music production.

Following Bradley Nowell's death in 1996, Happoldt cared for Nowell's [dalmatian](/source/Dalmatian_(dog)) dog and Sublime mascot [Lou Dog](/source/Bradley_Nowell). Lou Dog died on September 17, 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ocweekly.com/music/five-classic-stories-about-sublimes-mascot-lou-dog-6586480 |title=Five Classic Stories About Sublime's Mascot, Lou Dog &#124; OC Weekly |access-date=2016-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613224854/http://www.ocweekly.com/music/five-classic-stories-about-sublimes-mascot-lou-dog-6586480 |archive-date=2016-06-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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Category:Living people
Category:American rock musicians
Category:Musicians from Atlanta
Category:Musicians from Virginia Beach, Virginia
Category:Musicians from California
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Long Beach Dub Allstars members
Category:Volcano (supergroup) members
Category:California State University, Dominguez Hills, alumni

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