Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Mike Ogletree
Person · male · United Kingdom · Kilmarnock · born 1956
Scottish drummer and guitarist
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1950s
Biography
English biography58 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1374606841
Biography
Mike Ogletree (born 1 May 1956) is a Scottish drummer and guitarist of Afro-European descent. A founding member of the Scottish rock band Café Jacques, he is best known for his work in the new wave bands Fiction Factory and Simple Minds. He now lives and works in the United States, as well as performing occasional shows there.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Mike Ogletree head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction Factory(band) | — | present | |
| Simple Minds(band) | February 1982 | November 1982 | drums (drum set) |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mike_Ogletree_New_York_2010.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6848259genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6848259seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ogletreebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ogletree
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Scottish musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Blaxcot · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q6848259 · MusicBrainz: b0451a83-7fc9-4c2f-9419-9ef69cd4e5fb
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