Mick picked up his first guitar at the age of 10 and taught himself to play by listening to the albums and copying the style’s of Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana and Pink Floyd.
He formed his first band ‘The Letter’ at 13, with regular gigs at ‘The White Elephant’ Broadmeadows Town Hall supporting bands like The Masters Apprentices, Max Merritt, Hot Chocolate etc. It was during this time he honed his lead guitar skills and formed his own style.
Next came ‘Abacus’ (at 17) where he did his first Record on Rebel Label, called “lovely to see you”. After changing singers the band changed names to “Manor’, where they brought out a single in 1972 by Festival Records called “Rock On”, which enjoyed being played on the radio for a while.
A final change of lead singer saw this group once more change names to “The Gathering” and this time become managed by Peter Goodman (Grondman). They released another 2 records on festival “Money Making Superstar” and “Welcome to the Party.” Both received quite a bit of airplay. reaching No 1 and 2 on 3XY and 3AK. The Gathering backed people like Billy Preston, (keyboardist for the Beatles), Ronnie Burns and supported groups AC/DC, Masters Apprentices and most of the other bands in the era.
Aged 20, Mick formed a short lived band called “Jool” and then “Axis” where Micks Lead Guitarist skills became well known. Axis supported Renee Geyer and many other great Australian acts.
Since those times, Mick has been in numerous bands (The Blowflies, Smokehouse, Hercules, Ash Wednesday and others) and also performed as a session guitarist.
Mick currently owns and runs MusicLand, a venue made by Musos for Musos, in Fawkner Victoria (Melbourne Australia).