Mick was born in Bedford, where he began to play drums at the age of 5. His first band was the Bedford Town Brass Band, who he stayed with for a few years until he joined Bedford Youth Dance Orchestra.
As a teenager he moved with his parents to Peterborough where he played in various groups. He joined the Skyliners in 1982 as a replacement for the drummer who coincidentally left to join U-No-Hoo! He was to stay with the Skyliners for most of the next 20 years whilst combining other band drumming jobs where he was needed as a

dep. Some of these were 5 Card-Trick, The Searchers, and U-No-Hoo for a few gigs.
Mick has been living in Kettering for the last 6 years with his wife and children. It is his ambition to still be playing with U-No-Hoo when he is 65!