Originally taught classical guitar by recitalist Julian Byzantine Mick was offered a course at the Royal Academy of music in London, he declined this in favour of the bass guitar and the possibility of money.
In the 70’s he did ‘Top of the pops’ with an embarrassing band and toured Europe.
During the 80’s Mick did some BBC TV sessions and toured the UK with the infamous ‘Killer Whales’ being produced by Mike Ratledge and Carl Jenkins from ‘Soft Machine’ from 1984 Mick was the in-house bass player for a studio in Acton in west London, doing loads of sessions playing fretless bass, he was also starting to write his own material and in 1987 he was commissioned by the labour party to write a song for Neil Kinnocks election campaign.
In the 1990’s Mick was still doing some session work , the most notable being ‘David Hasselhof’ (Arista records) and ‘Aquarius’ (yello records). From 1992- 1993 Mick was involved in producing dance records for a subsidiary label of Virgin records with percussionist ‘Pascal Benadjoud’.
In 1994 he was managed for a while by Handle artists.
In June 1995 Mick joined the ‘David Cross’ band and within a couple of weeks was touring Germany playing bass and doing lead vocals, Mick says ‘ I very quickly realised Paul Clark's incredible ability and talent ‘ in 1998 David, Mick, Dan Maurer and Pete Sinfield co wrote and produced ‘Exiles’ (Red Hot Records)
Mick says ‘ working with David, Pete, Robert Fripp, John Whetton, and Peter Hammill was awesome.
In 2005 Noisy Records released ‘ Closer than Skin’ written and produced by David, Mick, and Richard Palmer James, also in 2005 the DC band toured Japan , the line up, which Mick says is awesome was David Cross violin /Paul Clark guitar/Alex Hall keyboards/ Joe Crabtree drums/ Mick Paul bass.
In 2006 the DC band did a tour of the UK and Mick and Joe played on ex Coliseum guitarist ‘James Litherland’s album ‘Real men cry’.
In 2007 the David Cross band played 'Stazioone Birra in Rome which was also broadcast on Sky Europe.
2008 saw a line up change in the David Cross band with Craig Blundell joining on drums and Jinian Wilde vocals, this change has propelled the band up to another level.
February 2008 the DCB played Naples and Rome, the Tivoli Rock festival in July and Colfelice and Cuppra Marrittima festivals in July/August.
In July 2009 Mick played on 'Don't look back' for ATFC/GhostCopy, this single was fairly succesfull as it was released on The Ministry of Sound 'Hedcandy' summer 2008 album
In February 2009 DCB played L'aquilla and Rome before the dreadfull earthquake devastated L'aquilla, this news upset the whole band as L'aquilla is a wonderfull place.
Mick has just played on a 'Stonemasons' remix of a 'Littleboots' track 'Remedy'
.Mick runs his own commercial recording studio in West Sussex.
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Hello Mick! Tomoko, my dear friend from Italy, has sent me DCB latest CD with you autograph for me. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! It's amazing gift!!! Best wishes from Russia! Hope to see you some day! Vera, your Moscow fan
Hi Mick, Thanks for the wonderful gig in Rome, now the DCB is the strongest 21st century rock band!!!Those new tunes are incredibly good! Looking forward to next concerts... Cheers!!
Mick, Hello back from Florida. I'd like to thank you for looking and listening! And if this seems interesting to you - have a look – under 'Blogs' there are several CD reviews & 5 live Audio Interviews about everything Metal and ... Violins... and bow ... and NO GUITARS on stage! ...and the beginning or our rock journal at www.metalmonthly.com/RockJournal.html ;). If your friends tell you - “nooooo waaaay - I hear lots of heavy rock guitars with distortion” - have them look on YouTube - search 'Vio7' and see it for themselves how it works live! And yes, our music is downloadable on iTunes and www.amazon.com \,,/- Armand
Pleased to virtually meet you! Thank you for joining my circle of cyber friends, for excepting the add, your kind words/comment and for sharing your Awesome Music with me. Good Sound and Vibes! Really enjoyed listening, Thanks. Have yourself an inspiring week ahead. Take care and God bless you and yours. Warmest Regards from Toronto, Canada
Ah Bill Cosby, sometimes makes us laugh, sometimes just offers some helpful words. This reminds me to continually get rid of the bitterness. Not sure why we can't get rid of it all at once or why it keeps coming back, but I am striving towards killing it! LOL;
"People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on." ~Bill Cosby
I hope if you've experienced bitterness, you are "moving on" my friend, Karen
it's an honour to be your friend! You can find a pic with me made in Stazione Birra in my profile. I'll go to Colfelice (Italy) on 1 aug to see you and your band!!!!
Hi Mick, Your gig in Rome was so fantastic and I was happy to see you again that I'm not recovered yet from that exciting night!!Hope to see you soon.. Take care! Tomoko
