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Photo Gallery. Mike was born and raised in Swansea: A rough and tumble town on the South Wales coast in the UK. His circumstances were unusual from birth, being the only son with 6 sisters, Mike was immersed in the music tradition of Wales, where singing has always been a proud national pastime. Swansea was, and still is a raucous place.
Real Name: Michael George Gibbins. Profile: British drummer, mostly known as a member of the rock band Badfinger . Born: March 12, 1949 in Swansea, Wales, UK. Died: October 4, 2005 in Oviedo, Florida, USA. Aged 14 he joined his first band The Club 4. He was invited to join The Iveys who, in 1966, changed their name to Badfinger.
Mike Gibbins spent a decade, from 1965 through 1975, as the drummer for the Iveys and their better-known successor group, Badfinger -- that alone made him one of the more visible musicians to emerge from what might be called the British Invasion's "third wave," out of the orbit of the Beatles' Apple Records.
Oct 5, 2005 · Gibbins released his first solo album, “A Place in Time,” in 1998 via the Forbidden label, which was followed in 2000 with “More Annoying Songs” on Exile Music. “I spoke to Mike on ...
Oct 7, 2005 · Tragedy-hit group's drummer dies. Mike Gibbins: creative and multi-talented, says Badfinger biographer. Mike Gibbins, Welsh drummer with Badfinger, the first band signed by the Beatles' Apple Records, has died at 56. Gibbins was a mainstay of the group formed in Swansea in the 1960s whose song Without You was a major hit for both Harry Nilsson ...
Oct 7, 2015 · Mike Gibbins 10/2005. October 4, 2005 – Mike Gibbins (Badfinger) was born on March 12th 1949. He was the left-handed Welsh drummer who became a member of the Iveys, later renamed Badfinger, after “Badfinger Boogie”, an unused title for a Lennon-McCartney composition. He helped form The Iveys in 1965 and his powerful playing helped push ...
Sep 9, 2009 · Mike Gibbins: drums, vocals An album was released in some European markets, but their career seemed to be stalling. That is, until Paul McCartney gave them Come And Get It, a bitter song about ...
