Mike began playing drums at the age of thirteen, taking lessons and playing in Ozzie's Marching Charger Band.  Mike went on to the local nightclub circuit from there and fondly remembers his years with the rock band "Soma", playing nightly gigs at "The Cinnamon Cinder," "The Palace", "The El Cortez Hotel" and, yes, many a night in local military enlisted, NCO and Officer clubs. 

Mike plays a 1970 Rogers "Ultra Power 9" drumset in Onyx Black, which he bought new at Ace Music in Santa Monica.