This did not go unnoticed
by local Jazz club columnist "Schmoo" who turned the Iveys on to
Mike. At the time Mike was drumming for a popular local band called
"The Misfits".
Rival band member Ron Ivey turned up at Mikes door in true rock star
style: On the back of his dad's moped.
Mike was slightly apprehensive
about the look of this Ivey. He appeared more mod than rocker but Mike
agreed to audition for the fledgling Iveys. Within one hour of the
audition, Pete ("Piggy") and
the rest of the boys offered Mike the gig. Mikes first reaction was
"I don't know about these guys!", but the grungy little rocker saw
something in the Ivey's and joined the band that would in time jet him around
the world.
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