Mike Badger

Mike Badger

Mike Badger at Lost and Found Exhibition at the Liverpool Art School in 1997.
Background information
Birth name Michael Clifford Badger
Born (1962-03-18) 18 March 1962
Liverpool, England
Genres Alternative rock, indie rock, Country, Rockabilly
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, sculptor
Instruments Guitar, Vocals
Years active 1983–present
Labels Viper, Generator
Associated acts The La's, The Onset, The Kachinas, Mike Badger and The Shady Trio
Website www.mikebadger.co.uk

Michael Clifford "Mike" Badger is an English singer-songwriter, artist and sculptor from Liverpool, England. Co-founder of The La's he went on to form alternative country/roots rockabilly band The Onset in 1988 and Mike Badger and The Shady Trio in 2010. In addition he is co-owner of Liverpool's independent Viper Label with Paul Hemmings.

Career

In 1997 Badger's first one-man exhibition of recycled art titled Lost and Found was displayed in Warrington Museum, later shown in Bristol Museum 1998, and Leicester City Gallery in 1999. Also, in 1997 Badger created several tin sculptures for Liverpool band Space's album Tin Planet, and for their video of Avenging Angels.

He has released solo albums including Volume in 1999 and Double Zero in 2000 and has recently archived much of his previously unreleased material with albums that include: Lost La's, Lo-Fi Acoustic Excursions, Lo-Fi Electric Excursions, and Mike Badger's Country Side. In 2006, Mike Badger's sculpture was selected by The Prince's Foundation for Children and The Arts for UK primary school education package, and later that year he began work as Artist in Residence at ITV Granada (celebrating 50 years of broadcasting).

Badger also showcased at the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas in 2009 and again in 2010, where he performed with local and international acts and featured on Country Music Radio USA. In 2010 Mike was commissioned to create a permanent suspended sculpture, titled A Musical Composition which hangs in Cavern Walks, Mathew Street Liverpool, to celebrate what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday.

Mike Badger and The Shady Trio formed in Summer 2010 and have released two studio albums as well as two singles. In 2015 Mike Badger's autobiography The Rhythm & The Tide (Liverpool, The La's And Ever After) was released, it was co written with music journalist Tim Peacock and published by Liverpool University Press.[1]

Personal life

Badger currently resides in Liverpool, England. He married his long term girlfriend Jeanette in 1999, they have two children.

Discography

Studio albums
Archive Albums
Compilation appearances
Singles & EPs

Art Biography

See also

References

  1. ↑ Badger, Mike & Peacock, Tim - The Rhythm & The Tide, Liverpool University Press, Published Liverpool (2015)
  2. ↑ Badger, Mike & Peacock, Tim - The Rhythm & The Tide, Liverpool University Press, Published Liverpool (2015)
  3. ↑ Badger, Mike & Peacock, Tim - The Rhythm & The Tide, Liverpool University Press, Published Liverpool (2015)
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