Mick trained and sang as a chorister at St. Paul’s cathedral in London. From the age of thirteen he worked to pay for piano lessons. At the age of seventeen he signed publishing with Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman and a while later sang harmonies on Blondie’s ‘Eat to the Beat’.

He was a founding member of ‘The Intellectuals’ who changed their name to ‘Wang Chung’ just after Mick left to form ‘Mick Dorey and The Sirens’, with old friend and guitarist Dave Eppel, and ex Atomic Rooster drummer Paul Hammond.

‘Mick Dorey and the Sirens’ signed to Illegal Records and released their first single ‘Paranoia Station’ (produced by Dave Tickle with the help of the drummer and bassist from Crowded House) to rave reviews. Mick was lauded by ‘The Melody Maker’ as ‘the face of the eighties’. Their second single ‘It Really Doesn’t Matter’ was produced by Jean Jacque Burnell (The Stranglers).

Mick then signed to ‘Queens’ management company. This was a major mistake. The bands name was changed to ‘Toltex 9′ and the single ‘Coal Fires and Semaphore’ (produced by Reinhart Mack) was released by EMI. Though it received good reviews and a lot of radio play it was never pushed in the shops, and there was no tour support. Mick and Dave were destroyed.

Starting again as ‘The Sirens’ with guitarist Mike Gatehouse and drummer Nick Calvert wasn’t easy. Publishing was signed to Berman & Buziak and tracks for an album for MCA were recorded in Los Angeles. This fell through, and the band split.

Mick and Nick moved to Koln (Cologne) in Germany and built ‘Skyline Studios’. After a year and a half of producing music for the New Wave of German music, they returned to the UK. Mick started to work writing music for film and television.

Now it starts again!