Biography
Mike Gibbins (born Michael George Gibbins, 12 March 1949, in Swansea, Wales; died 4 October 2005) was the drummer of the ill-fated Welsh band Badfinger. After Pete Ham's suicide, Badfinger dissolved and Gibbins began performing as session drummer for various Welsh acts, including on Bonnie Tyler's international hit "It's A Heartache".
In the 1980s, Gibbins performed in various versions of a reformed Badfinger until Gibbins would retire from playing with the band in August 1989.
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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Gibbins released four solo CDs through Exile Music "A Place in Time" (1998), "More Annoying Songs" [featuring ex-Iveys member Ron Griffiths singing on 2 tracks] (2000), "Archeology" [Ron Griffiths on 1 track] (2002) and "In the Meantime" (2003). The latter included alternative re-recordings of both the Badfinger hit "Come And Get It" and Gibbins own "in the Meantime" originally from the 1974 Wish You Were Here album.
On 4 October 2005, Gibbins died in his sleep at his home in Oviedo, Florida from a brain aneurysm at the age of 56.
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