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Mike Grogan (born 26th July, 1958 in Portsmouth, England), is an English Singer-Songwriter based in the South of England. His songs are about the human condition, some are narrative with stories based upon fact and fiction.

Biography
Grogan began playing in bands when he was 16 years old. He started as Lead Vocalist and Bass Guitarist for several Rock covers bands. In his late teens he played in several Punk bands e.g. The Untouchables, then in his early twenties he formed, with Billy Batt, a Post Punk Indie band called State of Mind who gigged extensively on the university circuit. State of Mind were Colin Devine (Bass & B/Vox), BillyBatt (Drums and Percussion). State of Mindwere joined by Keyboardist John Hampson in 1981. State of Mindwere influenced by Adrian Borland and The Sound, The Comsat Angels and others. They split around 1984. All material, live and studio recordings, video etc. is thought to be in private collections and none is know to be in the public domain. A PHOTO IS TO GO HERE - PHOTO No.

Grogan then in 1985 went on to form The Mike Grogan Band who were managed by Allan Sparkes. This band was made up of Grogan on Lead Vox and Guitars (prime instrument Gibson Les Paul), Roger Tice (Bass and B/Vox), Roger Jakeman (Drums and B/Vox), Noel Honey (Keyboards) and Mick Goodman (Saxophonist, Guitars and B/Vox). All material was written by Mike Grogan. All live and studio recordings and videos are thought to be in private collections and not public domain. This band split around 1989. 1990s and 2000s Mike Grogan played in several bands as Lead Vocalist and Guitars e.g. Loose Talk, with Roger Tice (Bass and B/Vox), Roger Jakeman (Drums and B/Vox) and Fretless a duo with Roger Tice. This period also saw Mike Grogan step out as a solo artist for the first time. A solo album was released in 2012 called Heaven's Light which included Francis MacNamara on Violin, Viola and Whistle and Roger Tice on Bass. This album was Produced by Mike Grogan and Vaughn Jones. In 2014 the album Make Me Strong was released. Another solo album which featured Phil Beer and Miranda Sykes (Show of Hands), Spencer Cozens (Pentangle and toured with John Martyn and Joan Armatrading), Phil Henry (Phil Henry and Hannah Martin) and Richard Crouch. Make Me Strong was Produced by Mark Tucker (Wake The Union by Show of Hands).

Discography

 * Heaven's Light (2012)
 * This Is Christmas (2013) Single (2013)
 * Make Me Strong  (2014)