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Mike Pender was born Michael John
Prendergast on March
3, 1942 in Kirkdale, Liverpool
and was an original founding member of British invasion rock group, The
Searchers. He is best known as the lead vocalist on many hit singles by
The Searchers, including the song Needles & Pins.
From his humble beginnings performing alongside bands such as The
Beatles in Liverpool, England, Mike Pender has been a
recogniseable voice of rock and roll for more than 45 years. Most
notably, he forged the signature jangly 12-string guitar sound, which
inspired other 1960s artists such as Roger
McGuinn of The
Byrds. Mike Pender has been active in music since the late 1950s when
he was a teenager and continues to captivate audiences around the
world. He pursued a solo career after leaving The Searchers and
released several singles before forming his current band,
In his early years and before reaching fame, Mike Pender worked at a guitar shop as a day job in between playing nightly gigs with The Searchers. According to Mike Pender, he is responsible for choosing the band name for The Searchers. "The Band was founded by myself and John McNally. In 1957 John and I went to see the movie "The Searchers" starring John Wayne. I was an ardent Western Fan and so I dragged John along with me to see it. I take the credit for choosing the name 'The Searchers' and for co-founding the Band in its original form," said Mike Pender in an interview. Some years ago, Mike Pender claimed to be a member of two fictitious groups he played in before his years with The Searchers. Hoping to build more credibility as a musician, Mike Pender claimed to have played in early groups, The Wreckers and The Confederates.
Over the years, some of Mike Pender's personal guitars have included his Gibson ES345 with suburst finish, the Burns Tri-Sonic in the colour of red with 3 pickups and the twelve-string Rickenbacker Rose Morris model 1993 coloured in a fireglo finish with deluxe features including the f-hole rather than the slash sound hole. Other guitars Mike Pender has played include the Aria twelve-string guitar, his Danelectro Bellzouki twelve-string made from wood and hardboard, and the solid Rickenbacker 450/12 in an elegant mapleglo finish, which had a converter comb, which allowed it to be converted into either a 6-string or 12-string guitar. Sadly, Mike Pender's Rickenbacker 360/12 1993 Model was stolen several years ago. This guitar was used on many of The Searchers' studio recordings in addition to numerous performances when Mike Pender was with The Searchers.
After The Searchers recorded the singles Sweets For My Sweet and Sugar & Spice, Mike Pender traded lead vocal duties with Tony Jackson. Mike Pender fronted The Searchers on numerous chart-topping hits, which continued into the early 1970s in the United Kingdom and The United States. During the late 1970s, The Searchers were signed by Seymour Stein's Sire Records and recorded two modernised albums, including "The Searchers" and "Play for Today," which was retitled "Love's Melodies" outside the United Kingdom. The Searchers recorded what would become the 3 final singles with co-founding band member Mike Pender, including I Don't Want to Be the One, Hollywood and Innocent Victim.
Mike Pender left The Searchers in 1985 to pursue a career of
his own, marking a new beginning. In the 1980s, he joined an all-star
rock band known as The Traveling Wrinklies, whose name was a parody of
the popular rock group Traveling
Wilburys with Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Jeff
Lynne, Bob Dylan and George
Harrison. The Traveling Wrinklies contained Mike Pender, Brian
Poole, Clem Curtis,
Selecting a group of talented musicians, Mike Pender sought to
re–create the unique sound that popularised The Searchers. Forming the
band Mike Pender's Searchers, they began touring in the late 1980s.
Between 1992 and 1995, Tony Jackson performed 4 times with
Mike Pender's Searchers recorded several new CDs, which have
been released in various countries around the world. Mike Pender's
Searchers continue to book new shows and tour, targeting Britain,
Australia,
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Mike Pender's Searchers Selected Discography
The British Invasion Returns with Mike Pender's Searchers, Herman's Hermits Starring Peter Noone, Wayne Fontana from The Mindbenders, The Troggs, Gerry Marsden of Gerry & The Pacemakers.
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