In 1991, Mike Southon decided it was time to have fun, so he decided to form a band, Mike Fab-Gere and the Permissive Society. That's him with the afro, moustache and flares.
He packed the band with top session musicians (from Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, The Zombies, Tom Jones, Boy George...) and played every college in the country several times - one of the tours was sponsored by Sol Beer and Durex condoms - you can imagine what that was like....
After that Mike toured No.1 theatres with a show called 'Freak Out!', which also starred stunning David Bowie look-alike John Mainwaring from Jean Genie and Marc Bolan look-alike Danielz from T-Rextasy.
Mike now has a 10-piece band, with girl singers and horn section, and plays corporate events, charity balls and weddings all over the UK. Recently he has even travelled as far afield as Moscow..
Current setlist:
Roll Over Beethoven, Brown Eyed Girl, Size of a Cow, I Will Survive, Addicted To Love, Wild Thing, Young Hearts Run Free, Light My Fire, Play That Funky Music, Superstition, Blame It On The Boogie, I Want You Back, Back in the USSR, Daydream Believer, Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Park Life, We Are Family, Hot Stuff, Revolution, Make Me Smile, Lady Marmalade, Angels, Summer Nights, New York New York, Dancing Queen, Waterloo, Hi Ho Silver Lining, Time Warp, Johnny Be Goode
To make a booking, see more photos and hear some tunes, visit fabgere.com.