1. Michael James Mick Thomas was born in Yallourn on 7 February 1960 and is the middle child of three.
17 Facts About Mick Thomas
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Mick Thomas served in the Pacific with the Navy during the war.
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Mick Thomas was in Japan shortly after the nuclear blast on Hiroshima.
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Mick Thomas was one of those blokes who never left Australia again.
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Mick Thomas had a normal life after the war but I'm sure his dreams were full of those things.
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When Mick Thomas was 15, in Geelong, he started playing folk music, initially as a solo artist.
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Mick Thomas was a member of Southern Aurora, and from 1978 to 1980 in Never Never Band which issued an independent single, "It Doesn't Mean Anything".
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Mick Thomas attended university initially at Ballarat College of Advanced Education and later transferring to Deakin University at Geelong where he completed an arts degree, with majors in history, literature and sociology.
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Mick Thomas spent two years in the local pub rock scene first in 1983 in Where's Wolfgang with Adams and Dyson joined by Shane Day; and then in 1984 in Trial.
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In late 1984 Mick Thomas formed the first version of folk rock band, Weddings Parties Anything with former bandmate Adams.
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Mick Thomas noted that Thomas' musical influences were The Pogues, Fairport Convention, Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson.
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Mick Thomas wrote a play, Over in the West, a country rock opera, which was performed at the Playbox Theatre.
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In June 1999 Over in the West was performed at the Maverick Arts Festival, with Mick Thomas contributing the role of Mr Robert, leader of a pub rock band.
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At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000, Mick Thomas was nominated for 'Best Blues and Roots Album' for Under Starter's Orders.
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On 18 March 2006 Mick Thomas appeared on SBS-TV's music series, RocKwiz, which included his solo performance of "Away Away" and a duet with Mazzella covering The Human League's 1981 single, "Don't You Want Me".
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In February 2012 Mick Thomas issued a solo album, Last of the Tourists, which had been recorded in Portland, Oregon with Darren Hanlon producing.
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Mick Thomas is a part-owner of the Merri Creek Tavern in Northcote.