Guest Book & Fans' comments

My thoughts about Mike's book he tells you about his life as a little lad in Liverpool until he reached the top in the 1960's and up to the present time. He is a very ordinary nice man not like a lot of the stars of today and earlier years. He has written the book in a very honestway regarding the mix up as I would like to put it with the other Searchers.

He comes across as a family man which a lot of celebs don't. Also he has never given up is love for music even in the slack times in the 70's then the best thing he did was start his own band MPS. He is also very popular in America but he never forgets his fans at home, and puts himself out to speak to fans such as myself I could never imagine I would see him at the Savoy Hotel at Blackpool after all those years.

Hi. Hope you all had a lovely xmas. A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE AND GOOD HEALTH FOR THE FUTURE. HOPE TO SEE YOU WHEN YOU ARE NEXT AT SKEGNESS. LOVE JANE X

Hi Nigel

Thank you for your comments on my Book. It's good to get what sounds like an honest view from someone I've never met (at least I don't think I have) I hope there will be others who give their honest opinions and not sit on the fence as it were! An honest opinion is always better than a loyal opinion as loyalty is often guilty of misrepresenting the truth.

Mike Pender

Mike's book is an excellent read. His story deserved to be told. It is especially interesting on the origins and early years of The Searchers. And, without taking sides, on the split from the original band. For me, and many fans I suspect, it is a shame that musically the split happened.

I would like to wish all the Fans a very happy christmas and a peaceful,happy and successful new year.
A special thanks to all those long standing fan club memebers who continue to support Mike and the band and this web site. For those of you have not yet purchased a copy of Mike's book please get in touch because it makes a super Christmas present to a friend or partner or even a present for yourself - and why not - you deserve it! Best wishes Roger

Have just finished reading your book really enjoyed it and the part about the lady who has not seen you for 46yrs. It has really cheered us up as my husband is fighting cancer at the moment. Hope to see you next year Merry Xmas to you and your family.

Dear Mike,

The word Legend is sometimes overused but in this case it's true. Songs such as 'Sweets For My Sweet', 'When You Walk In The Room' and 'Needles And Pins' changed the shape and direction of popular music forever. I've always been a fan and I hail from Ormskirk. Originally I lived in Southampton for 18 years and call it home. I've had brain damage for all of those years but now after a bleed on the brain I'm fine and am now a very happy grandad.

My mum Norma lives in Branford CTT and in fact in the 80s I was over in America and we went to see you play live and you were AMAAAAZING! She moved to America in the very early 60s from Speke after I was given up for adoption. She knew the Beatles - John Lennon in particular.

I just wanted to say 'Hello' and pay tribute to one of the most important artists in modern day popular music; you helped shape the music landscape forever and for the better, unique, groundbreaking, game-changing music... wow!

Much love from a lifelong fan
TF XXXX

I am delighted to read that your autobiography has now been published.
Many congratulations !
It was a great privilege for me to work on it with you.

With kind regards to you and May and family, and best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.

Richard ( and Wendy ) Mahoney

Hello Mike,

How are you? My name is Frank Malerba. I am the owner-operator of music and movie publication CrypticRock.com. We provide a broad range of music and movie news, interviews, reviews, and live concert photography/reviews.

I am contacting you because we provided a live review/photo coverage of British Invasion at NYCB at Westbury Theatre in NY on September 14th featuring yourself. Today we published an in-depth article with some amazing images from the evening.

Copy & paste the link to that article... http://crypticrock.com/?p=31862

GOD bless you Mike. As long as you're still rockin the world is a brighter place. Thank you for making me smile when I wanted to quit.