Mick White

Who is Mick White?

Mick White is an English hard rock singer.

He has featured in Emerson, Samson / Paul Samson's Empire, First Strike and Seven Days.

Mick has performed with many of the biggest names in British hard rock music including Paul Samson, Don Airey, Biff Byford, Kim McAuliffe, Lea Hart, Paul Dianno, Steve Clarke, Pete Jupp, and many others.

During his time with Samson they supported Iron Maiden on the 1986 'Somewhere In Time' tour, which included six nights at Hammersmith Odeon. After leaving Samson in 1989 he formed Mick White's First Strike. They were managed by Metal Forces magazine editor Dave Shack. The band opened up for bands like Slaughter, Saraya and Dare. The band toured Ireland and released a video demo in 1989 entitled 'Nasty', produced by Fastway singer Lea Hart which was featured on Hard Rock TV Show Raw Power. The band also had three songs featured on 'All Stars' a compilation album released on Polydor in Japan. They shot a video for the track 'Girls Of The World' which was also featured on Raw Power.

Notable recordings include Samson's 'And There It Is',Heavy Metal Masters Vol 2 - True Brits, AllStars, English Steel I - Start Em Young and appearances on tribute albums to UFO and Slade.