Marriage and Children
Mike married wife Chrys (Christine Ann Webb) in 1976 and had their first child Lauren in 1979. Mike's love of music led him to name their first son, Marc, born in November 1980, after T-Rex front man Marc Bolan. They later had their second son Luke in 1985. During this time, Mike continued to play in bands and write music with no real return to the limelight.
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—Beatrice Gottlieb, U.S. historian. The Family in the Western World from the Black Death to the Industrial Age, ch. 12, Oxford University Press (1993)
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