Mike Gibbins (born Michael George Gibbins, 12 March 1949, in Swansea, Wales; died 4 October 2005) was the drummer of the ill-fated Welsh band Badfinger. After Pete Ham's suicide, Badfinger dissolved and Gibbins began performing as session drummer for various Welsh acts, including on Bonnie Tyler's international hit "It's A Heartache". In the 1980s, Gibbins performed in various versions of a reformed Badfinger until Gibbins would retire from playing with the band in August 1989.
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Mike Gibbins (born Michael George Gibbins, 12 March 1949, in Swansea, Wales; died 4 October 2005) was the drummer of the ill-fated Welsh band Badfinger. After Pete Ham's suicide, Badfinger dissolved and Gibbins began performing as session drummer for various Welsh acts, including on Bonnie Tyler's international hit "It's A Heartache". In the 1980s, Gibbins performed in various versions of a reformed Badfinger until Gibbins would retire from playing with the band in August 1989. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Gibbins released four solo CDs through Exile Music "A Place in Time" (1998), "More Annoying Songs" [featuring ex-Iveys member Ron Griffiths singing on 2 tracks] (2000), "Archeology" [Ron Griffiths on 1 track] (2002) and "In the Meantime" (2003). The latter included alternative re-recordings of both the Badfinger hit "Come And Get It" and Gibbins own "in the Meantime" originally from the 1974 Wish You Were Here album. On 4 October 2005, Gibbins died in his sleep at his home in Oviedo, Florida from a brain aneurysm at the age of 56.
