MIKE MILLS   Michael Edward Mills was born in Orange County, California on December 17th, 1958. He considered himself local, having moved to Georgia as a baby. He was drifting through music. His father an acclaimed tenor singer and his mother a singer, pianist and guitarist, musical ability was inbred. He studied the piano and in high school he joined the marching band, at first with sousaphone and then electric bass, an instrument at which he quickly excelled.  His short hair, glasses and quiet disposition made him an immedieate target for Bill Berry: "When we were about 14 or 15 we hated each other," admitted Berry.  "He was everything I despised; great student, got along with the teachers, didn't smoke cigarettes or pot...." A truce was finally called when Berry's part time band needed a bass player.  Mills had switched from to playing sausaphone to electric bass guitare and so turned up at a session.  He saw out the rest of his school years by playing in a number of bar bands. He rented an apartment in Macon with Bill Berry and went to work in the locals Sears Roebuck department store.  He formed a three part band called the Frusrations with Bill Berry and Ian Copeland (brother of Stewart Copeland who later found fame as drummer for The Police).  The tree spent their time attempting to convert Paragon's reluctant staff to the joys of the Dammed, the Sex Pistols, and especialy The Police.   If anyone would like to expand on that breif account - e-mail me