Michael Bradley (musician) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Michael Bradley
Bradley performing with The Undertones in Newcastle, County Down in 2022.
Background information
Birth name	Michael Bradley
Born	Derry
Genres	Punk rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer, DJ
Instruments	Bass guitar,
Years active	1976–1983, 1999–present

Michael "Mickey" Bradley is the bassist for the Northern Irish pop-punk band The Undertones.

Career

The Undertones

Bradley formed The Undertones in 1976. Their first single, "Teenage Kicks", went gold in the UK, and is also best known for being the most favoured song by late Disc Jockey John Peel. Subsequent songs charted averagely in comparison, and the band had their highest charted song in 1980, with "My Perfect Cousin", going to number nine in both the UK and Ireland. They had split up by 1983, but in 1999, all original members apart from lead singer Feargal Sharkey reformed the group, and Bradley still tours in the band, as of 2024.

In 2016, Bradley wrote a book titled Teenage Kicks: My Life as an Undertone.

Radio

Bradley is also a radio producer for BBC Radio Foyle and presented a one-hour programme on Radio Ulster: "After Midnight with Mickey Bradley". The show featured tracks from the new wave/punk era. Bradley now presents a show titled "The Mickey Bradley Record Show" which airs from 7.30pm to 9.30pm every Friday night on BBC Radio Ulster with Bradley's discussing the records played with a Twitter audience.

Personal life

Bradley was born in Derry and is married to Elaine Duffy. They have four children.

Bradley stopped doing music professionally in between the Undertones' break up. During this time, he worked as a Bicycle courier in SoHo.

In October 2006, Bradley revealed that he had received treatment for bowel cancer.