Career
He is also a partner in Liverpool"s independent Viper Label. In 1997, Badger"s first one man exhibition of recycled art was titled Lost and Foundation, and was on display in Warrington Museum, which was also on show in Bristol Museum in 1998, and Leicester City Gallery in 1999. In 1999, Badger created several tin sculptures for Liverpool band Space"s album "Tin Planet", and for their video of "Avenging Angels".
In 2006, Mike Badger"s sculpture was selected by The Prince"s Foundation for Children and The Arts for United Kingdom primary school education package, and later that year he began work as the Artist in Residence at Independent Television Granada, celebrating 50 years of broadcasting.
Badger also showcased at the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas in 2009 and again in 2010, where he performed with local and international acts, and formed a band called the Nashville Liverpool Underground Medicine Show. In 2010 Mike was commissioned to create a permanent suspended sculpture, titled A Musical Composition which hangs in Cavern Walks, Mathew Street, Liverpool.
Mike Badger"s current band, Mike Badger and The Shady Trio formed in Summer 2010. His next solo album, titled Rogue State is to be released in 2011.