As I mentioned earlier in this thread, I was quite surprised Mike was so open about his drug intake. He usually looked pretty stoned in photos you see of him in the early-mid 70s. But I assumed, wrongly I now realize, that he was very upper crust and repressed and I went into reading the book thinking he wouldn't reveal very much about himself. By his account, he certainly didn't grow up in wealth and luxury. The only way he got into Charterhouse seemed to be that his father was an admiral. The family didn't seem wealthy by any stretch of the imagination. He was also quite a rebel.
Often British Public School students get criticized for being spoiled arrogant rich kids, it now seems to me that it was quite a traumatic ordeal being separated from parents and family at a young age for many months at a time and having to fend for oneself in a very competitive and often cruel environment. The Genesis members certainly paid there dues and worked very hard.
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