Michael Turner In Session

At 16 Michael Turner joined his first band in North Queensland called Michael and the Mustangs playing covers at dances. He left for Brisbane in 1969 with his band Force V playing covers but the music was more blues and powerhouse rock. Unfortunately it folded shortly after. Turner moved to Melbourne in 1970 and was asked to join Session a band in the heavy rock mould. They were signed to Havoc records releasing a single Just Around Midnight / Patten of my Life. Michael Turner in Session was opening band at the Sunbury Rock festival and toured other capital cities around the country. In 1972 Turner won Australian best Vocalist in an event called Hoadley's National Battle of the Sounds. In 1973 the band called it quits and Turner moved back to Brisbane.