An Interview with Mike Stock (Stock, Aitken and Waterman)

Mike Stock had always wanted to become a successful pop songwriter and his dream came true as one of the founder members of the most successful British record-producing teams and song writing partnerships of all time - Stock Aitken Waterman, aka SAW.

SAW became known as the `Hit Factory', producing and recording more than 100 Top 40 singles during the 1980s - a claim that even The Beatles, did not achieve.

At the peak of SAW's success, I Should Be So Lucky and Never Gonna Give You Up helped launch the world-famous artists Kylie Minogue and Rick Astley and as the hits poured off the production line, SAW itself became even more famous than the stars.

ilikemusic.com caught up with hit songwriting legend and all-round nice guy, Mike Stock, to find out his views on the music industry now, a few songwriting secrets and home-truths about Peter Waterman.

"I like music because… it's got to be the closest thing to Heaven on Earth!" MIKE STOCK

ILM: You taught yourself to play the guitar aged 9, followed by the piano and have taught yourself everything. Is that something your parents instilled in you?
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