Cub Koda，Michael "Cub" Koda was born on October 1, 1948, in Detroit, Michigan. His father Max owned a small-town newspaper in Manchester, Michigan. He got his nickname Cub from the character of Cubby on the TV show The Mickey Mouse Club (1955). Koda was a drummer at age five and formed his first group, The Del-Tinos, while attending Manchester High School.