Mick Farren

English singer, songwriter, founding member of The Deviants, and writer; active from the 1960s until his death in 2013.

Founder and singer of The Deviants; notable solo album Mona The Carnivorous Circus (features Twink, John Gustafson, Paul Buckmaster); live shows covered include a 2004 performance at Koenji UFO Club. Mick Farren died in July 2013.

Reviews on DeBaser present Mick Farren's Mona The Carnivorous Circus as an acid, improvised, and unsettling solo record featuring guests such as Twink, John Gustafson and Paul Buckmaster. The live review from 2004 describes a disappointing concert where Farren appeared drunk and diminished. Overall the coverage is admiring of the album's adventurousness and blunt about the failings of the later live show.

For:Fans of 1960s British underground, garage and psychedelic rock; readers of music history and live performance criticism.