Can
there be a better death for a rock musician, as (except maybe at home in his
sleep) on the stage to die? (Almost) exactly is the English musician and
writer Mick Farren happened when, on 27, heJuly 2013 collapsed on stage
during a concert at the age of 69 years and died the same evening.
His
artistic career began when he moved to the first half of the sixties went to
London to study and also brought his being a musician on the move. With the
band The Deviants he published from 1967 to 1969 three slices before 1970
for the first solo album "Mona - The Carnivorous Circus" came. He then focused
for several years been stepped on his writing career, the music but never really
let go.He was a short time a member of the Pink Fairies (anyone still
reminiscent of "Uncle Harry's Last Freakout"?), but without being involved in
recordings.
Mid-seventies,
there was a relatively short reunion of the Deviants , what the spark at
the good Mickwas after all flare up again so far that in 1978, the great
(of course, from punk rock influenced) solo album Vampires
Stole My Lunch Money appeared. Here, among other things, it
was Wilko Johnson(ex- Dr
Feelgood , RIP) and Chrissie Hynde ( The
Pretenders ) in the studio to help you. The Deviants were also
found over the decades again sporadically, playing shows, and there were also
sporadic albums . With this band he was also on the stage, had come as the day
of his death.
In
the spring of 2012 was Mick Farren one last time with material for a full
album in a recording studio. There should be no ordinary rock album, but he
recited his designated texts (at different rates) to click tracks and handed the
result is then multi-instrumentalist Andy Colquhoun ( The
Deviants ), to highlight the text with more rock and bluesy music. The
result is now available and goes by the lovely name "Black Vinyl Dress".
If
you like this kind of performance or simply want to retest times, which is then
also our lifestyle served by this disc. I have Mick Farren actually
always liked and it also makes her what if the asthmatics his lyrics with the
distinctive voice - sometimes peaceful, sometimes a bit excited - barking into
the microphone. And as already mentioned, the whole was then deposited with rock
and blues songs that round out this Chose then also outstanding.
It
is logical that this record of the former White Panther (UK) activists is not
necessarily for everyone.But finally Anchecken costs nothing and maybe big favor
is one or the other of you but to find the presented 14 'songs'. Especially
since the texts of bullocks anyway can provide a consistently high
quality. So who the man never knew before: Do not be shy pretend and
listen!
Line-up:
Mick Farren (vocals),
Andy Colquhoun (all instruments and programming, additional vocals)
Mick Farren (vocals),
Andy Colquhoun (all instruments and programming, additional vocals)
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GONZO
 | The Woman In The Black Vinyl Dress CD - £9.99 |
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