Mick Farren

Michael Anthony "Mick" Farren (1943-2013) was an English singer, journalist and author. Born in Cheltenham, he fronted the underground rock band the Deviants, wrote for the International Times and the New Musical Express, and was a fixture of the British counterculture.

He published more than twenty novels and works of non-fiction, including the DNA Cowboys trilogy, The Feelies, the Victor Renquist vampire quartet, Necrom and Jim Morrison's Adventures in the Afterlife, along with the memoir Give the Anarchist a Cigarette. He died on 27 July 2013 after collapsing on stage in London while performing with the Deviants.