Mick Farren

To say that Mick Farren was a "jack of all trades" is putting it mildly. Starting out as a member of British psych rockers the Deviants, Farren traversed a long and winding career that included such occupational descriptors as singer, journalist, novelist, nonfiction author, and -- some might say -- philosopher and social critic. The singer and founding member of the Deviants, he left that band in 1969 to pursue other musical goals in one of the bigger names in proto-punk, the Pink Fairies. He took a break from the musical side of things, beginning his journalistic career as a...