Mick Farren
Michael Anthony Farren (3 September 1943 – 27 July 2013)[3] was an English rock musician, singer, journalist, and author associated with counterculture and the UK underground.[4]
Mick Farren
Michael Anthony Farren
3 September 1943
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
27 July 2013 (aged 69)
London, England
Singer, journalist
Early life[edit]
Farren was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and after moving to Worthing, Sussex,[5] attended Worthing High School for Boys, which was a state grammar school. In 1963, he moved to London, where he studied at Saint Martin's School of Art.[4][6]
Counterculture activity[edit]
Farren organised the Phun City Festival in 1970. He has long been associated with the Hells Angels (UK) who provided security at Phun City; they even awarded Farren an "approval patch" in 1970 for use on his first solo album Mona.
He was a prominent activist in the White Panthers UK movement, a group that most notably organised free food and other support services for free festivals from the Windsor Free Festival onwards.
Death[edit]
Farren died at age 69 in 2013, after collapsing while performing with the Deviants at The Borderline in London.[10] The cause of death was stated to be a heart attack.[11]