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  1. 07-28-2013 #1
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    RIP Mick Farren

    I'm shocked and deeply saddened by this news... Mick Farren has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.. a true player and flyer of the freak flag since the earliest daze of the 60s; singer, journalist, author.. the list goes on... you couldn't have had a more 'rock n' roll' death Mick...

    R.I.P. A true counter-culture icon.

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    Macht das ohr auf!

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    Can't find much information out there at present..but it was at a gig?...while he was performing...?

    Knew he'd been having health problems.

    R.I.P.
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    Yes, it was on stage.
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    Time to crank up some Deviants...
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    Let's loot the supermarket!
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    RIP, Mick, have another cigarette
    "Always ready with the ray of sunshine"
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    Older article,

    http://www.laweekly.com/2001-11-29/a...a-cigarette/1/
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    He was a good science fiction writer, which I'm not sure a lot of people know about. Necrom and The Feelies were both really good novels.
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    Quote Originally Posted by spacefreak View Post
    I'm shocked and deeply saddened by this news... Mick Farren has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.. a true player and flyer of the freak flag since the earliest daze of the 60s; singer, journalist, author.. the list goes on... you couldn't have had a more 'rock n' roll' death Mick...

    R.I.P. A true counter-culture icon.

    As what Spyros said.
    Rest in peace.Mick.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GuitarGeek View Post
    He was a good science fiction writer, which I'm not sure a lot of people know about. Necrom and The Feelies were both really good novels.
    I only knew of him through his writing. I've read 10 of his books, most of them sci-fi. Raw, powerful and imaginative works. I'd compare it favorably to Phillip K. Dick or K.W. Jeter. RIP.
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    Farren was as central to the London hippy underground scene as anyone. Not a household name but a major figure for the cognoscenti. A militant psychedelic rock'nroll hedonist and a perceptive wit.

    I strongly recommend his memoir Give The Anarchist A Cigarette, and - not for ther faint-hearted - The Deviants' albums and his solo aoblum.

    Dying on stage at a psychedelic festival at a London club was a great way to go.

    Obituary by Charles Shaar Murray here.
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    And an unexpected obituary -- quite a full one -- in the highly establishment Daily Telegraph here.
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    Time to spin "Mona". RIP Mick
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    *sigh*
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