Mick Farren

Articles by: Mick Farren

Hawkwind in 1971

“We were the belt-and-braces Pink Floyd – basic yobbos”: how Hawkwind boldly went where no band had gone before on psychedelic masterpiece In Search Of Space

By Mick Farren published

America had hippies and Woodstock – the UK had greasy, gritty space-heads Hawkwind and their cosmic epic In Search Of Space

Vivian Stanshall

The Vivian Stanshall albums you should definitely own

By Mick Farren published

From playing on Blue Peter to releasing poems about his penis, Bonzo Dog mainman Vivian Stanshall’s eccentricity and creativity knew no bounds

Rod Stewart: Time

By Mick Farren published

Falling on his Face.

Chrome Molly: Gunpowder Diplomacy

By Mick Farren published

Predictable.

Spin Doctors: If The River Was Whiskey

By Mick Farren published

Your roots are showing.

Babyjane: Make It Sick

By Mick Farren published

Whatever happened to...

Hawkwind Light Orchestra: Stellar Variations

By Mick Farren published

Uncomfortably numb.

King Kurt: Zulu Beat

By Mick Farren published

Abusive Zulu.

Mumiy Troll: Vladivostok

By Mick Farren published

From Russia with nothing.

Bob Dylan: Tempest

By Mick Farren published

Shelter from the storm: Dylan’s Tempest is a dark and unflinching look at life and death.

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: The Lost Broadcasts

By Mick Farren published

A demented performance on German TV.

Rob Zombie: Mondo Sex Head

By Mick Farren published

Water-treading remixes from the schlock rock mainstay.

Public Image Ltd: This Is PiL

By Mick Farren published

John Lydon stops spreading butter to record PiL’s first new studio album in 20 years.

Marilyn Manson: Born Villain

By Mick Farren published

Natural born Marilyn: album number eight is a nasty, noisy effort, and all the better for it.

Death By Stereo: Black Sheep Of The American Dream

By Mick Farren published

Death still thrashing.

Head Cat: Walk The Walk... Talk The Talk

By Mick Farren published

Shaking the foundations of rock’n’roll with Lemmy and a couple of his feline friends.

Robbie Robertson: How To Become Clairvoyant

By Mick Farren published

Going gently...

Thurston Moore: Demolished Thoughts

By Mick Farren published

Love letters in the strings.

New York Dolls: Dancing Backwards In High Heels

By Mick Farren published

The sound of rock’n’roll icons stamping all over their lipstick-stained legacy.

Bob Dylan: The Witmark Demos: 1962 – 1964 The Bootleg Series Vol. 9

By Mick Farren published

In the beginning...