Mick Farren… Seriously
John Tobler, ZigZag, October 1978
ONE of the less predictable events of this year has been the re-emergence of Mick Farren on the productive rather than critical side of rock'n'roll. Apparently, there were a couple of reasons why this happened, the first no doubt being apparent to all who read advertisements in the rock press, and noticed that the Deviants' Nun album was being re-released.
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