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The Deviants (formally the Social Deviants) were a musical group in the United Kingdom. Out of the Ladbroke Grove UK Underground Community, a number of bands would emerge. Perhaps the most anarchistic band of the Underground was the ‘’Deviants’’ founded and fronted by singer/writer Mick Farren, the ‘’Social Deviants’’ — later just the ‘’Deviants’’ — made three bizarre albums in two years. Mick Farren states that The ‘’Deviants’’ were a community band which “did things every now and then - it was a total assault thing with a great deal of inter-relation and interdependence”. Musically, Farren described the Deviants as "teeth-grinding, psychedelic rock" somewhere between the Stooges and The Mothers of Invention” (1). The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent...
The UK Underground movement in the UK was focussed around the Ladbroke Grove/Notting Hill area of London, which Mick Farren commented was an enclave of freaks, immigrants and bohemians long before the hippies got there (1). ...
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Mick Farren is a UK Underground/counterculture radical and anarchist. ...
After the ‘’Deviants’’ folded in 1969, Farren recorded a solo album ‘’Mona’’ with a short-lived Pink Fairies line-up that featured ex-Pretty Things drummer/singer Twink and Steve Peregrin Took. When this first ‘’Pink Fairies’’ fell apart and Twink ran off with the name to form Pink Fairies mark 2 Farren initially considered continuing to work Steve Took using the band name Steve Took's Shagrat with Larry Wallis. Took and Farren fell out so it didn’t happen. This article needs cleanup. ...
The Pretty Things are a 1960s and 1970s rock and roll band from London. ...
In the gay slang, twink is a term that describes a young or young-looking male, usually of slender build with little to no body hair. ...
Steve Peregrin Took (1949–1980) was a British musician. ...
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Steve Tooks Shagrat it can be suggested was named after the orc Shagrat from Lord of the Rings and was a contraction of Shagrat The Vagrant, the name under which Steve Took had been credited on Mick Farrens album Mona. Larry Wallis offers an alternative explanation. ...
Larry Wallis is a guitarist, songwriter and producer for Stiff Records. ...
Many of the band members for the ‘’Deviants’’ and the ‘’Pink Fairies’’ were interchangeable and both names have been used for various one-offs over the years. In February 1984, Farren was joined by ex-Pink Fairies member Larry Wallis and original ‘’Deviant’’ (as well as ‘’Pink Fairies’’ member) Duncan Sanderson. They were billed as the ‘’Deviants’’ and played a London gig at Dingwalls which was released as the album ‘’Human Garbage’’. Mick Farren’s latest incarnation of the ‘’Deviants’’ ‘’Dr Crow’’ in 2002 which opens up with the title track ‘’When Dr Crow Turns On His Radio’’ and its obvious Mick Farren is back on form! Great guitar from Andy Colquhoun. This article needs cleanup. ...
Larry Wallis is a guitarist, songwriter and producer for Stiff Records. ...
Greater London and the Regions of England. ...
As a lyricist Farren provided the words for several songs on Larry Wallis’s first ever solo album ‘’Death in the Guitarfternoon’’ released in 2002. Larry Wallis is a guitarist, songwriter and producer for Stiff Records. ...
References
- (1) Funtopia for Mick Farren interview (http://www.thanatosoft.freeserve.co.uk)
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