The Deviants (band)

The Deviants
The Deviants performing in the late 60s
The Deviants performing in the late 60s
Background information
OriginUnited Kingdom
Genres
Years active
  • 1966–1969
  • 1978
  • 1984
  • 1996
  • 2002
  • 2011–2013
LabelsSire
Past membersMick Farren
Pete Munro
Clive Muldoon
Mike Robinson
Benny (surname unknown)
Phil Mari
Russell Hunter
Cord Rees
Ian “Sid” Bishop
Michael “MJ” McDonnell
Duncan “Sandy” Sanderson
Paul Rudolph
Andy Colquhoun
Larry Wallis
Alan Powell
Wayne Kramer
George Butler
Doug Lunn
Ric Parnell
Michael Simmons
Jack Lancaster
Garry Chamberlain
Alexander Stowell

The Deviants (formerly The Social Deviants) were a British psychedelic rock band originally active from late 1966 to 1969, but later used as a vehicle for the musical work of writer Mick Farren until his death in 2013.

Farren has stated that The Deviants were originally 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, Mick Farren described that they were influenced by The Who, Charles Mingus, Velvet Underground, and Frank Zappa.[4]

  1. ^ Appleford, Stece (6 August 2013). "Mick Farren dies at 69; British rocker embodied '60s spirit". LA Times. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  2. ^ "THE DEVIANTS WERE THE PEOPLE WHO PERVERTED YOUR CHILDREN AND LED THEM ASTRAY". Dangerous Minds. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ Williams, Richard (29 July 2013). "Mick Farren obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ Mick Farren interview Retrieved 22 March 2022

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