During a rare performance by The Deviants at The Borderline in Central London on 27 July 2013, Farren collapsed on stage. He died later in hospital.
On 25 June 2011, after returning to live in the UK, Farren performed on the ‘Spirit of 71’ stage at Glastonbury Festival with ‘The Last Men Standing’. The band included Andy Colquhoun and the Deviants late-1960s rhythm section of Sanderson and Hunter.
Farren then continued to perform and record sporadically under the name The Deviants, using a pool of musicians which include Andy Colquhoun and former Blodwyn Pig saxophonist Jack Lancaster . Eating Jello With A Heated Fork was released in 1996, credited to Deviants IXVI , followed by 2002’s Dr Crow…
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At the end of the 1970s Farren again concentrated on his writing and relocated to New York City . He would resurrect The Deviants name for occasional live performances, such as in February 1984 when he teamed up with Wayne Kramer and Wallis’ band which featured Sanderson and drummer George…
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In the mid-1970s, Farren was offered a one-off deal by Stiff Records to record an EP, Screwed Up , which was released under the name Mick Farren and the Deviants . The musicians on this record included Rudolph, former Pink Fairies/ Motörhead guitarist Larry Wallis , former Warsaw Pakt guitarist…
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Rees left the band in June 1967 to be replaced by Farren’s flatmate Duncan Sanderson (born Stuart Duncan Sanderson, 31 December 1948, in Carlisle , Cumbria died 21 November 2019, Hampstead Heath , North West London ) and the band released a second album Disposable through the independent label Stable…
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When Bishop married and left the band, Farren recruited Canadian guitarist Paul Rudolph (born Paul Fraser Rudolph, 14 June 1947, in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada) at the suggestion of Jamie Mandelkau. This band recorded and released the album The Deviants 3 through Transatlantic Records .
The Social Deviants were founded by singer/writer Mick Farren in late 1966 out of the Ladbroke Grove UK Underground community, featuring Pete Munro on bass, Clive Muldoon on guitar, Mike Robinson on guitar, and Benny (surname unknown) on drums. This group played at UFO in Tottenham Court Road and opened…
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During a tour of North America ‘s west coast the relationship between Farren and the musicians became personally and musically strained, and the band decided to continue without Farren, who returned to England, where he teamed up with ex- the Pretty Things drummer Twink (born John Charles Alder, 29 November…
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