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'''Michael David Rock''' (born 1948)<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-06-28|title=Mick Rock|url=https://huxleyparlour.com/artists/mick-rock/|website=huxleyparlour.com}}</ref> is a British photographer. He has photographed rock music acts such as [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[David Bowie]], [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]], [[Syd Barrett]], [[Lou Reed]], [[Iggy Pop]] and [[The Stooges]], [[The Sex Pistols]], [[The Ramones]], [[Joan Jett]], [[Talking Heads]], [[Roxy Music]], [[Thin Lizzy]], [[Geordie]], [[Mötley Crüe]], and [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]. Often referred to as "The Man Who Shot the Seventies",<ref name="BBC"/> most of the memorable shots of Bowie as [[David Bowie#Ziggy Stardust|Ziggy Stardust]] were shot by Rock in his capacity as Bowie's official photographer.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-19|title=The Rise of David Bowie: Mick Rock’s legendary photos of the late artist|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/photography/david-bowie-mick-rock-legendary-photos-late-artist-a9357216.html|date=15 March 2020|website=The Independent}}</ref>
'''Michael David Rock''' (born 1948)<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-06-28|title=Mick Rock|url=https://huxleyparlour.com/artists/mick-rock/|website=huxleyparlour.com}}</ref> is a British photographer. He has photographed rock music acts such as [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[David Bowie]], [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]], [[Syd Barrett]], [[Lou Reed]], [[Iggy Pop]] and [[The Stooges]], [[The Sex Pistols]], [[The Ramones]], [[Joan Jett]], [[Talking Heads]], [[Roxy Music]], [[Thin Lizzy]], [[Geordie]], [[Mötley Crüe]], and [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]. Often referred to as "The Man Who Shot the Seventies",<ref name="BBC"/> most of the memorable shots of Bowie as [[David Bowie#Ziggy Stardust|Ziggy Stardust]] were shot by Rock in his capacity as Bowie's official photographer.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-19|title=The Rise of David Bowie: Mick Rock's legendary photos of the late artist|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/photography/david-bowie-mick-rock-legendary-photos-late-artist-a9357216.html|date=15 March 2020|website=The Independent}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
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==Exhibitions==
==Exhibitions==
*''Rock'n Roll Eye: The photography of Mick Rock'', [[Tokyo Photographic Art Museum]], 2003.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-19|title=Rock'n Roll Eye: The photography of Mick Rock|url=http://topmuseum.jp/chi/contents/exhibition/index-885.html|website=topmuseum.jp}}</ref> A retrospective.
*''Rock'n Roll Eye: The photography of Mick Rock'', [[Tokyo Photographic Art Museum]], 2003.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-19|title=Rock'n Roll Eye: The photography of Mick Rock|url=http://topmuseum.jp/chi/contents/exhibition/index-885.html|website=topmuseum.jp}}</ref> A retrospective.
*''Rock 'n' Roll Icons: the photography of Mick Rock'', [[Urbis|Urbis Cultural Centre]], Manchester, UK, 2005/6.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-19|title=Rock ‘n’ Roll Icons: the photography of Mick Rock|url=https://urbismanchester.wordpress.com/exhibitions/rock-%e2%80%98n%e2%80%99-roll-icons-the-photography-of-mick-rock/|date=14 January 2010|website=Urbis}}</ref>
*''Rock 'n' Roll Icons: the photography of Mick Rock'', [[Urbis|Urbis Cultural Centre]], Manchester, UK, 2005/6.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-19|title=Rock 'n' Roll Icons: the photography of Mick Rock|url=https://urbismanchester.wordpress.com/exhibitions/rock-%e2%80%98n%e2%80%99-roll-icons-the-photography-of-mick-rock/|date=14 January 2010|website=Urbis}}</ref>


== Television ==
== Television ==
Rock was the host of ''On the Record with Mick Rock'', a documentary series on [[Ovation (U.S. TV channel)|Ovation]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-06-28|title=On the Record with Mick Rock : Series : Ovation Official Site|url=http://www.ovationtv.com/series/on-the-record-with-mick-rock/|date=18 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118151646/http://www.ovationtv.com/series/on-the-record-with-mick-rock/|archive-date=18 January 2017|website=Ovation}}</ref> The series follows Rock as he travels the country and meets with musicians for a tour of their hometowns,<ref>{{cite web|first1=Brian|last1=Steinberg|first2=Brian|last2=Steinberg|access-date=2021-08-19|title=Isabella Rossellini, Mick Rock To Join Ovation TV Schedule|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/isabella-rosellini-mick-rock-ovation-1201478312/|date=23 April 2015|website=Variety}}</ref> highlighting the people, places and cultural institutions that have been integral in their lives and careers. Each episode features a performance. Guests in the first season include [[Josh Groban]], [[The Flaming Lips]] (featuring [[Wayne Coyne]] and [[Steven Drozd]]), [[Kings of Leon]], [[Patti LaBelle]], and [[Mark Ronson]].
Rock was the host of ''On the Record with Mick Rock'', a documentary series on [[Ovation (U.S. TV channel)|Ovation]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-06-28|title=On the Record with Mick Rock : Series : Ovation Official Site|url=http://www.ovationtv.com/series/on-the-record-with-mick-rock/|date=18 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118151646/http://www.ovationtv.com/series/on-the-record-with-mick-rock/|archive-date=18 January 2017|website=Ovation}}</ref> The series follows Rock as he travels the country and meets with musicians for a tour of their hometowns,<ref>{{cite web|first1=Brian|last1=Steinberg|first2=Brian|last2=Steinberg|access-date=2021-08-19|title=Isabella Rossellini, Mick Rock To Join Ovation TV Schedule|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/isabella-rosellini-mick-rock-ovation-1201478312/|date=23 April 2015|website=Variety}}</ref> highlighting the people, places and cultural institutions that have been integral in their lives and careers. Each episode features a performance. Guests in the first season include [[Josh Groban]], [[The Flaming Lips]] (featuring [[Wayne Coyne]] and [[Steven Drozd]]), [[Kings of Leon]], [[Patti LaBelle]], and [[Mark Ronson]].


''Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock'' (2016) is a biographical documentary about Rock, directed by [[Barnaby Clay]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-19|title=Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock review – picture-perfect profile|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/23/shot-the-psycho-spiritual-mantra-of-rock-mick-rock-david-bowie|date=23 July 2017|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=David|last1=Ehrlich|first2=David|last2=Ehrlich|access-date=2021-08-19|title=‘Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock’ Review: David Bowie’s Favorite Photographer Gets His Close-Up In Candid and Compelling Documentary|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/04/mick-rock-shot-psycho-spiritual-mantra-of-rock-review-documentary-david-bowie-lou-reed-1201801203/|date=6 April 2017|website=IndieWire}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-19|title=SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra Of Rock|url=https://www.timeout.com/movies/shot-the-psycho-spiritual-mantra-of-rock|website=Time Out}}</ref>
''Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock'' (2016) is a biographical documentary about Rock, directed by [[Barnaby Clay]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-19|title=Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock review – picture-perfect profile|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/23/shot-the-psycho-spiritual-mantra-of-rock-mick-rock-david-bowie|date=23 July 2017|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=David|last1=Ehrlich|first2=David|last2=Ehrlich|access-date=2021-08-19|title='Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock' Review: David Bowie's Favorite Photographer Gets His Close-Up In Candid and Compelling Documentary|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/04/mick-rock-shot-psycho-spiritual-mantra-of-rock-review-documentary-david-bowie-lou-reed-1201801203/|date=6 April 2017|website=IndieWire}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-19|title=SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra Of Rock|url=https://www.timeout.com/movies/shot-the-psycho-spiritual-mantra-of-rock|website=Time Out}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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*''Tamashii: Mick Rock Meets Kanzaburo'' (Kabuki Theatre Photos) (Hachette Fujingaho, Japan, 2007)
*''Tamashii: Mick Rock Meets Kanzaburo'' (Kabuki Theatre Photos) (Hachette Fujingaho, Japan, 2007)
*''Psychedelic Renegades'' (Gingko, 2007)<ref>{{cite web|website=Rolling Stone|access-date=2021-08-19|title=Psychedelic Renegades: Photos of Syd Barrett by Mick Rock|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/psychedelic-renegades-photos-of-syd-barrett-by-mick-rock-208416/|date=13 September 2007}}</ref>
*''Psychedelic Renegades'' (Gingko, 2007)<ref>{{cite web|website=Rolling Stone|access-date=2021-08-19|title=Psychedelic Renegades: Photos of Syd Barrett by Mick Rock|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/psychedelic-renegades-photos-of-syd-barrett-by-mick-rock-208416/|date=13 September 2007}}</ref>
*''Mick Rock Exposed'' (Chronicle, 2010).<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-19|title=Mick Rock Exposed: The Faces of Rock ‘N’ Roll|url=https://www.flavorwire.com/137025/mick-rock-exposed-the-faces-of-rock-n-roll|website=Flavorwire}}</ref>
*''Mick Rock Exposed'' (Chronicle, 2010).<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-19|title=Mick Rock Exposed: The Faces of Rock 'N' Roll|url=https://www.flavorwire.com/137025/mick-rock-exposed-the-faces-of-rock-n-roll|website=Flavorwire}}</ref>


==DVDs==
==DVDs==
* ''Punk Drunk Love: The Images of Mick Rock'' (Panoramica)
* ''Punk Drunk Love: The Images of Mick Rock'' (Panoramica, 2007)


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 10:15, 19 August 2021

Mick Rock
Born1948 (age 75–76)
London, England
OccupationPhotographer
Children1

Michael David Rock (born 1948)[1] is a British photographer. He has photographed rock music acts such as Queen, David Bowie, T. Rex, Syd Barrett, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Joan Jett, Talking Heads, Roxy Music, Thin Lizzy, Geordie, Mötley Crüe, and Blondie. Often referred to as "The Man Who Shot the Seventies",[2] most of the memorable shots of Bowie as Ziggy Stardust were shot by Rock in his capacity as Bowie's official photographer.[3]

Early life

Michael David Rock was born in 1948 in Hammersmith, London, the son of David and Joan.[4] He was educated at Emanuel School in London, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, graduating with a degree in Medieval and Modern Languages.[5] While at Cambridge, he developed an interest in 19th century Romantic poetry—principally the works of Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Shelley, and Byron—and his first appearance in the press came after he was arrested for marijuana possession.[6][7]

Career

During his time at Cambridge, Rock picked up a friend's camera and started to take pictures of the local rock music scene, acquiring some friends and contacts along the way (including Cambridge native Syd Barrett and Mick Jagger's younger brother Chris).[8][9]

In addition to his work with Bowie, whom he met in early 1972, Rock also created album covers for Barrett's The Madcap Laughs, Waylon Jennings's Lonesome, On'ry and Mean, Lou Reed's Transformer and Coney Island Baby, Iggy Pop and the Stooges' Raw Power, Queen's Queen II (recreated for their music video "Bohemian Rhapsody") and Sheer Heart Attack, Geordie's Don't Be Fooled by the Name, the Ramones' End of the Century and Joan Jett's I Love Rock 'n' Roll.[2][10]

He was the chief photographer on the films The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Shortbus. He also produced and directed the music videos "John, I'm Only Dancing", "Jean Genie", "Space Oddity", and "Life on Mars" on Bowie's Sound and Vision DVD collection.

His photo subjects include The Misfits, Snoop Dogg, Air Traffic, Maxwell, Alicia Keys, The Gossip, Lady Gaga, Richard Barone, The Killers, The Scissor Sisters, Michael Bublé, Miley Cyrus, Michael Stipe, Kate Moss, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Chemical Brothers, Janelle Monáe, Queens of the Stone Age, Daft Punk, Kasabian, Snow Patrol, Daniel Merriweather, Black Keys, Hall & Oates, Peter, Bjorn and John, MGMT, Alejandro Escovedo, Pete Yorn, Gavin Degraw, Peaches, Fat Joe, Rhymefest, Nas, Q-Tip, Jane's Addiction, Tom Stoppard, and old friends Bowie, Lou Reed, Debbie Harry, Joan Jett, Mötley Crüe, Nicos Gun, and Iggy Pop.[10][11][12][13]

Rock received the Diesel U Music Legends Award for his contribution to Music in late 2006.[14]

In 2001, when his book Psychedelic Renegades was being published, Syd Barrett autographed a series of 320 books.[15]

Exhibitions

Television

Rock was the host of On the Record with Mick Rock, a documentary series on Ovation.[18] The series follows Rock as he travels the country and meets with musicians for a tour of their hometowns,[19] highlighting the people, places and cultural institutions that have been integral in their lives and careers. Each episode features a performance. Guests in the first season include Josh Groban, The Flaming Lips (featuring Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd), Kings of Leon, Patti LaBelle, and Mark Ronson.

Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock (2016) is a biographical documentary about Rock, directed by Barnaby Clay.[20][21][22]

Personal life

Rock lives in New York City on Staten Island with his wife and their daughter.[23]

Publications

  • A Photographic Record 1969–1980 (Century 22, 1995)
  • Glam: An Eyewitness Account (foreword by Bowie) (Omnibus, 2006)
  • Psychedelic Renegades / Syd Barrett (Genesis, 2002)
  • Moonage Daydream / Ziggy Stardust (with Bowie) (Genesis). ISBN 978-1-84403-380-5.
  • Rock 'n' Roll Eye (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 2003)
  • Killer Queen (with Brian May and Roger Taylor) (Genesis, 2003)
  • Picture This / Debbie Harry & Blondie (foreword by Debbie Harry) (Omnibus, 2004)
  • Raw Power / Iggy & The Stooges (foreword by Iggy Pop) (Omnibus, 2005)
  • Blood and Glitter. 2005. ISBN 978-0-9537479-9-3.
  • Rocky Horror (foreword by Richard O'Brien) (Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2006
  • Classic Queen (Sterling, 2007). ISBN 978-1-4027-5192-9.
  • Tamashii: Mick Rock Meets Kanzaburo (Kabuki Theatre Photos) (Hachette Fujingaho, Japan, 2007)
  • Psychedelic Renegades (Gingko, 2007)[24]
  • Mick Rock Exposed (Chronicle, 2010).[25]

DVDs

  • Punk Drunk Love: The Images of Mick Rock (Panoramica, 2007)

References

  1. ^ "Mick Rock". huxleyparlour.com. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b Photographer lives the Rock dream BBC News. Retrieved 25 May 2011
  3. ^ "The Rise of David Bowie: Mick Rock's legendary photos of the late artist". The Independent. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  4. ^ 'Mick Rock', FLATT magazine (Accessed 10 April 2019).
  5. ^ 'Cambridge University Tripos Lists', Times, 26 June 1967.
  6. ^ 'Mick Rock: from "Receiver" to Transformer', andrewpurcell.net, 6 July 2015 (Accessed 10 April 2019).
  7. ^ Once a Caian..., Issue 3, Spring 2006, pp. 16-7. (Accessed 10 April 2019)
  8. ^ 'Gary James' Interview with Photographer Mick Rock', classicbands.com (Accessed 10 April 2019).
  9. ^ 'Mick Rock interview: Shooting David Bowie portraits', Amateur Photographer, 4 December 2016 (Accessed 10 April 2019).
  10. ^ a b "The stunning photography of Mick Rock". NME. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  11. ^ "From Iggy Pop to Janelle Monae, the stunning photography of Mick Rock". NME. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Rockarchive - classic images from the vaults". NME. 8 January 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Raw Power: Rare Iggy Pop photos by Mick Rock". NME. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Diesel-U-Music Awards 2006". Music-News.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  15. ^ Cavanagh, David (September 2006). "The glory and torment of being Syd Barrett, by David Bowie, David Gilmour, Mick Rock, Joe Boyd, Damon Albarn and more..." Uncut. London. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  16. ^ "Rock'n Roll Eye: The photography of Mick Rock". topmuseum.jp. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Rock 'n' Roll Icons: the photography of Mick Rock". Urbis. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  18. ^ "On the Record with Mick Rock : Series : Ovation Official Site". Ovation. 18 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  19. ^ Steinberg, Brian; Steinberg, Brian (23 April 2015). "Isabella Rossellini, Mick Rock To Join Ovation TV Schedule". Variety. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  20. ^ "Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock review – picture-perfect profile". The Guardian. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  21. ^ Ehrlich, David; Ehrlich, David (6 April 2017). "'Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock' Review: David Bowie's Favorite Photographer Gets His Close-Up In Candid and Compelling Documentary". IndieWire. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  22. ^ "SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra Of Rock". Time Out. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  23. ^ Vora, Shivani (24 March 2017). "How Mick Rock, Music Photographer, Spends His Sundays". New York Times. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  24. ^ "Psychedelic Renegades: Photos of Syd Barrett by Mick Rock". Rolling Stone. 13 September 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  25. ^ "Mick Rock Exposed: The Faces of Rock 'N' Roll". Flavorwire. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
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