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MICK ROCK<br />
IF THE NAME DOESN’T<br />
immediately strike a chord,<br />
check out the vast array<br />
of iconic images of Queen,<br />
Syd Barrett, David Bowie,<br />
Madonna, Lou Reed and<br />
Iggy Pop, to name a few.<br />
Photographer, videographer<br />
and journalist Michael David<br />
Rock is every bit as rock ’n’ roll<br />
as the music legends he has<br />
captured over the last four<br />
decades. Known universally<br />
as “the man who shot the<br />
’70s”, Mick has passed through<br />
the vortex of sex, drugs and<br />
rock ’n’ roll, emerging in one<br />
piece… just about.<br />
“It was all down to being<br />
in the right place at the right<br />
time,” Mick reminisces. “I was<br />
a modern language student<br />
on a scholarship at King’s<br />
College Cambridge in the UK.<br />
I picked up a friend’s camera<br />
and started messing about. As<br />
DAVID<br />
BOWIE<br />
AND MICK<br />
RONSON<br />
ON THE<br />
TRAIN<br />
It was the very last<br />
Ziggy Stardust tour.<br />
We were on the<br />
way to Aberdeen on<br />
British Rail because<br />
David doesn’t fly.<br />
They looked like<br />
Martians having<br />
a lunch. You can<br />
even see the boiled<br />
potatoes, peas,<br />
little packets of<br />
butter and rolls.<br />
There is something<br />
very fantastical<br />
about the way<br />
they look.<br />
22 WIZZ MAGAZINE // JUNE/JULY <strong>2011</strong><br />
KATE AND<br />
DEBBIE<br />
Both are divinely<br />
photogenic. Debbie<br />
was always more low-<br />
key, more down-to-<br />
earth. Kate is more<br />
rock ’n’ roll than most<br />
rock ’n’ roll bands.<br />
She has walked the<br />
dark path, as have we<br />
all. But we have both<br />
calmed down a bit.
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