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LADY GAGA<br />
AND BONO<br />
It was after a show at Carnegie<br />
Hall at the Spotted Pig [gastropub].<br />
Bono and I have mutual friends<br />
and he was quite happy to be<br />
associated with the latest cool<br />
thing. He came up with the idea,<br />
messing about with forks, maybe<br />
he wanted to eat her?<br />
it turns out there was no film in<br />
the camera and somehow that<br />
intrigued me. The next time<br />
I made sure my friend put in<br />
some film. A local band gave<br />
me a fiver and asked me to<br />
take some pictures of them and<br />
I thought,I can make money<br />
from this, that’s cool!”<br />
Things moved up gear for<br />
Mick when he left University.<br />
“It was the time of high hippy<br />
days and I didn't want to get a<br />
real job. By chance I met Syd<br />
Barrett at the Cambridge Arts<br />
College Christmas party. He<br />
was in an unknown band called<br />
Pink Floyd. I used to go to the<br />
UFO Club in London and meet<br />
them. When I finally shot Syd<br />
it took me three attempts as<br />
he was always asleep or on<br />
downers. Eventually we did the<br />
pictures and there was a magic<br />
s t y l e<br />
to it. I think I got about £25.”<br />
From here Mick was on a<br />
roll, doing three album covers<br />
with Rory Gallagher. Then in<br />
1971 there came a turning<br />
point when he listened David<br />
Bowie’s Hunky Dory.<br />
“Most people thought that<br />
Space Oddity was a gimmick<br />
record, but not me. I got hold<br />
of him, he wasn’t really known<br />
and wanted the publicity, so I<br />
JUNE/JULY <strong>2011</strong> // WIZZ MAGAZINE 23
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