![]() Clearly, my photo didn’t help sell the album. “I wound up selling pictures from that show to his record label for the ‘Raw Power’ album cover. I was with Bowie and had free range - Iggy was notoriously crazy, charged up, but not quite drooling,” said Rock, adding that Pop was unsuccessfully trying to avoid drugs at the time. “Everybody was telling me to go to Iggy’s show at King’s Cross Cinema. Iggy Pop came to London in 1972 to record the album “Raw Power” at the behest of his pal David Bowie. Iggy Pop Iggy Pop © Mick Rock 2021/Midaro I thought it was the perfect photo, but for some reason their record label didn’t use it.” Somebody told them to get in so they did and poured in the bubble bath. At one point during the session, Vince Neil disappeared with some bird.”Īs for this image, Rock said, “They were completely wild and fun and there happened to be a bathtub. They made me look like an amateur - and I was no amateur. “They were out of their f–king minds with cocaine. Just make it glammy and dramatic,’ ” remembered Rock. Mötley Crüe Motley Crue © Mick Rock 2021/MidaroĪ 1986 conversation with bassist Nikki Sixx struck the perfect chord prior to a shoot with Mötley Crüe. Look at them - they’re so bright and cheerful.” F–king Pierre.”īut then Rock reconsidered: “I only got one set of pictures done, but maybe the time constraint is what energized the whole thing. I remember being mad at Pierre that night. “He worked with me for ‘Life on Mars’ video. “The makeup artist was good but a pain in the neck,” Rock remembered. He was ready - but made to wait longer than expected. Rock went backstage to capture the moment. It was 1973, the Pointer Sisters were getting ready to play their first British gig and everybody was pumped. The Pointer Sisters Pointer Sisters © Mick Rock 2021/Midaro I gave her some attitude with wild hand gestures, and she responded by pulling on the scarf.” Rock remembered that she told him, “If you were a drag queen, your name would be Miss Direction.”Īs for the fashion mag, it never happened and Guccione ended up putting the punk princess on the cover of Penthouse. “Debbie and Bowie were the two most photogenic people to come down the pike,” said Rock. Rock was commissioned to shoot a portrait of Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry. In 1978, Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione wanted to start a women’s fashion magazine. Debbie Harry of Blondie Debbie Harry © Mick Rock 2021/Midaro Here are a few of his top shots and the stories behind them. The West Contemporary Editions gallery in London is in the midst of a sale that includes a dozen of his favorite prints. Still, Rock went on to become an image-maker of choice for stars from Freddie Mercury to Joey Ramone. ![]() I realized that you didn’t need to know much when it came to photography.” “I picked up what I needed to know as I went along. Rock fell in love with photography and went from shooting girlfriends to capturing rockers for London publications and Rolling Stone. Every time I clicked, there was an explosion and I saw a lady’s faces in a million iterations.” Sitting around his room, tripping on blotter acid, I picked up the camera and began playing with it. At the time, he was attending Cambridge University in England, majoring in literature and harboring no photographic ambitions.īut Rock told The Post that on that night, “I was at the home of a friend who had all the toys, including a great record player and camera. If not for an LSD trip he took in 1968, at age 19, photographer Mick Rock might never have snapped iconic photos of David Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Mötley Crüe and a host of other musicians. What’s the lowest price on Pixies, Modest Mouse and Cat Power tickets? Where is Aerosmith playing on their 2023-24 ‘Peace Out’ Farewell Tour?Ĭlassic rock legend dead at 71 - just months after his brother How much are tickets to see U2 on their upcoming Las Vegas residency?
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