Mick Cocks

For other people with the same name, see Michael Cox.

Mick Cocks
A man is shown in upper body profile from his left. He is playing an electric guitar.
Mick Cocks performing with Rose Tattoo at the Meredith Festival in December 2006.
Background information
Birth nameMichael Thomas Cocks
Born(1955-01-11)11 January 1955
Alphington, Victoria, Australia
Died22 December 2009(2009-12-22) (aged 54)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
GenresRock
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Guitar, bass guitar
Years active1976–2009
Formerly ofRose Tattoo, Heaven, The Headhunters, Illustrated Men, Doomfoxx, Ted Mulry Gang

Michael Thomas Cocks (11 January 1955 – 22 December 2009), known professionally as Mick Cocks, was an Australian musician, most noted for his guitar and songwriting work with Rose Tattoo. His original sound and style heavily influenced Guns N' Roses, who recorded a cover of the Rose Tattoo song "Nice Boys". He was also a member of Heaven, The Headhunters, Illustrated Men, Doomfoxx, Pete Wells' Heart Attack, and the Ted Mulry Gang. On 16 August 2006, Rose Tattoo were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame.

In April 2009, Cocks was diagnosed with liver cancer and died from the disease eight months later, on 22 December 2009. He was the fifth member of Rose Tattoo to die of cancer, preceded by Dallas Royall (1991), Peter Wells (2006), Ian Rilen (2006), and Lobby Loyde (2007).