Mickey Finn (percussionist)

Mickey Finn
Finn performing with T. Rex in the Musikhalle Hamburg, January 1972
Finn performing with T. Rex in the Musikhalle Hamburg, January 1972
Background information
Birth nameMichael Norman Finn
Born(1947-06-03)3 June 1947
Thornton Heath, Surrey, England
Died11 January 2003(2003-01-11) (aged 55)
Croydon, Surrey, England
GenresPsychedelic folk, glam rock
OccupationsMusician
Instruments
Years active1969–2003
LabelsFly Records/Reprise, EMI, Casablanca, Demon Music Group, Track
Formerly of

Michael Norman Finn (3 June 1947 – 11 January 2003)[1] was an English musician. He was best known as the percussionist and sideman to Marc Bolan in his band Tyrannosaurus Rex (on one album, A Beard of Stars) and later the 1970s glam rock group T. Rex. After Bolan's death and T. Rex's demise, he worked as a session musician for The Blow Monkeys and The Soup Dragons.

  1. ^ "T Rex band member dies". BBC News. 13 January 2003. Retrieved 14 November 2010.