Artist · Australia
Mick Cocks
Since 1955 · Ended in 2009
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About
Michael Thomas Cocks (11 January 1955 – 22 December 2009) 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).
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Michael Thomas, dit Mick Cocks, né le 11 janvier 1955 à Sydney (Australie) et mort le 22 décembre 2009 dans la même ville, est un guitariste australien. Il fut le premier guitariste du groupe de hard rock Rose Tattoo, avec Peter Wells en 1977. Il a fortement influencé les Guns'n'Roses qui ont d’ailleurs fait une reprise de Rose Tattoo, Nice Boys. En avril 2009, on diagnostique chez lui un cancer du foie. Il en meurt quelques mois plus tard, le 22 décembre 2009, soit trois ans et demi après que le guitariste Pete Wells ait succombé à un cancer de la prostate.
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