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Mick Cocks (Michael Thomas Cocks) was born on 11 January, 1955 in Alphington, Victoria, Australia, is a Michael Thomas Cocks known professionally as Mick Cocks. Discover Mick Cocks's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 54 years old?

Popular As Michael Thomas Cocks
Occupation Musician
Age 54 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 11 January 1955
Birthday 11 January
Birthplace Alphington, Victoria, Australia
Date of death 22 December, 2009
Died Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australia

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1955

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.

Michael Thomas "Mick" Cocks was born on 11 January 1955.

1976

Rose Tattoo formed in 1976 in Sydney with a line-up of Leigh Johnston on rhythm guitar, Tony Lake on lead vocals, Michael Vandersluys on drums and Peter Wells (ex-Buffalo) on slide guitar.

Ian Rilen from Band of Light joined on bass guitar.

Cocks soon joined the group and replaced Johnston on rhythm guitar.

Lake and Vandersluys were substituted by former Buster Brown members Angry Anderson on vocals and Dallas "Digger" Royall on drums respectively.

Rose Tattoo made their public debut on New Year's Eve at the rock club Chequers.

1977

The band's debut single "Bad Boy for Love" peaked at No. 19 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart in 1977.

When Rilen left the group Cocks switched to bass guitar then Chris Turner (ex-Buffalo) was brought and, in turn, was replaced by Geordie Leach (ex-Buster Brown).

1978

This line-up recorded their debut album, Rose Tattoo which reached the top 40 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart in November 1978.

The group was briefly banned from appearing on Australian TV pop TV show, Countdown after Anderson kissed Cocks during their performance of "Bad Boy for Love".

1980

In 1980 Cocks was also a founding member of The Headhunters – an ad hoc collection of R&B musicians – initially with Todd Hunter on bass guitar and his brother Marc on vocals (both from Dragon); John Watson on drums and Kevin Borich on lead guitar (both Kevin Borich Express).

A later line-up included Cocks with Dave Tice (ex-Buffalo) on vocals and Mark Evans (ex-AC/DC, Finch) on guitar.

In 1980 Heaven was a heavy metal band formed in Sydney, they had issued a debut album, Twilight of Mischief.

1981

Early in 1981 the band's single, "Rock N' Roll Outlaw" started to chart in Europe, peaking at No. 2 in France, No. 5 in Germany and No. 60 in UK.

The line up of Anderson, Cocks, Leach, Royall and Wells toured Europe from April.

Three years after their debut album the band issued the follow-up album, Assault and Battery in September, which reached the top 30 in Australia.

Both Rock N' Roll Outlaw and Assault and Battery peaked at No. 1 on the UK heavy metal albums chart.

In late 1981, Rose Tattoo, with Cocks, returned to Australia from a tour of Europe and began work on their third album, Scarred for Life.

1982

In 1982, before recording commenced, Cocks had left to join Heaven and was replaced by Robin Riley on guitar.

In May 1982 Cocks replaced John Haese on guitar and the group toured the United States' West Coast supporting Mötley Crüe and Dio.

1983

They relocated to Los Angeles and recorded a second album for RCA during 1983, Where Angels Fear to Tread, which spawned the single, "Rock School".

In September 1983 Cocks "had been ousted from Heaven" to be replaced by Evans.

1984

In November 1984, Cocks re-joined his ex-Rose Tattoo bandmates, Rilen, Leach, Royall and Wells to form Illustrated Men – with Rilen handling lead vocals – which toured Australia.

The group "played loud, barnstorming rock'n'roll in the Rose Tattoo tradition. Most of the songs in the band's repertoire had been written by Rilen".

1985

By mid-1985 Illustrated Men had disbanded.

1990

In the mid-1990s Cocks, Evans and Tice performed as an acoustic blues trio in Sydney pubs and clubs.

From 1990, Anderson attempted to reform Rose Tattoo with Cocks but the death of Royall in 1991 of cancer stalled the process.

1991

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).

1993

In 1993, Rose Tattoo reunited, with Cocks and new drummer Paul DeMarco, to support Guns N' Roses on the Australian leg of their Use Your Illusion Tour.

However, the reunion was short-lived and the band's members returned to other projects.

1995

Cocks had been a member of Pete Wells Heart Attack (1995) and the Ted Mulry Gang.

1998

Rose Tattoo reconvened in 1998 as Cocks, Anderson, Wells, Rilen and DeMarco, and undertook an Australian tour.

The following year Rilen was replaced by Leach again but Cocks left soon after.

2003

In 2003, Cocks rejoined Rose Tattoo to write tracks with Anderson which were recorded for a future album, Blood Brothers.

2006

On 16 August 2006, Rose Tattoo were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame.

Sessions were disrupted by Wells' illness and eventual death of prostate cancer on 27 March 2006, four years after his initial diagnosis.

2009

In April 2009, Cocks was diagnosed with liver cancer and died from the disease eight months later, on 22 December 2009.