Born and bred in Liverpool, as a child of the 60’s Gary grew up to the sounds of that generation, as a teenager he saw most of the 'Classis Rock Acts' live and was drawn to capture them on film from the age of 15. His ambition was to go to 'Art School' but that was not to be. Gary, along with many of his school days contemporaries from the 70's would hang about the legendary Eric's Club; many would go on to greater things in the 80’s and it was there his career began.
Photographing Echo and The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes and Dead or Alive at their earliest performances, he soon started contributing to a popular local music fanzine - MerseySound.
His photos eventually caught the eye of the UK music press and he became a professional photographer, working mainly in the North West he has built up an archive of Liverpool and Manchester bands from the heady days of 70's punk through to rave scene of the early 90s.
His work has appeared in Melody Maker, Sounds, NME, Smash Hits, The Face, Q, Uncut, Filter, Mojo and numerous music mags worldwide.
Over the years he has photographed most of Liverpool's alternative bands, with album and single covers for many artists including Black, The Icicle Works, The Fire and Western Promise. More recent additions include re-issue CD covers for The Wild Swans, A Certain Ratio, John Foxx and Thomas Dolby.
Although Gary now concentrates on Landscape and Street Photography he still continues to photograph those 'Northern Bands' when ever he can.
David Gilmour performing at the Royal Albert Hall as part of his Rattle That Lock Tour in September 2015.
Florence Welch from Florence and the Machine rehearsing at the John Henry Studios, London in October 2007
Nirvana photographed outside the Dalmacia Hotel in Shepherd's Bush, London on a cold October morning in 1990.
Bruce Springsteen captured during The River Tour in 1981 at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam
Squeeze are a British band formed in Depford, London in 1974 that came to prominence during the new wave period of the late 1970s.
Dr Feelgood is a well-loved British R&B band hailing from Canvey Island, Essex most known for their singles 'Roxette' & 'Back in the Night'
Ian Dury was an English rock and roll singer-songwriter, bandleader, artist, and actor who first rose to fame during the late 1970s.
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968 & considered one of the most innovative & influential rock bands in history.
All our traditonal darkroom prints are hand printed from the original negative by a master printer to give them a crafted and unique feel
All prints by Mick Rock are signed and printed in limited editions of 90 on Archival 260gsm Semi-Matt paper.
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