Mickey Finn (percussionist)

Mickey Finn
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) 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.