Mick Mercer (born Michael Mercer, 19 July 1957) is a journalist and author best known for his books, photos and reviews of the goth and punk scenes.
Life and work
Mercer is primarily a writer focused on the Gothic rock scene that emerged from the initial Post-punk era in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He has also photographed bands from the Punk era onwards, In 1978, he began writing for British music paper Record Mirror, then freelanced for ZigZag magazine, later becoming its editor until the magazine folded in 1986.
In 2023, some of Mick Mercer's photographs were exhibited as a part of "The Batcave Exhibition" at the Museum of Youth Culture on Berwick Street in Soho. The journalist's important - predominantly goth-based - photo archive may be sampled at this page on the Redbubble website: [https://www.redbubble.com/people/mick-mercer/explore?asc=u&page=1&sortOrder=recent]
Bibliography
- Mercer, Mick (1988). Gothic Rock Black Book. Omnibus Press.
- Mercer, Mick (1991). Gothic Rock: All You Ever Wanted to Know...but Were Too Gormless to Ask. Pegasus Publishing.
- Mercer, Mick (1997). Hex Files: The Goth Bible. Overlook Press; First American edition.
- Mercer, Mick (2002). 21st Century Goth. Reynolds & Hearn.
- Mercer, Mick (2009). Music to Die For. Cherry Red Books.