11 Facts About Mick Quinn

Mick Quinn was born on 17 December 1969 and is an English musician and singer-songwriter.

Mick Quinn is best known as founding member of English rock band Supergrass.

Mick Quinn is a permanent member of fellow Oxford band Swervedriver.

Mick Quinn played with The Asylum in 1986, a band featuring Kid Wig, guitarist with the Beat Seeking Missiles, in and around Oxford including the Port Meadow Festival.

Mick Quinn travelled to Spain and France to play with local musicians before returning to England in 1992.

In May 2010, Mick Quinn formed the DB Band with former Shake Appeal bass player Paul Wilson.

Mick Quinn was a founding member of garage band The Beat Seeking Missiles with former members of The Wig Outs and Thee Headcoats.

Mick Quinn became a full member of the band during the recording of its follow up, Future Ruins in 2017.

Mick Quinn's father is the Australian lipid biochemist Peter Mick Quinn, who is currently based at King's College London.

On 21 August 2007, Mick Quinn was hospitalized in Toulouse, France for an operation to repair two broken vertebrae and a smashed Calcaneus, sustained after falling out of a first floor window of a rented villa he was staying in with his family.

Mick Quinn subsequently made a full recovery, returning to perform with the Diamond Hoo Ha Men in January 2008.