Michael “Mick” Tucker
July 17, 1947 – February 14, 2002
Mick Tucker is best remembered as the drummer for the internationally acclaimed ’70s glam rock band, Sweet (sometimes referred to as The Sweet). In 1968, Tucker and Brian Connolly, with whom he played in a band that also included Ian Gillan, recruited Steve Priest and Frank Torpey to form a group that would eventually be known as Sweet. Over the next decade, the band released a series of albums that made them international superstars by successfully marrying the best of bubblegum with that of glam rock. Albums like Desolation Boulevard, Give Us A Wink and Level Headed produced iconic hits like “Ballroom Blitz,” “Fox on the Run,” “Action,” and “Love is Like Oxygen.” Tucker played in different formations of the band up until 1991. He was 54 when he died following a long struggle with leukemia on February 14, 2002.
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So sad. He was a talented man. The band did not get the accolades that tbey deserve.