# MICKEY LEIGH’S MUTATED MUSIC Debuts Live In-Studio Performance Video of “Loneliness”

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- Published: 2023-02-17T11:30:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **Mickey Leigh’s Mutated Music Debuts Live In-Studio Performance Video of “Loneliness”**⏎ **(Co-Written w/ Lester Bangs) **

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#### Off Latest Album ‘Variants Of Vibe’ Out Now on Wicked Cool Records

[**Watch The Video Here**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=13856858.35760.1.b63b186bd5ea24b35e6d94261d1e0480)

[**Stream The Album ‘Variants Of Vibe’ Here**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=13856858.35761.1.24d2bc191d4a2bce09aa2e288e4734ed)

_“Mickey Leigh Rescues Rock ‘N Roll One Song At A Time”- _**_Aquarian Weekly_**

_“Sounds straight out of the CBGB era.”- _**_Brooklynvegan_**

_“…guitar-driven, effortless and cool Petty-esque New York garage power pop/punk.”–_**
_Rock Fiend_**

_“2022’s First Great New Indie Album”- _**_Phil’s Picks_**

_“Mickey Leigh has been a fixture on the New York rock scene since the late 1970s,
fronting the Rattlers and Stop, appearing regularly at CBGB, joining Lester Bangs
in Birdland and his brother, Joey Ramone, in Sibling Rivalry. The guitarist, keyboard
player and singer has become something of an elder statesmen. In addition to being
an author (I Slept With Joey Ramone) and an all-around swell guy, he organizes the
annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash charity concert.”- _**_Trouser Press_**

_“Mickey Leigh can write loops around most people here. His songs are instantly 
memorable. Hear them once and you’ll be singing them over and over again.” – _**
_New York Press_**

_“Mickey Leigh is a local treasure who’s now reminding the world of what rock n 
roll should be” – _**_Village Voice_**

_“For much of his life, Mickey Leigh had been part of a group, and it served him
well through a childhood that was so fascinating a book had to be written about 
it to the ‘70s in the depths of New York City’s booming music scene.”- _**_ZO Magazine_**

Legendary NYC musician/author/producer **Mickey Leigh** has released a live in-studio
performance video of the song “Loneliness” co-written with **Lester Bangs**. The
song appears on his debut solo album under the name **Mikey Leigh’s Mutated Music.**
The LP, **‘Variants Of Vibe,’** is now streaming everywhere via **Wicked Cool Records**.

**Stream the album ‘Variants of Vibe’ here:** [orcd.co/variantsofvibe](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=13856858.35764.1.31c8425ff1cb327edf80e119614520c0)

**Stream the “Loneliness” video here:** [https://youtu.be/eFTVsNGWqno](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=13856858.35763.1.0ccc384f05397f50320802255eea6f2c)

PREMIER OF MICKEY LEIGH'S MUTATED MUSIC - "LONELINESS" {LIVE IN-STUDIO PERFORMANCE}

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STUDIO PERFORMANCE}⌉⌊PREMIER OF MICKEY LEIGH'S MUTATED MUSIC - "LONELINESS&
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Watch this video on YouTube

Performed by Mickey Leigh’s Mutated Music 
Vox/Guitar – Mickey Leigh Bass – Westrocker
Drums – Pat Carpenter Guitar – Tim Phillips

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Written by Mickey Leigh & Lester Bangs 
Produced by Mickey Leigh Recorded by David
Turk @ Virtue & Vice Studio- Brooklyn, NY Mixed & Mastered by Tim Phillips @ Mercy
Sound – New York, NY Director: Mickey Leigh Filmed by Stéphane Verzi Edited by Pat
Carpenter

Of the album, released in 2022, Mickey says, _“Like every organic entity, music 
is perpetually re-adapting itself in order to survive = mutating. As we know, things
we create also variate as they mutate. Mutated Music is what we are. Our new album
presents a Variant of Vibe. This may sound complicated, but, it’s only rock n roll.
and we love it and don’t want to see it become extinct! Mutated Music = Rescuing
Rock ‘n Roll, One Song At a Time.”_

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_Photo: Gregory Berg_

Though Mickey Leigh has been making music for over five decades, 2022 sees his first
solo full-length release under the name **Mickey Leigh’s Mutated Music**. Growing
up the brother of **Joey Ramone**, Leigh started his first band in 1964 at the age
of 10, and by the age of 14, he was in a band with Joey and **Tommy Ramone**. He
has been an instrumental figure in the New York punk scene ever since, including
founding **The Rattlers, Sibling Rivalry** (with Joey Ramone), **STOP**, and plenty
more.

In 2020, he decided to step out on his own and begin releasing tracks with **Stevie
Van Zandt’s (The Sopranos, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Little Steven&
The Disciples of Soul) Wicked Cool Records**. Leigh’s partnership with Wicked Cool
Records continues with the release of his first solo album, **‘Variants of Vibe.’**

In addition to ‘Variants of Vibe’, Mickey Leigh is the author of the book, **‘I 
Slept With Joey Ramone: A Memoir.,** based on his experience growing up as the brother
of Joey Ramone in Forest Hills, Queens.  [](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=13856858.35765.1.f0979abd64c16541033874832e8363c7)

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