# MICKEY LEIGH’S MUTATED MUSIC Releasing ‘Variants Of Vibe’ LP This Friday

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- Published: 2022-02-17T12:30:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**Mickey Leigh’s Mutated Music Releasing ‘Variants Of Vibe’ LP This Friday on “Little
Steven” Van Zandt’s Wicked Cool Records**

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**New Album ‘Variants Of Vibe’ To Be Released Feb 18 **

**Netflix Movie Based On His Book ‘I Slept With Joey Ramone: A Memoir’ Coming Soon**

[**Stream The Single “Standing In The Dark” Here**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=3946144.10441.1.c9577b015816f573829505a9073cb9ad)

[**Pre-Save The Album ‘Variants Of Vibe’ Here**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=3946144.10442.1.cea47c459bca9b225c2b9524be0afc7c)

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

_“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** unveiled “Standing In The
Dark,” another single off his upcoming debut solo album under the name **Mikey Leigh’s
Mutated Music.** The LP, **‘Variants Of Vibe’**, set for release on February 18 
via **Wicked Cool Records**.

**Stream the new single here:** [https://orcd.co/standinginthedark](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=3946144.10443.1.8a8c8b05633a806cf188aabd569f31b4).

**Pre-save the album ‘Variants of Vibe’ here:** [orcd.co/variantsofvibe](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=3946144.10444.1.192b4ec855a7a5eee172d0c0b1f4ce4f).

**Mickey Leigh feature on [Add To Want List](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=3946144.10445.1.d8b842c744e4be928325a1e7b458e6d0)**

Of the upcoming album, he adds, _“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’**
on **February 18, 2022.**

In addition to ‘Variants of Vibe’, Mickey Leigh is the executive producer of the
upcoming **Netflix** movie based on his book, **‘I Slept With Joey Ramone: A Memoir.’**
The book is based on his experience growing up the brother of Joey Ramone in Forest
Hills, Queens. The movie stars **Pete Davidson** as Joey Ramone.

With the return of live shows to New York City, Mickey Leigh’s Mutated Music looks
forward to playing gigs around the city and beyond.

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