Mick Turner
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Mick Turner is an Australian musician and painter best known as the guitarist for Dirty Three.
Prior to his work with Dirty Three, Turner had been a member of Melbourne based punk rock bands Venom P. Stinger (with Jim White), Fungus Brains, The Moodists and Sick Things.
In addition to his duties as guitarist, Mick also runs the Dirty Three's record label, Anchor & Hope and has painted the cover illustration for all of their major albums except their first. He has had art exhibitions around Australia.
Fellow Dirty Three member, Jim White, plays with Mick in a group known as The Tren Brothers, and together they have played with Cat Power and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.