His first novel, The Hellhound Sample, was published in 2011. As a musician, he currently terrorises London gig-goers as singer/guitarist for blues band Crosstown Lightnin', also featuring harmonica maestro Buffalo Bill Smith and the all-female New York rhythm section Queens Of Funk. Email ThisBlogThisShare to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest. He has written and presented several shows for Radio 3 and BBC World Service Radio, and supplied TV punditry to Channel 4 News and Newsnight, as well as appearing on numerous rockumentary programmes, most recently as series consultant for BBC2's Seven Ages Of Rock. Posted by oh lawds at 11:21 AM 4 comments. Since launching his freelance career in 1980, his work has appeared in newspapers like The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, Evening Standard, and magazines including Word, Vogue, MacUser, Guitarist, Prospect and New Statesman. A founding contributor to Q and Mojo magazines, he made his print debut in 1970 in the notorious 'Schoolkids Issue' of underground magazine OZ, and became a frequent contributor to IT and Cream magazines before going mainstream with NME in 1972.

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