UK based writer and music journalist. He started The Next Big Thing fanzine in 1977 which evolved into [l78200] label in the mid-1980s. Operated the fan club for The Cramps from 1980 to 1983, at first with Morrissey. He also contributed to music paper Sounds in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He has since written for a number of fanzines and publications including Mojo.