My Life With Rock N' Roll People
“Ian’s death was an unbelievable marketing campaign,” according to one of the speakers at the recent launch of the revised edition of Shadowplayers: The Rise and Fall of Factory Records by James Nice (Faber). James was on a panel which also included Peter Saville, the graphic designer who co-founded Factory Records with TV presenter Tony Wilson in 1978, and Lesley Gilbert,…
So here we are, a quarter of the way through the current century and even though music and the way it’s delivered has changed and keeps changing, one thing remains the same: a charismatic front man or woman at the centre of the machine. In my last book, My Life with Rock N' Roll People, published by Ghostwriter Books, I…
The launch party for My Life With Rock N’ Roll People by Mike Nicholls took place at The Sun & Thirteen Cantons in Soho, London to a full house and a lively convivial atmosphere. Guests included Alf Martin, former editor of Record Mirror; Allan Jones, former editor of Melody Maker and Uncut; Chris Welch, journalist and ace drummer; Maggi Ronson, opera…
