WRITING

I was never much of a writer at school. I put that down to my English teacher forever throwing board rubbers at the class instead of teaching us! In 1996 I started a fanzine, Naked Eye, which was dedicated to The Who. This really gave me a bug for writing and the following year I, along with my good friend Andy Neill, began work on a book about The Who. Anyway Anyhow Anywhere - the complete chronicle of The Who 1958 - 1978 was a massive work of researching and writing, taking five years before it hit the bookstores. It sold very well and the response, together with work I was doing with Pete Townshend, really inspired me to write more. In 2010 I authored the book The Who Revealed. In 2024 I also published the first hard copy of 'Naked Eye' to celebrate The Who's 60th Anniversary. Running to 100 pages the magazine sold out in quick time.

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As well as these two books I have had many pieces published as articles in magazines, liner notes for CDs and DVDs and longer essay pieces in prestigious box sets, such as Who's Next / Life House, which was released by Universal in 2023 and Who Are You, released in 2024. The quote below is from Classic Rock's review of that release.

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I'm a bit of a pipedreamer when it comes to writing. I have plenty of ideas, most of which I talk about too soon and never get around to completing. Saying that, I am working on a couple of ideas at the moment and talking to publishers. One of those is a new volume of Anyway Anyhow Anywhere.

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I have recently finished a couple of commissioned pieces and I'm always looking for new work or collaborations. Please get in touch if you have any projects which require a writer or researcher. I have posted a few examples on this page which I have contributed to.

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