Simon Price is a British music journalist and club promoter, born on 25 September 1967 in the Welsh town of Barry. He is now best known for his weekly review section in The Independent on Sunday and his book on Manic Street Preachers.
He made his name at Melody Maker, where he worked from December 1988 to December 1997. His first article was a review of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds live in Paris, and his last an interview with veteran rap act Salt...
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Simon Price is a British music journalist and club promoter, born on 25 September 1967 in the Welsh town of Barry. He is now best known for his weekly review section in The Independent on Sunday and his book on Manic Street Preachers.
He made his name at Melody Maker, where he worked from December 1988 to December 1997. His first article was a review of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds live in Paris, and his last an interview with veteran rap act Salt-N-Pepa. He was heavily involved with the short-lived Romo scene in the mid-1990s, about which he wrote extensively, co-promoted the Arcadia clubnight and acted as DJ and tour manager for the Fiddling While Romo Burns Romo package tour. His journalism at Melody Maker was sometimes criticised by the more "laddish" readers for what they saw as an overtly intellectual style and for his criticism of bands such as Oasis. He also courted controversy with his view that the hippie/crusty scene of the time was covertly racist due to what he saw as an...
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