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'''Kris Needs''' (born 3 July 1954) is a British [[journalist]] and [[author]], known for writings on music from the 1970s onwards. He became editor of [[proto-punk]] and early [[punk rock]] [[ZigZag_ZigZag (magazine)|''ZigZag'']] [[magazine]] in August [[1977]] at 23 and has since written [[biographies]] of musicians and [[rock star]sstars, including [[Primal Scream]], [[Joe Strummer]] and [[Keith Richards]].
 
== Early life ==
In 1972, Needs became the secretary of the [[Mott The Hoople]] fan club, the Sea Divers, which he ran from his home in [[Aylesbury]], [[Buckinghamshire]].<ref name="Needs" /> His contact details at the time appear on the sleeve of the band's sixth studio album, ''[[Mott (album)|Mott]]''.{{fact|date=May 2020}}
 
In the late 1970s, he fronted a band The Vice Creems, appearing in [[John Otway]]'s Aylesbury Market Square free concert and also recorded a single with [[The Clash]]'s [[Mick Jones (The Clash)|Mick Jones]] and [[Topper Headon]] in the same studio that [[The Rolling Stones]] used to record their late 1960s peaks. [[Billy Idol]] contributed [[percussion]] and [[backing vocals]] for the band{{fact|date=May 2020}}.
 
== Career ==
Needs started in [[journalism]] on the ''Thame Gazette'', a weekly newspaper in [[Oxfordshire]], went on to ''The Bucks Advertiser'' and then took over editing ''[[ZigZag]]'', the UK's first monthly music mag, in [[1977]].<ref name="Needs" />
 
Needs and Wonder Schneider formed the band '''Secret [[Knowledge]]''' and recorded the 1992 club hit "Sugar Daddy" on Andrew Weatherall's [[Sabres of Paradise]] label. The track appeared on their 1996 [[Electronic music|electronic]] album ''So Hard''. Kris and Wonder also recorded with [[Leftfield]] as Delta Lady.
 
Needs started [[DJ]]ing at college in 1970, continuing at 70s [[punk rock]] events, [[the Batcave]] in London during the 1980s and for Primal Scream and Prodigy in the 90s while spinning at the world's clubs, including [[Ibiza]]'s infamous [[Manumission]].{{fact|date=May 2020}}
 
In 2014, he completed the biographical work on [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]: ''George Clinton: The Cosmic [[Odyssey]] of Dr [[Funk]]enstein''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://musictomes.com/kris-needs-on-a-cosmic-odyssey/ |title=Kris Needs on a Cosmic Odyssey |publisher=Omnibus Press |date=8 October 2014-10-08 |access-date=8 October 2014-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012215513/http://musictomes.com/kris-needs-on-a-cosmic-odyssey/ |archive-date=2014-10-12 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015 he wrote the authorizedauthorised biography of [[Suicide (band)|Suicide]]; ''Dream Baby Dream: Suicide; A New York Story''.
 
In 2022, he was writing for various UK music magazines, including ''[[Mojo (magazine)|MOJO]]'', ''[[Record Collector]]'', ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'', ''[[Prog magazine|Prog]]'', ''Electronic Sound'', ''[[Vive Le Rock (magazine)|Vive Le Rock]]'' and ''[[Shindig! Magazine|Shindig!]]''.<ref name="Needs">{{cite web|url= https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Writer/kris-needs |title= Kris Needs [Biography] |access-date= 1 October 2019 |publisher= [[Rock's Backpages]] }}</ref> In May 2017, he launched ''No More Big Wheels'' with author Helen Donlon, an online outlet for cultural essays beyond the remits of the magazines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nomorebigwheelsdotcom.wordpress.com |title=No More Big Wheels: Cultural Essays from Helen Donlon, Kris Needs and guests|publisher=No More Big Wheels|year=2017–2018|access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>
 
== References ==
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