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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. 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'' on [[Deconstruction Records]]; Needs and Schneider wrote all the material, occasionally with artists such as [[Ashley Beedle]], [[David Holmes (musician)|David Holmes]] and [[Jah Wobble]]. Needs and Schneider also recorded with Leftfield as Delta Lady. Needs started DJing in 1976; during the 1990s he warmed up for Primal Scream and Prodigy while spinning at the world's clubs.
In 2014, he completed the biographical work on [[George_Clinton_(musician)|George Clinton]]: ''George Clinton: The Cosmic Odyssey of Dr Funkenstein''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://musictomes.com/kris-needs-on-a-cosmic-odyssey/ |title=http://musictomes.com/kris-needs-on-a-cosmic-odyssey/ |publisher=Omnibus Press |date=2014-10-08 |accessdate=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 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015 he finished the authorized biography of [[Suicide (band)|Suicide]]; ''Dream Baby Dream: Suicide; A New York Story''.
In 2016, 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!]]''. In May 2017, he launched ''[https://nomorebigwheelsdotcom.wordpress.com No More Big Wheels]'' with author Helen Donlon, an online outlet for cultural essays beyond the remits of the magazines.
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