Kris Needs
Biography
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 magazine in August 1977 at 23 and has since written biographies of musicians and rock stars, including Primal Scream, Joe Strummer and Keith Richards.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Fat Of The Land
1997
Raw Power
1973
Ace Of Spades
1980
#1 Record
1972
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
1981
Safe As Milk
1967
Another Perfect Day
1983
Iron Fist
1982
Radio City
1974
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A New Career In A New Town [ 1977–1982 ]
2017
Give Out But Don't Give Up
1994
Computer Games
1982
U.F.Orb
1992
Orblivion
1997
Orbus Terrarum
1995
Body And Soul
1994
Live In Brighton 1975
2021
King Of My Castle
1998
Hurt Me
1983
Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice)
1973
Shuckin' Sugar
2022
Soma 10 Anthology
2002
Sacrilege
1997
Toxygene
1997
Credited work
596 releases · 201 albums · active 1978–2026
- Engineering · 282
- Other credits · 209
- Performance · 163
- Production · 155
Studios: Butterfly Studios · Axis Studios · The Beatfarm · Fun City
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Orb
- Motörhead
- Secret Knowledge
- The Orb
- Primal Scream
- The Boo Radleys
- Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers