News and Reviews: 29th September 2020

Happy Birthday to ALAN McGEE are who is 60 today. One of the books i read while on holiday was his great drug fuelled autobiography. Creation Stories: Riots, Raves and Running a Label. Alan McGee's role in shaping British musical culture over the past thirty years is hard to overstate. He co-founded the independent Creation Records label, running it from 1983 until its closure in 1999. He subsequently founded the Poptones label, running it from 1999 to 2007. He has managed or brought out records by acts such as The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Oasis, and The Libertines.

Posted 29th September 2020