Christopher Dawes (author)
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Christopher Dawes (born 26 February 1961) is a British journalist and book author. He worked as a music journalist from 1985 to 1998 using the pseudonym Push, writing for the weekly music paper Melody Maker for 10 years before becoming the founding editor of the clubbing magazine Muzik in 1995. He left Muzik in 1998 to become the editor of the male lifestyle title Mondo.
He was also editor of seminal London music mag The Buzz from 1987 until its demise. He was responsible for nurturing and guiding some of the brightest talent of the day, most of whom went on to further success in the music industry. The very first interviews in the UK press with The Sugarcubes, Carter USM and The Shamen were published under his editorship.
[edit] List of books
- The Book Of E: All About Ecstasy (Omnibus, 2000, co-written with Mireille Silcott)
- Pussy (Bantam, 2004, co-written with Steven Appleton, Mark Roland and Paul Thompson)
- Bitch (Bantam, 2005, co-written with Steven Appleton, Mark Roland and Paul Thompson)
- Rat Scabies And The Holy Grail (Sceptre, 2005)
