Kris Needs

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Kris Needs (born 3 July 1954) is a British journalist and author, primarily known for his writings on the music scene from the 1970s onwards. He was editor of ZigZag Magazine and has written biographies of numerous rock and dance stars including Primal Scream, Joe Strummer and Keith Richards.

He started in journalism, while living in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, with the Thame Gazette, a weekly newspaper in Oxfordshire.

Needs and Wonder Schneider formed the band Secret Knowledge and released the 1992 club hit "Sugar Daddy" on the Sabres of Paradise label. The track also appeared on their 1996 electronic album So Hard on Deconstruction Records; Needs and Schneider wrote all the material, occasionally with artists such as Ashley Beedle and Jah Wobble.

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