
David Quantick
David Quantick is an English novelist, comedy writer and critic, who has worked as a journalist and screenwriter. A former staff writer for the music magazine NME, his writing credits have included On the Hour, Blue Jam, TV Burp and Veep; for the latter of these he won an Emmy in 2015.
Latest articles by David Quantick

Ian Hunter: Strings Attached
By David Quantick published
Another of many career peaks for the ex-Mott legend.

Stiff Little Fingers: No Going Back
By David Quantick published
Ulster punk vets confound chronology.

Reeves Gabrels And Bill Nelson: Fantastic Guitars
By David Quantick published
Entertaining string-driven Be Bop Bowie thing.

Wire: Document And Eyewitness
By David Quantick published
Post-punk high-wire-walking live performance from 1980.

Reeves Gabrels and Bill Nelson: Fantastic Guitars
By David Quantick published
Cult axemen combine to explosive effect

Manic Street Preachers: Futurology
By David Quantick published
Back to the future with the Manics’ second expectation-confounding album in a year.

Manic Street Preachers: Futurology
By David Quantick published
The Manics return with a tribute to the 1980s. The good 80s. not the bad 80s.

Buzzcocks: The Way
By David Quantick published
Still buzzing with songcraft after all these years.

Mark Ellen: Rock Stars Stole My Life!
By David Quantick published
Intelligent and witty tale of a life dedicated to music.

Wilko Johnson/Roger Daltrey: Going Back Home
By David Quantick published
Veteran pair breathe new life into old songs.

Ian McCulloch: Holy Ghosts/ Pro Patria Mori
By David Quantick published
Still crucial after all this time.

Honest John Plain And The Landslide Ladies: Honest Alive
By David Quantick published
Punk-pop exemplar airs lost classics.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Specter At The Feast
By David Quantick published
SF Reid-alikes return in style.

Officers: On The Twelve Thrones
By David Quantick published
Menacing industrial debut from synthpop duo.

Viv Albertine: Vermilion Border
By David Quantick published
Slits guitarist brings the bass.

Jeff Lynne: Long Wave
By David Quantick published
ELO man’s solo album covers old rock’n’roll and standards, with mixed results.

The Vaccines: Come Of Age
By David Quantick published
You can’t inoculate against growing pains.
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