
Gavin Martin
Late NME, Daily Mirror and Classic Rock writer Gavin Martin started writing about music in 1977 when he published his hand-written fanzine Alternative Ulster in Belfast. He moved to London in 1980 to become the NME’s Media Editor and features writer, where he interviewed the Sex Pistols, Joe Strummer, Pete Townshend, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Ian Dury, Killing Joke, Neil Young, REM, Sting, Marvin Gaye, Leonard Cohen, Nina Simone, James Brown, Willie Nelson, Willie Dixon, Madonna and a host of others. He was also published in The Times, Guardian, Independent, Loaded, GQ and Uncut, he had pieces on Michael Jackson, Van Morrison and Frank Sinatra featured in The Faber Book Of Pop and Rock ’N’ Roll Is Here To Stay, and was the Daily Mirror’s regular music critic from 2001. He died in 2022.
Latest articles by Gavin Martin

Johnny Winter: Roots
By Gavin Martin published
Star-studded reworkings of Texan Blues Titan’s formative influences.

Dave Alvin: Eleven Eleven
By Gavin Martin published
Blasters frontman raises ghosts with some old bandmates.

Foghat: Last Train Home
By Gavin Martin published
Metal boogie monsters reconfigured but resilient.

Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3: Northern Aggression
By Gavin Martin published
Three decades on, Dream Syndicate veteran still in explosive form.

Gov’t Mule: Mulennium
By Gavin Martin published
Three-CD set presenting live recording with special guests.

Imelda May: Mayhem
By Gavin Martin published
Third album from Jeff Beck- endorsed rockabilly Queen.

Steve Diggle And The Revolution Of Sound: Air Conditioning
By Gavin Martin published
Angry broadsides from Buzzcocks’ other frontman.
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