
Kris Needs
Kris Needs is a British journalist and author, known for writings on music from the 1970s onwards. Previously secretary of the Mott The Hoople fan club, he became editor of ZigZag in 1977 and has written biographies of stars including Primal Scream, Joe Strummer and Keith Richards. He's also written for MOJO, Record Collector, Classic Rock, Prog, Electronic Sound, Vive Le Rock and Shindig!
Latest articles by Kris Needs

Magma - Wurdah Itah (Remastered) album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedMagma legacy gains livid archival gold

Meet Me In The Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman review
By Kris Needs published
New York’s literary skyline gets a spectacular 21st-century landmark

The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request...album review
By Kris Needs published
1967 time capsule returns to haunt and be re-evaluated

My Tricksy Spirit - My Tricksy Spirit album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedKnifeworld-affiliated psychedelic gamelan trip hop lives!

Redbone - Potlatch/Message From A Drum/Cycles reissues album review
By Kris Needs published
Native-American rock pioneers’ steamy threefer

Living Colour - Shade album review
By Kris Needs published
Black-rock veterans still harder than the rest on mind-blowing blues-rock milestone

The NJE - Afloat album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedThe progressive jazz spirit lives in audacious East End trio The NJE

Sendelica - Lilacs Out Of The Deadlands album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedEpic split personality double set from prog’s best-kept secret Sendelica

Psychic TV - Pagan Day/Allegory And Self album reviews
By Kris Needs published
Not yet rated1980s P-Orridge oats repackaged

The Ramones - Leave Home: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition album review
By Kris Needs published
Their glorious second album, now with previously unheard trimmings and still housed in the sleeve blamed for its downfall

The Rolling Stones - Reissues album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedGot live if you still want it

Nirvana - Local Anaesthetic/Songs Of Love And Praise: Remastered album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedOriginal ‘weird’ Nirvana’s two early 70s rarities expanded

Various - Silhouettes & Statues: A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 album review
By Kris Needs published
Landmark goth motherlode spreads its web

Tangerine Dream - Particles album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedEdgar Froese may have passed but the Tangerine Dream machine floats on

Harald Grosskopf & Eberhard Kranemann - Krautwerk album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedKrautrock royalty Harald Grosskopf & Eberhard Kranemann make a modern classic

Doll Skin - Manic Pixie Dream Girl album review
By Kris Needs published
School Of Rock graduates’ shiny second shot

Principle Edwards Magic Theatre - The Works 1969-1971 album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedJohn Peel’s favourite hippie multimedia big band’s total output

The Band FAQ: All That’s Left To Know About The Fathers Of Americana...review
By Kris Needs published
Lovingly forensic fans-angle exploration

Van Morrison - The Authorized Bang Collection album review
By Kris Needs published
The Man’s first solo efforts, plus bonus frivolity

The Dandelion Set - A Thousand Strands 1975-2015 album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedAlan Moore-approved Northampton underground weirdness straddling 40 years

Chuck Berry - Chuck album review
By Kris Needs published
First new music in 38 years becomes epitaph for rock‘n’roll’s original guitar heror
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