
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

Various Artists - Max’s Kansas City 1976 & Beyond album review
By Kris Needs published
Another NYC story where footnotes become stars

Swans - The Great Annihilator album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedConfrontational noise pioneers’ ninth album as monolithic as ever

John Martyn - Head And Heart: The Acoustic John Martyn album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedLate folk giant unplugged and kicking

Various - Running The Voodoo Down...album review
By Kris Needs published
The birth of black rock and its revolutionary tributaries get a superlative compilation, including a rare Hendrix track

Hitting My Head Against The Wall: Lemmy & Motörhead; The Early Years review
By Kris Needs published
Priceless document of Lemmy and co’s golden years

Radio Stars - Thinking Inside The Box album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedOld broadcasts from punk bandwagon humpers

Procol Harum - Novum album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedFifty years since A Whiter Shade, Procol return with defiant resurrection.

Ghost Against Ghost - Still Love album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedCathartic soul-baring space prog masterwork.

Peter Murphy - Bare Bones And Sacred album review
By Kris Needs published
Goth godfather unplugged

Chuck Prophet - Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins album review
By Kris Needs published
Prophet of doom

Peter Murphy - Bare Boned And Sacred album review
By Kris Needs published
Goth godfather unplugged

Sendelica - Sleepwalker Fever album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedNorth Wales space rockers early lift-off revived with pic disc, tee and sweets!

Morphine - Journey Of Dreams review
By Kris Needs published
The tragic story of doomed Boston low-rockers

Jody Grind - Reissues album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedTim Hinkley’s short-lived proto-proggers exhumed

Wilko Johnson - I Keep It To Myself: The Best Of Wilko Johnson album review
By Kris Needs published
Some kind of hero

Tim Bowness - Lost In The Ghost Light album review
By Kris Needs published
Steven Wilson’s bandmate uncorks concept album.

Iron Butterfly - Original Album Series album review
By Kris Needs published
For Butterfly collectors only

Leopold & His Fiction - Darling Destroyer album review
By Kris Needs published
Kick out the jams, the next generation

EYE: meet the Mellotron fans from Ohio
By Kris Needs published
Psych prog space rock from Columbus, Ohio – with fully functioning Mellotron.

Jon Lord - Gemini Suite album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedPurple organist’s great classical work remastered, with notes from Roger Glover.

Jethro Tull - The String Quartets album review
By Kris Needs published
Not yet ratedSedate but captivating string treatments of Tull faves.

Alabama 3 - Blues album review
By Kris Needs published
Last gang in Brixton celebrate 20th anniversary with career peak
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