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Marcus Gray
From Hackipedia, the pretend encyclopedia
Marcus Gray is a writer [citation needed]. He is sometimes confused with Marcus Gray the erotic artist by distracted Googlers and Amazonians. This has been known to lead to disappointment, frustration and even resentment, Disambiguation: our Marcus Gray is not that Marcus Gray. He would probably drop his pencil too many times to complete a portrait of that nature. so:
He was raised in North Yorkshire, educated in North Humberside, threw himself into the fray in North London, retired hurt to Northumberland, tried North London again, and ended up in Northern Ireland. In between the last two - and in retrospect, it's an obvious aberration - he also lived in the West Midlands for longer than was strictly necessary.
He has written odd pieces for the Guardian, the Sunday Express Magazine, Time Out, the Standard, the NME, Q, Mojo, Classic Rock, Vox, Record Mirror, FHM and Car. There could and should have been more, but there you go.
That applies to the books, too. He is the author of the popular music/popular culture publications listed below. Entire solar systems have been born, flourished, grown old and died in the gaps between some of these efforts. Admittedly, a number of other projects have been pitched, commissioned and even started, but have failed to materialise for one reason or another. He hopes the slight bias towards The Clash in his existing oeuvre will not be taken as evidence of a lack of interest in anything else.
Publications:
- London's Rock Landmarks (UK Omnibus, 1985; Japan Ongaku No Tomo Sha, 1991). Out of print (OP) both editions. Information. [material to follow]
- It Crawled from the South: an R.E.M. Companion (UK Guinness, 1992 and 4th Estate, 1996; USA Da Capo, 1993 and 1997). OP all editions. Soon to be made available as a free download from this site. [material to follow]
- Last Gang in Town: the Story and Myth of the Clash (UK 4th Estate, 1995 and - as Return of the Last Gang in Town - Helter Skelter, 2001 and 2003; USA Henry Holt [HB] 1993 and [Owl PB] 1994 and - as RotLGiT - Hal Leonard 2002 and 2004; France - as Combat Rock - Camion Blanc 1999). OP in all editions save for most recent US edition. [material to follow]
- Route 19 Revisited: the Clash and London Calling (UK Jonathan Cape [HB] 2009). [See here for further information and exclusive bonus material.]
Notes:
This Hackipedia entry is a bit stubby. Even Marcus Gray probably couldn't think of anything else to write about Marcus Gray that anyone other than Marcus Gray would want to read, but if you can be bothered to make it more interesting, you are invited to submit outrageous flattery, scurrilous rumours and/or total fantasy to: info@marcusgray.co.uk
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