Jan Sneum

Danish rock journalist, author, radio host, photographer and teacher, born 17 December 1947 in Copenhagen, died 24 September 2020. Gained interest in rock music when hearing The Who's "My Generation" on the radio in 1965. Photographer for leading Danish Music magazines like Wheel, Superlove, Rok og MM from 1960 to c. 1985. Employed by Danish national radio Danmarks Radio/DR from 1974 to 2016, working as radio host, manager of P3 Live and producer at DR Rytmisk. Author of several encyclopedias of rock music, including "Rock Nu" (1983) and "Dansk Rock - fra pigtråd til punk" (1985), both published by Politikens Forlag. Plays the role as himself in the Danish 1993 movie about the fictional rock band De Skrigende Halse. Released his autobiography "Sneums Kalejdoskop" in 2019.