Mark Paytress

British journalist, author and broadcaster. A regular contributor to MOJO magazine, his work has also appeared in numerous publications including the BBC's Radio Times, Crawdaddy, The Guardian, Maxim, Q, Record Collector, Rolling Stone and Italian newspaper La Repubblica. He has contributed to various TV and radio programmes (Night Waves, Front Row), and in Winter 2008-2009 has researched and presented 2 documentaries for BBC Radio 4, viz. Here’s Kenny (about DJ Kenny Everett) and Stash: The Dandy Aesthete Of Swinging London.

His books include :
Bolan: The Rise & Fall Of A 20th Century Superstar (Omnibus Press)
Break It Up: Patti Smith’s Horses And The Remaking Of Rock’n’Roll (Piatkus)
I Was There: The Gigs That Changed The World (Cassell)
BowieStyle (Omnibus Press)
The Rolling Stones Files (Quadrillion)
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars (Schirmer)
Siouxsie & The Banshees: The Authorised Biography (Sanctuary 2003)
Vicious: The Art Of Dying Young
and critical guides to the work of The Rolling Stones, Radiohead, Nirvana and the Sex Pistols.