A freelance editor, journalist and author, Chris Hunt has written about music and football for many years. In the last five years he has been the Editor of many of the acclaimed special editions of leading music magazines Mojo, Q, Uncut and NME, covering subjects as diverse as The Beatles, U2, Kurt Cobain, Oasis, punk rock and mod.
His travels around Japan for the World Cup in 2002 were documented in the BBC TV programme Beckham For Breakfast. His book World Cup Stories: The History Of The World Cup was published in April 2006 to accompany the BBC television series of the same name, while his football encyclopedia The Complete Book Of Football has sold more than 60,000 copies and has been published in Hungary, Germany, the Czech Republic, Australia and USA.
For eight years he was Managing Editor of Britain’s biggest-selling football magazine, Match. In 1988 he was the original launch Editor of rap magazine Hip-Hop Connection (otherwise known as HHC). Other national magazines that he has launched include Robert Maxwell's teenage lifestyle title Rage, Solid Rock and sports magazines Mega Sports and Sported!.
He has worked as a freelance broadcast journalist for BBC Radio 5 and has contributed to many magazines and newspapers, including Four Four Two, The Times, Mojo, 90 Minutes, The Sportsman and Record Mirror, and he has been a regular byline columnist for Ice, Sport First, Football First and Your Cat, where he wrote a monthly column titled 'My Life With Stalin - An Everyday Tale Of One Bloke And His Cat'. He has also been asked to write CD and DVD sleevenotes for many bands, such as The Charlatans, Secret Affair, Corduroy, the Purple Hearts and The Chords. He started his career publishing his own fanzine, Shadows & Reflections.
In his spare time he runs a record label called Tangerine Records and manages the band Rinaldi Sings.
Official website: www.ChrisHunt.biz
Chris Hunt - Editor & Author
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