DAVID NOLAN - ProfilesArchive

About Me

MyGen Profile Generator I write music books (BERNARD SUMNER: CONFUSION ... DAMON ALBARN: BLUR, GORILLAZ AND OTHER FABLES ... I SWEAR I WAS THERE - THE GIG THAT CHANGED THE WORLD - recently voted one of the top 50 rock books of all time) and I lecture at Salford University on documentary directing and scriptwriting and train journalists and programme makers at the BBC and ITV. I travel a lot but home is on the edge of the Peak District on the outskirts of Manchester. I'm the luckiest person I know - I have a lovely family and I've done pretty much what I've wanted to do since I was about 16. My only vice is sweets - no, really. I've also written and produced the documentaries I SWEAR I WAS THERE ... THESE THINGS TAKE TIME: THE STORY OF THE SMITHS ... MEET THE BUNNYMEN and TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY VALE ... I've worked in radio, newspapers and magazines. Basically, I've never done a stroke of proper work in my life.
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My Interests

Music:

Huang Chung 'Hold Back The Tears' 1982. It's ok ... it's cool. It just LOOKS uncool.

My Blog

Scream City 4

During the recent flood of tributes to Tony Wilson and his impact on music, his parallel life in television was largely overlooked. Author David Nolan himself a former Granada TV producer who worke...
Posted by DAVID NOLAN on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:15:00 PST

Reviews for Bernard Sumner: Confusion

BERNARD SUMNER - THE FRONT MAN WHO HELD BACKAdam Sweeting reviews Bernard Sumner: Confusion - Joy Division, Electronic and New Order Versus the World by David Nolan - Daily Telegraph 2007.This year m...
Posted by DAVID NOLAN on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:02:00 PST

SCREAM CITY THREE

A KICK UP THE NIPSIEFormer Crispy Ambulance frontman Alan Hempsall talks to music author David Nolan about being interviewed by Ian Curtis' daughter, the merits of Marti Pellow hair and being beaten ...
Posted by DAVID NOLAN on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:16:00 PST

REVIEWS FOR I SWEAR I WAS THERE

I SWEAR I WAS THERE: THE GIG THAT CHANGED THE WORLD (IMP 2006) REVIEWS SO FAR ...'EXCELLENT IN-DEPTH STUDY ... HILARIOUS' UNCUT'A MUST FOR TRUE PUNK ENTHUSIASTS' DISTORTED MAGAZINE'A BOOK ABOUT A NOT...
Posted by DAVID NOLAN on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:45:00 PST

Scream City Issue One - Spring 2006. All Very Wafty

ALL VERY WAFTYManicured Noise came from the south Manchester artistic scene of the late 70's that was just too bohemian to rock out. Author David Nolan explains.Trust Howard Devoto to put a bony finge...
Posted by DAVID NOLAN on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 01:37:00 PST

Scream City Issue Two - Summer 2006. The Gig That Drives Me Mad

THE GIG THAT DRIVES ME MADThe legend of the Sex Pistols' gig at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade in 1976 has taken on a life of its own through books and film. Everyone knows the story of how the two s...
Posted by DAVID NOLAN on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:04:00 PST

Summer 2006

My book I Swear I Was There: The Gig That Changed The World has just been published by IMP Books - it's at Number One on the Amazon punk list!It's had great reviews and editorial in Q, UNCUT, The Big ...
Posted by DAVID NOLAN on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:28:00 PST