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John Harris (critic)

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John Rhys Harris (born 1969, are you sure he looks much older) is a British journalist, writer and critic. He is the author of The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock (2003); So Now Who Do We Vote For?, which examined the 2005 UK general election; a 2006 behind-the-scenes look at the production of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon; and Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll (2009). His articles have appeared in Select, Q, Mojo, Shindig!, Rolling Stone, Classic Rock, The Independent, the New Statesman, The Times and The Guardian.

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Early life

Harris was raised in Wilmslow in north Cheshire; his father was a university lecturer in nuclear engineering,[1] and his mother a teacher who was the daughter of a nuclear research chemist. He became fixated by pop music at an early age.

Harris attended the comprehensive Wilmslow County High School (at the same time as members of the band Doves[2]), then went to Loreto College, Manchester, a Roman Catholic sixth form college sited between the University of Manchester and Old Trafford.[3] He applied to study Modern History at Keble College, Oxford, but was rejected, and claimed his membership of left-wing organisations had not won him many favours with such a traditional and conservative college.[3] He spent three years studying philosophy, politics and economics at another Oxford college, Queen's, between 1989 and 1992.

Media career

In 1991, Harris joined Melody Maker. Between 1993 and the summer of 1995, he wrote for the NME. In 1995, he was named editor of Select magazine after a brief stint with Q.

In 1995, Harris resumed his career as a freelance writer, writing about pop music, politics and a variety of other subjects. His articles have appeared in Q, Mojo, Rolling Stone, The Independent, the New Statesman, The Times and The Guardian. He presented a BBC Four documentary on the musical movement, The Britpop Story.

In addition to writing, Harris often appears on television programmes concerned with late 1980s/early 1990s British pop music, as well as being a regular pundit on BBC Two's Newsnight Review. In 2010 he created the video series Anywhere but Westminster[4] for The Guardian, documenting the political feelings of people around the country. In December 2018 Harris wrote and presented a four-part BBC Radio 4 series, Tyranny of Story.

Harris is the editor of the companion book, published on 12 October 2021, of the documentary The Beatles: Get Back. The illustrated book compiles conversations recorded during the sessions of the album Let It Be.[5] He also contributed a chapter in the hardcover book accompanying the release of the Let It Be: Special Edition that same year.[6] In addition, he hosted a short promotional film for the project called The Beatles, Get Back and London: On the Trail of a Timeless Story.

massive centrist, in the end he got what he wanted

Personal life

Harris lives in Frome, Somerset.[7] He has been a ethical vegetarian since the mid-1980s.[8]

Bibliography

  • The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock, published in May 2003 by Fourth Estate; the following year re-released as Britpop: Cool Britania and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock by Da Capo Press.
  • So Now Who Do We Vote For?, an examination of the 2005 UK general election; published in 2005 by Faber and Faber.[9]
  • The Dark Side of the Moon: The Making of the Pink Floyd Masterpiece, published in 2005 by Da Capo Press.
  • Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll: The Ultimate Guide to the Music, the Myths and the Madness, published in October 2009 by Sphere.

References

  1. ^ Harris, John (7 October 2005). "Blast from the past". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ Harris, John (5 November 2000). "A cheerful use of misery and adversity". The Independent.
  3. ^ a b Harris, John (27 May 2000). "He glanced at my CV, then muttered: 'I don't think you'd be happy at Keble'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Anywhere but Westminster". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Harris, John (26 September 2021). "Beatles on the brink: how Peter Jackson pieced together the Fab Four's last days". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  6. ^ Williams, Richard (26 November 2021). "The Beatles – Let It Be Special Deluxe Edition". Uncut. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  7. ^ Harris, John (5 May 2019). "Don't look to national politics for hope: you'll find it thriving in local councils | John Harris". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  8. ^ Harris, John (17 February 2013). "No more excuses. The only defensible option is to go vegetarian". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  9. ^ Bragg, Billy (22 January 2005). "Nowhere else to go?". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

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