- David Nolan (UK)
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David Nolan is a British television producer and author, specializing in music and popular culture biographies, covering subjects from the Sex Pistols to Simon Cowell.[1] He is also a lecturer at Salford University.[1]
Based in Manchester, Nolan is known for investigating and proving/disproving myths in popular music. He tracked down the audience for the famous 1976 gig by the Sex Pistols at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall,[2] and discovered the reasons for the secrecy surrounding the family history of New Order frontman Bernard Sumner.[3] He also incurred the wrath of Morrissey by turning him into a cartoon character for the Granada Television documentary These Things Take Time in 2002, after the ex singer with The Smiths refused to appear in the programme.[4]In 2008, he produced the Salford Music Map for Salford Council, showing many of the city's music landmarks and artists, including Bernard Sumner, Ewan MacColl, and Tim Burgess of The Charlatans.[1][5] His biography of Tony Wilson was published in 2009. In it he revealed details of the late music entrepreneur's early years, his careers in music and television, his personal relationships as well his battle with the NHS for the cancer drug Sutent.[6] The book was written with the co-operation of Wilson's partner.
- Books
- I Swear I Was There: The Gig That Changed The World (Milo Books 2001/Independent Music Press 2006)[2]
- Bernard Sumner: Confusion - Joy Division, Electronic and New Order Versus The World (IMP 2007)[3]
- Damon Albarn - Blur, Gorillaz and other Fables (IMP 2007)
- You're Entitled To An Opinion - The High Times and Many Lives of Tony Wilson, Factory Records and The Haçienda (John Blake Publishing 2009)
- Simon Cowell - The Man Who Changed The World (John Blake Publishing 2010)
- Television music documentaries
- Wall Of Fame (1998) (The Beatles/Oasis/Joy Division)
- I Swear I Was There (2001) (Sex Pistols)[2]
- These Things Take Time: The Story of The Smiths (2002)[4]
- Meet The Bunnymen (Echo & the Bunnymen - 2001)
- Truly, Madly, Deeply Vale (free rock festival movement of the 1970s - 2004)[7]
References
- ^ a b Landmarks of notes on city's musical map, Manchester Evening News, 30 September 2008
- ^ a b c Sex Pistols Gig - The Truth, BBC, 27 June 2006
- ^ a b Filling The Gaps - By Order, Manchester Evening News, 13 September 2007
- ^ a b Toons Hit Wrong Note With Morrissey, Manchester Evening News, 31 October 2002
- ^ Salford - Music City, BBC, 29 October 2008.
- ^ Diary: Two lives of Tony Wilson, Manchester Evening News, 27 January 2009
- ^ Rock 'n' Roll Rochdale, Manchester Evening News, 19 November 2004
Categories: English biographers | English television producers | Living people | Academics of the University of Salford
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