The Write Stuff: Nick Kent
Barney Hoskyns, Vogue, June 1994
FOR ANY CALLOW, maladjusted youth growing up in the early-to-mid-70s with the New Musical Express as his bible, Nick Kent was unquestionably the coolest rock scribe on the planet. "Maybe I should interview you," said Beach Boy Brian Wilson on meeting him. "You look more like a rock star than me."
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