Push
Push left Melody Maker in early 1995 to become launch editor of Muzik, IPC’s dance music magazine. He remained editor until late 1998, by which time the magazine had won several industry awards and achieved an ABC of over 50,000. He left Muzik to become editor of Mondo, a male lifestyle magazine launched via Cabal Communiations, but Mondo proved to be a relatively short-lived project and was closed down in 2000.
In more recent times, Push has spent much of his time writing books, most notably The Book Of E: All About Ecstasy (co-written with Canadian author and journalist Mireille Silcoff) and Rat Scabies And The Holy Grail, which was published under his real name, Christopher Dawes.
An archive website called Pushstuff
List of articles in the library by artist
Chemical Brothers, The: The Chemical Brothers: Chemicrazy Pilots
Interview by Push, Muzik, June 1995
They've changed their name from The Dust Brothers to THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS and their beats are beefier than ever. Stand by for the imminent release ...
Chemical Brothers, The: The Chemical Brothers: Chemicrazy Pilots
Interview by Push, Muzik, June 1995
THE ONE with the long blond hair and the tinted glasses, the one who looks like a bleached Nana Mouskouri, is called Tom. ...
De La Soul: 3 Feet High And Rising (Tommy Boy/Big Life)
Review by Push, Melody Maker, March 1989
THE DAISY AGE ...
Interview by Push, Melody Maker, April 1989
PUSH TALKS TO THE BIGGEST RAP SENSATION SINCE PUBLIC ENEMY AND DISCOVERS WHAT LIFE'S LIKE ON PLANET SCREWBALL ...
Grace Jones: Brixton Academy, London
Live Review by Push, Melody Maker, April 1990
IT'S THE second of Grace Jones's first London shows for almost 10 years and everybody's hoping there won't be a repeat of the appallingly unprofessional ...
Leftfield: Release The Pressure!
Interview by Push, Melody Maker, December 1992
CRITICAL ACCLAIM means bugger-all in clubland. Here, an act's reputation is better measured by the number of others sampling them. And, right now, it's impossible ...
Review by Push, Melody Maker, August 1989
STONED, LOADED. It's both a mental and a physical bliss. Everything is nothing but an abandoned blur. Minutes away from a blackout, from a sweet, ...
Interview by Push, Melody Maker, December 1990
NIRVANA'S NEW single, 'Sliver' weighs in at a fraction over two minutes and is one hell of a pop song. No messing. ...
N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton (Priority/Ruthless)
Review by Push, Melody Maker, July 1989
THE SLEEVE of Straight Outta Compton, the debut LP from N.W.A., depicts one of the members of this Los Angeles rap group pointing a pistol ...
Interview by Push, Melody Maker, November 1989
IN THEIR SHORT CAREER THE RAPPERS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE FBI, CONDEMNED BY THE CONGRESS FOR RACIAL EOUALITY, BANNED BY TV AND RADIO AND ...
Orb, The: The Orb: Sphere and Loathing
Report and Interview by Push, Melody Maker, October 1992
THE ORB are on the road and mayhem reigns. PUSH joins in the jollities ...
Pop Will Eat Itself: Porn to be Wild
Interview by Push, Melody Maker, June 1990
NEITHER THE Football Association nor, astonishingly, FIFA's UK representatives are entirely sure who will be presenting the 1990 World Cup to the winners in Italy ...
Primal Scream, Andrew Weatherall: Primal Scream: Spring Loaded
Interview by Push, Melody Maker, March 1990
The former darlings of indie rock may lose some deities with their new house-orientated single 'Loaded', but Primal leader Bobby Gillespie is determined to use ...
Interview by Push, Melody Maker, September 1989
WITH TWO NUMBER ONE SINGLES ALREADY UNDER HIS BELT, MARK MOORE WAS FINALLY CROWNED AS THE SVENGALI OF ACID SAMPLING WHEN PRINCE ASKED HIM TO ...
Interview by Push, Muzik, May 1997
DON'T MENTION the war. Unless you are in Rotterdam. Because if you are in Rotterdam, you really should know that on 14 May 1940, a ...
Interview by Push, Muzik, March 1996
With the release of their new album, Second Toughest In The Infants, UNDERWORLD take a hurtling ride through their world... With a little help from ...
Interview by Push, Melody Maker, November 1990
"JOHNNY ROTTEN telephoned me within hours of splitting The Sex Pistols," begins Jah Wobble, acknowledging the fact that there's a fascinating background story to tell ...
List of genre pieces
Overview by Push, Melody Maker, December 1988
AT THE BEGINNING of this year a House record would have cleared the majority of London's dancefloors. ...
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