Who am I?

In 1979 I became Liverpool correspondent (and token punk rocker) for Melody Maker. My first interview was the Cramps. My first interview with a Liverpool band was The Teardrop Explodes. It was their first interview too.

In 1988 I started working as the Liverpool Echo’s pop columnist. There was never any shortage of Liverpool bands to write about.

In 2008 I began a blog called Older than Elvis. It was about music, books, getting old, feminism and some personal stuff. And a series called Women’s History of Pop. Because somebody had to.

And now I’m here.

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I don’t write about new music any more, so please don’t ask because I’ll have to say no. (But if you want to pay me to write about old music, please get in touch.)

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Penny