Biography

July 10, 1961 · Manchester, England, UK

Worked extensively as a cartoonist and writer in the 1980s for the children's comic 'Oink!', where his characters included Doctor Mooney and Harry the Head.

DJ with BBC Radio 1 as sidekick of Mark Radcliffe until 2004. Now broadcasts at BBC 6music radio station.

Former member of UK Indie Bands "The Fall" and "The Creepers".

It was 15 June 1972 that David Bowie changed my life. Performing Starman on a kids TV programme called Lift Off three weeks before his legendary appearance on Top of the Pops (1964). When he announced 'the last show we'll ever do' from the stage of the Hammersmith Odeon just about a year later I thought I'd never even get to see him in concert. Who'd have thought over nearly three decades later I'd be introducing him onto that very same stage. Bowie changed my life. It's a simple as that.