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'''Jon Savage''' (born [[1953]]), real name Jonathon Sage, is a Cambridge-educated [[writer]], [[broadcaster]] and [[music journalist]], best known for his award winning history of the [[Sex Pistols]] and [[Punk rock|punk]] music, ''England's Dreaming'' (1991). |
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Savage wrote and published a [[fanzine]] called ''London's Outrage'' in 1976, and in 1977 began working as a journalist for [[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]. ''Sounds'' was, at that time, one of the [[United Kingdom|UK]]'s three major music papers, along with the [[New Musical Express]] and [[Melody Maker]]. Savage interviewed punk, [[New Wave music|New Wave]] and [[electronic music]] artists for ''Sounds'' until 1979, when he moved to ''Melody Maker'', and then in 1980 to the newly founded pop culture magazine [[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]. |
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Throughout the 1980s, Savage wrote for ''[[The Observer]]'' and the ''[[New Statesman]]'', providing [[Highbrow|high-brow]] commentary on [[popular culture]]. |
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''England's Dreaming'', published by [[Faber]] in 1991, was lauded as the definitive history of punk music, and remains the single most comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon. It was used as the basis for a television programme, "Punk and the Pistols", shown on [[BBC2]] in 1995, and an updated edition in 2001 featured a new introduction which made mention of the Pistols' 1996 reunion and the release of the 2000 Pistols documentary film, ''[[The Filth and The Fury]]''. |
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Savage continues to write on punk and other genres in a variety of publications, most notably ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' magazine and [[the Observer Music Monthly]]. He wrote the introduction to Mitch Ikeda's ''Forever Delayed'' (2002), an official photobook of the [[Manic Street Preachers]]. |
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Savage has appeared in the documentaries ''[[Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Pop|Live Forever]]'' and ''[[New_Order#References|NewOrderStory]]''. |
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Several compilation CDs based on his tracklistings have also been released, including ''England's Dreaming'' (2004) and ''Meridian 1970'' (2005), the latter of which puts forward the argument that [[1970]] was a high-point for popular music, contrary to critical opinion. His most recent compilation has been ''Queer Noises 1961-1978'' (2006), a compilation of largely overlooked pop songs from that period that carried overt or coded gay messages. |
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Jon Savage's latest book, ''Teenage'', was published by [[Chatto and Windus]] in April 2007. |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.3ammagazine.com/litarchives/2002_jun/interview_jon_savage.html 2002 interview] |
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* [http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/juvenilia-and-other-delinquencies-an-interview-with-jon-savage/ 2007 interview] |
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* [http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lea/77472.htm England's Dreaming Archive Papers held at Liverpool John Moores University] |
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[[Category:1953 births|Savage, Jon]] |
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[[Category:Living people|Savage, Jon]] |
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[[Category:British journalists|Savage, Jon]] |
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[[Category:Sex Pistols|Savage, Jon]] |
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[[Category:Melody Maker writers|Savage, Jon]] |
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Revision as of 19:06, 31 May 2007
Holds the record for being THE dumbest person to ever exist on earth.