Paul Lester

Paul Lester is a British music journalist, author and broadcaster from Elstree, Hertfordshire.

Career

He began his career as a

In 1993, Lester became Melody Maker's features editor; then in 1997, left to join Allan Jones in launching monthly music and film magazine Uncut, remaining deputy editor until 2006.

Lester has written more than a dozen rock / pop biographies, co-authored the

In July 2011, he joined digital station Amazing Radio to present a weekly show dedicated to new music.^[5] The programme continues to broadcast on Thursday afternoons between 1 and 3pm, on the national Digital One network in the UK and online via amazingradio.co.uk and the UK RadioPlayer.

In 2018, Lester became the editor of Record Collector magazine.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2016)

Books

• Lester, Paul (1995). Oasis : the illustrated story. London: Hamlyn.
• — (1996). Oasis : the illustrated story. New ed. London: Hamlyn.
• Blur: The Illustrated Story (Paperback). Pyramid, May 1995,
  ISBN 978-0-600-58689-0
• Pulp: The Illustrated Story (Paperback). Hamlyn, Feb 1996,
  ISBN 978-0-600-58974-7
• Björk: The Illustrated Story (Paperback). Hamlyn, Aug 1996,
  ISBN 978-0-600-59067-5
• Spice Girls: The Illustrated Story (Paperback). Hamlyn, Feb 1997,
  ISBN 978-0-600-59255-6
• Kula Shaker: The Illustrated Story (Paperback). Hamlyn, Mar 1997,
  ISBN 978-0-600-59270-9
• The Prodigy: The Illustrated Story (Paperback). Hamlyn, Nov 1997,
  ISBN 978-0-600-59511-3
• The Encyclopedia of Albums (co-authored with Chris Roberts) (Paperback). Dempsey Parr, 1998,
  ISBN 978-1-84084-031-5
• The Verve: The Illustrated Story (Paperback). Hamlyn. Jun 1998,
  ISBN 978-0-600-59592-2
• Robbie Williams: The Illustrated Story (Paperback). Hamlyn, Oct 1998,
  ISBN 978-0-600-59746-9
• Gang of Four: Damaged Gods (Paperback). Omnibus Press, Sep 2008,
  ISBN 978-1-84772-245-4
• Lowdown: The Story of Wire (Paperback). Omnibus Press, May 2009,
  ISBN 978-1-84772-710-7
• Pink: Split Personality (Paperback). Omnibus Press, November 2009,
  ISBN 978-1-84938-060-7

In 2008, Lester won the 'Breaking Music Writer' award at the Record of The Day Awards for Music Journalism and PR [6] for his 'New Band of the Day' column in The Guardian.

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