Paul Du Noyer | |
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| Born | (1954-05-21)21 May 1954 (age 71) Liverpool,Lancashire, England |
| Occupation(s) | Rock critic, journalist, editor, author |
| Known for | Founding editor ofMojo |
| Website | http://www.pauldunoyer.com/ |
Paul Du Noyer (bornPaul Anthony Du Noyer; 21 May 1954) is an Englishrock journalist and author.[1][2] He has written and edited for the music magazinesNME,Q andMojo. Du Noyer is the author of several books on the music industry, rock musicians,London and on his hometown, Liverpool.[3][4]
Du Noyer was born inLiverpool, then inLancashire, and educated at theLondon School of Economics.
Du Noyer began his writing career in London after moving from Liverpool at the age of eighteen. He was a freelance journalist from 1978 to 1980 and then worked as an assistant editor for theNME before becoming a staff writer in 1980. AtQ, he was assistant editor until 1990 and then served as editor before becoming the founding editor ofMojo magazine. In the latter role, he won an award for "Editor of the year" in 1994.[5] He leftMojo in 1995 but remains a contributing editor.
During his career as a rock journalist and editor, Du Noyer has interviewed music artists such asDavid Bowie,Bruce Springsteen,Van Morrison andMadonna. In 1997, he wroteWe All Shine On, a book about the solo songs ofJohn Lennon.[5]
Du Noyer has worked as an editorial consultant for clients such asPaul McCartney andYoko Ono.[6] He edited the programme for McCartney's1989–90 world tour[7] and wrote an essay there forwarding McCartney's association with the 1960savant-garde scene in London.[8] The programme was part of McCartney's campaign, begun in 1986,[9] to challenge the public's perception of him as musically conservative in the years following Lennon's murder in 1980.[8][10] Du Noyer went on to serve as editor of subsequent McCartney tour programmes and has supplied the liner notes for several McCartney album reissues.[7]
Du Noyer was associate editor atThe Word magazine from 2002 until its demise in 2012.[11]
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