P. Morley

Real Name:
Paul Robert Morley
Profile:
Paul Morley wrote for the NME from 1977 to 1983 when the magazine was at its most successful and notorious. An influential collection of his journalism from this period, Ask, was published in 1987 by Faber and Faber. He wrote for the first few issues of The Face, was a regular contributor to Blitz, and was one of the first presenters of BBCs "The Late Show".

In 1983 he formed ZTT with Trevor Horn and Jill Sinclair. Morley was a founder member of the Art Of Noise, The and was instrumental in the success of Frankie Goes To Hollywood. He dreamt up the 'Frankie Say...' t-shirts, as worn over the years by everyone from Jennifer Aniston to Homer Simpson. He was married to Claudia Brücken, although they have since separated.

He currently writes for Esquire, The Observer and The Sunday Telegraph and contributes to numerous TV and radio programmes, including the "Top Ten" series on Channel 4 and BBC's "Newsnight Review".

His memoir Nothing was published to great acclaim by Faber in 2000. His 2003 book Words & Music has been described in The Guardian as 'the best book about pop I had ever read' and 'the weirdest book about pop I had ever read'.

In 2004 Morley and James Banbury formed a new label, ServiceAV.
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Discography

Releases:
Moments In Love (12")   Island Records 1985
Production:
Wishful Thinking (CD, Album)   ZTT 1985
Appears On:
Moments In Love (12", Single, Promo)   Island Records 1985
Best Dance 2/96 (CD, Comp) Firestarter Mercury 1996
Firestarter (Single, Maxi) (16 versions)   XL Recordings ... 1996
Rave City 4 - The New Capital (Opening The Doors Of Perception) (2xCD) Firestarter (Empirion ... Rave City Records 1996
Dance World Television Hits Volume 2 (CD, Comp) Firestarter (Edit) Star Maker 1997
The Fat Of The Land (Album) (17 versions) Firestarter XL Recordings ... 1997
Pop & Wave - New Romantic (CD, Comp) Moments In Love Sony Music Special Products 2002
Pop & Wave Vol. 4 - The Ballads Of The 80's (2xCD, Comp, Ltd) Moments In Love Sony Music Special Products, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany), Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2002
Music From Glastonbury The Film (2xCD, Album) Firestarter The Glastonbury Phonographic Society 2006
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