Giles Smith
Giles Smith (* 1962 in Colchester , Essex ) is a British author, journalist and former musician.
Smith, who was influenced in his youth by the music and performance of Marc Bolan and XTC , was from 1986 to 1988 the second member of the band Cleaners from Venus alongside Martin Newell . After a bad promotional tour in Germany, he ended his active music career, which he had previously started with a project called Orphans of Babylon . Smith later worked as a music journalist. The book Lost in Music is based on his experiences as a music fan, pop journalist and musician .
Smith, an avowed Chelsea fan, is now a sports journalist and writes regularly for the Times , among others .
In 2001, he was one of the authors who contributed a story to the book Speaking with the Angel , edited by Nick Hornby .
Works
- 1994: Lost in Music
- 2000: Midnight in the Garden of Evel Knievel
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report for chelseafc.com ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Giles Smith at timesonline.co.uk
Web links
- Interview at interview-magazin.eu
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| SURNAME | Smith, Giles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British author and music journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Colchester , Essex |