Mick Middles has been writing about the Manchester music scene for over 30 years, initially for Sounds magazine and later for the Manchester Evening News. He has written books on Joy Division, New Order, the Stone Roses and Factory Records and in conjunction with Lindsay Reade, an acclaimed biography of Ian Curtis, also published by Omnibus Press. He has known Mark E Smith since the Fall's inception and brings to his work a deel local knowledge.

Mick Middles has been writing about the Manchester music scene for over 30 years, initially for Sounds magazine and later for the Manchester Evening News. He has written books on Joy Division, New Order, the Stone Roses and Factory Records and in conjunction with Lindsay Reade, an acclaimed biography of Ian Curtis, also published by Omnibus Press. He has known Mark E Smith since the Fall's inception and brings to his work a deel local knowledge.

Mick Middles has been writing about the Manchester music scene for over 30 years, initially for Sounds magazine and later for the Manchester Evening News. He has written books on Joy Division, New Order, the Stone Roses and Factory Records and in conjunction with Lindsay Reade, an acclaimed biography of Ian Curtis, also published by Omnibus Press. He has known Mark E Smith since the Fall's inception and brings to his work a deel local knowledge.