Neil Cossar was guitarist in the late 70s group The Cheaters.Signed to Parlophone Records but never troubling the charts, The Cheaters were named‘hardest working band of the year’ by BBC Radio 1 after playing 321 gigs andrecording an album in 1982! Duringthe 90s, Neil worked as a radio DJ in Manchester, UK, before moving into musicPR. His client list included Def Leppard, INXS, Joan Baez, Glen Campbell, JeanMichel Jarre, Natalie Imbruglia, The Hollies, Feist, The Stranglers, BarenakedLadies and UB40.Neillaunched his music trivia site This Day in Music.com in 1999. His published works include This Day In Music (Omnibus,2010), Bob Dylan – The Day I Was There (Spenwood, 2025), David Bowie –A People’s History (Spenwood, 2025), Bruce Springsteen – The Day I WasThere (Spenwood 2025) and The Jam – The Day I Was There (withRichard Houghton) (Spenwood, 2025).Neil is presently playing music again, touring with The GuiltyMen (theguiltymen.co.uk).Richard Houghton is the author of more than 25 books on music. He specialises in fan histories, bringing together the memories of fans from across a band's career to bring a whole new perspective to an act's legacy. He is the Managing Director of Spenwood Books, which specialises in fan histories.

Neil Cossar was guitarist in the late 70s group The Cheaters.Signed to Parlophone Records but never troubling the charts, The Cheaters were named‘hardest working band of the year’ by BBC Radio 1 after playing 321 gigs andrecording an album in 1982! Duringthe 90s, Neil worked as a radio DJ in Manchester, UK, before moving into musicPR. His client list included Def Leppard, INXS, Joan Baez, Glen Campbell, JeanMichel Jarre, Natalie Imbruglia, The Hollies, Feist, The Stranglers, BarenakedLadies and UB40.Neillaunched his music trivia site This Day in Music.com in 1999. His published works include This Day In Music (Omnibus,2010), Bob Dylan – The Day I Was There (Spenwood, 2025), David Bowie –A People’s History (Spenwood, 2025), Bruce Springsteen – The Day I WasThere (Spenwood 2025) and The Jam – The Day I Was There (withRichard Houghton) (Spenwood, 2025).Neil is presently playing music again, touring with The GuiltyMen (theguiltymen.co.uk).Richard Houghton is the author of more than 25 books on music. He specialises in fan histories, bringing together the memories of fans from across a band's career to bring a whole new perspective to an act's legacy. He is the Managing Director of Spenwood Books, which specialises in fan histories.