Chris Salewicz, who lives in London, has documented world popular music and culture for over three decades, both in print and on television and radio. His writing, on subjects from film to foreign affairs as well as music, has appeared in the Sunday Times, the Independent, the Guardian and in many other publications. As a senior features writer for NME from 1975 to 1981, he saw service at the frontlines of glam rock, punk rock, reggae music, and the Los Angeles and New York music scenes and their subcultures. He's written books on Jimmy Page, Joe Strummer, Billy Bragg, Paul McCartney, Bob Marley and more.