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Kris Needs

Kris Needs is credited on 388 releases across 203 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1978–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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388

Pressings credited

203

Albums

6

Decades active

561

In collections

Biography

Kris Needs (born 3 July 1954) is a British journalist and author, known for writings on music from the 1970s onwards. He became editor of proto-punk and early punk rock ZigZag magazine in August 1977 at 23 and has since written biographies of musicians and rock stars, including Primal Scream, Joe Strummer and Keith Richards.

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Credited work

388 releases · 203 albums · active 1978–2026

  • Performance · 342
  • Production · 110
  • Other credits · 77
  • Engineering · 8

Studios: Butterfly Studios · The Speakeasy · Fun City · Axis Studios

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