Simon Price is a music journalist, critic, DJ and promoter with over 30 years of experience including 9 as a writer and section editor at Melody Maker. Simon has freelanced for publications like Q, TheQuietus, The Guardian, The Observer, Mojo, Uncut, Dazed & Confused, Louder than War, Crack and Metal Hammer to name a few. Simon’s debut book Everything (A book about Manic Street Preachers) became the fastest-selling rock biography in British history.

Simon also guest-presents BBC Introducing: The South and promotes club nights in London and Brighton.

BA (Hons) Popular Music Journalism graduate Nick Pollard produced podcasts of SMILEfest 2013 including one with Simon Price. Listen here: https://npollard.wordpress.com/tag/simon-price/