Paul Du Noyer Explained

Paul Du Noyer
Birth Date:1954 5, df=y
Birth Place:Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Known For:Founding editor of Mojo
Occupation:Rock critic, journalist, editor, author
Website:http://www.pauldunoyer.com/

Paul Du Noyer (born Paul Anthony Du Noyer; 21 May 1954) is an English rock journalist and author.[1] [2] He has written and edited for the music magazines NME, Q and Mojo. Du Noyer is the author of several books on the music industry, rock musicians, London and on his hometown, Liverpool.[3] [4]

Early life

Du Noyer was born in Liverpool, then in Lancashire, and educated at the London School of Economics.

Career

Du Noyer began his writing career in London after moving from Liverpool at the age of eighteen. He was a freelance journalist from 1978 to 1980 and then worked as an assistant editor for the NME before becoming a staff writer in 1980. At Q, he was assistant editor until 1990 and then served as editor before becoming the founding editor of Mojo magazine. In the latter role, he won an award for "Editor of the year" in 1994.[5] He left Mojo in 1995 but remains a contributing editor.

During his career as a rock journalist and editor, Du Noyer has interviewed music artists such as David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison and Madonna. In 1997, he wrote We All Shine On, a book about the solo songs of John Lennon.[5]

Du Noyer has worked as an editorial consultant for clients such as Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono.[6] He edited the programme for McCartney's 1989–90 world tour and wrote an essay there forwarding McCartney's association with the 1960s avant-garde scene in London.[7] The programme was part of McCartney's campaign, begun in 1986,[8] to challenge the public's perception of him as musically conservative in the years following Lennon's murder in 1980.[9] Du Noyer went on to serve as editor of subsequent McCartney tour programmes and has supplied the liner notes for several McCartney album reissues.[10]

Du Noyer was associate editor at The Word magazine from 2002 until its demise in 2012.[11]

Books and publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paul Du Noyer, Esq. Debrett's. 30 October 2011.
  2. News: Sounds of the city. The Guardian. 30 October 2011. 30 October 2011.
  3. From Tin Pan Alley to Tinchy Stryder. NME. 30 October 2011.
  4. Web site: Paul Du Noyer: Liverpool: Wondrous Place. drownedinsound.com. 30 October 2011. 20 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141020025107/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4693/reviews/5496. dead.
  5. Web site: Paul Du Noyer. us.macmillan.com. 30 October 2011.
  6. Web site: Paul Du Noyer. beatlesfestival.co.uk. 30 October 2011. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425113938/http://beatlesfestival.co.uk/?page_id=2480. 25 April 2012.
  7. Book: Sounes, Howard. Howard Sounes. Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney. HarperCollins. London. 2010. 978-0-00-723705-0. 419.
  8. Web site: Garcia. Gilbert. The Ballad of Paul and Yoko. Salon. 28 January 2003. 21 February 2020. 7 July 2012. https://archive.today/20120707150733/http://www.salon.com/2003/01/27/paul_yoko/. live.
  9. Book: Doggett, Peter. Peter Doggett. You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup. 2011. It Books. New York, NY. 978-0-06-177418-8. 291–92, 325–26.
  10. Web site: Journalism: The Beatles > 3. Paul McCartney. https://web.archive.org/web/20150727033847/http://www.pauldunoyer.com/pages/journalism/journalism_item.asp?journalismID=178#paul. pauldunoyer.com. 27 July 2015. 5 May 2021.
  11. Web site: Word Podcast 188 - the Bowiecast. The Word. 30 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111017215257/http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/word-podcast-188-bowiecast. 17 October 2011.

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