David Cavanagh
Irish writer
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David Cavanagh was an Irish writer and music journalist who was the editor of Select magazine in the 1990s.[1] He books include My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry for the Prize (2000), which detailed the rise and fall of Creation Records,[2] and Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life, about John Peel.[3]
Cavanagh was born in Dublin and grew up in Northern Ireland.[1] During his career, he wrote for Sounds, Select, Q, Uncut and Mojo.[1]
He died by suicide in Luton in December 2018, aged 54.[2][1]
Books by Cavanagh
- The World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Scandals. Bounty, 1989. ISBN 978-1851528691.
- Love Is the Drug. Penguin, 1994. Edited by John Aizlewood. ISBN 978-0-1402-4199-0.
- The Creation Records Story: My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize. Virgin, 2001. ISBN 978-0-7535-0645-5.[4][5]
- Music for Boys. Fourth Estate, 2003. ISBN 978-0-0071-487-21.
- 1000 Songs to Change Your Life. Time Out, 2008. Edited by Will Fulford-Jones and John Lewis. ISBN 978-1-8467-0082-8.
- Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life. Faber & Faber, 2015. ISBN 978-0-5713-0247-5.