[1] As Push, he wrote for the weekly music paper Melody Maker from 1985 to 1995.
[3] Dawes was responsible for nurturing and guiding some of the brightest talent of the day, many of whom went on to further success in the music industry.
The very first interviews in the UK press with The Sugarcubes, Carter USM and The Shamen were published in The Buzz during his time as the editor.
[citation needed] Dawes's best known book is Rat Scabies And The Holy Grail, published in 2005 by Sceptre Books in the UK (ISBN 0-340-83211-8) and by Thunder's Mouth Press in the US (ISBN 1-56025-678-8).
It is a gonzo-esque quest to find the Holy Grail by punk rock legend Rat Scabies, the one-time drummer of The Damned, with whom Dawes strikes up a friendship when the two become neighbours in the London suburb of Brentford.