Nick Kent

Nick Kent (born 24 December 1951) is a British rock critic and musician, best known for his writing for the NME in the 1970s, and his books The Dark Stuff (1994) and Apathy for the Devil (2010).

Kent, the son of a former Abbey Road Studios sound engineer, began his career as a writer at age 21 in 1972,[clarification needed] inspired by Jack Kerouac and Hunter S.

[1] Kent's writing talent was evident at college when, after analysing James Joyce's Ulysses, he was recommended to apply for further English study.

Kent is the author of two books: The Dark Stuff, a collection of his journalism, and Apathy for the Devil: A 1970s Memoir, which is an autobiographical account of his life and experiences in the 1970s, published in March 2010.

2 UK hit single "Kings of the Wild Frontier" and on the US edition of the hit album of the same name), claiming that "If passion ends in fashion, then Nick Kent is the best dressed man in town..."[2] In addition, then-Ants guitarist Matthew Ashman assaulted Kent with a potful of strawberry jam in the queue outside Camden's Music Machine venue.