Simon Price

[3] Everything, a biography of Manic Street Preachers, was claimed by Caroline Sullivan in The Guardian in 1999 to be the "fastest-selling rock book of all time".

[5] Ben Myers, who wrote Richard, a novel about Manics guitarist Richey Edwards, called it "one of the most exhaustively researched and passionately written band biographies in existence".

[6] Price disowned a 2002 re-issue of the book following a dispute over edits by the publisher, who cut criticisms of the police search for Richey Edwards.

[12] He is a recurring contributor to the "Chart Music" podcast, revisiting classic Top of the Pops episodes.

The son of a radio presenter, Price attended Barry Comprehensive in Wales and studied French and philosophy at University College London.