About the Author

Phil Gatenby first began writing for the Manchester City fanzine 'Blue Print' in 1988 and then his own City fanzine 'This Charming Fan' in 1993. After contributing to various other books and magazines, he wrote Morrissey's Manchester -- the guide to the city's Smiths & Morrissey landmarks in 2002 - and a London edition, Panic On The Streets, in 2007. In 2008 he ghost wrote Sully: The Football Thug Who didn't Give A F**k and the follow up in 2010, Sully: Grafting For England. Craig Gill is a musician and DJ inspired by other great Manchester bands, Craig joined local band Inspiral Carpets in 1985 aged fourteen, over the next ten years he travelled the world, notching up twelve Top 40 singles and four Top 10 albums. A passion for record collecting later came to fruition in the mid nineties, when the Hacienda and Boardwalk night-clubs were amongst many to offer Craig (Gilly) Gill DJ residencies at their clubs, long before the celebrity DJ phenomena was born. Through playing in bands and DJing he has built up strong and lasting friendships with lots of other Manchester musicians, managers and promoters, whose inside knowledge and stories have been invaluable in helping him track down locations and sites to create music tours and its book companion.