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Carol Clerk

GB

British journalist and writer. Died 12-Mar-2010 at the age of 55 from breast cancer. Worked for Melody Maker--for 20 years-- amongst others and wrote books about Hawkwind, Nirvana, The Pogues, Madonna and The Damned. She was one of Britain's most influential and best-loved rock writers,. She was also an irrepressibly colourful character – she swore loudly and often, smoked incessantly, drank profusely and, robustly championing outsiders and underdogs, carved out her own legend in a resolutely male-dominated era of the music industry. She formed a particular bond with punk, heavy metal and glam rock bands and, after Melody Maker moved to High Holborn, she would hold court in her unofficial office – the Oporto pub – surrounded by adoring members of Hanoi Rocks, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, the Exploited, the Damned and various waifs and strays. She could – and often did – drink them all under the table. Waving either her favourite pink feather boa or the stick she occasionally used to alleviate a hip problem incurred at birth, she would emerge at closing time to hail a taxi – or any passing car that took her fancy – to take her to a gig.

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