*1960 GB
Dave Thompson (born 4 January 1960) is an English writer who is the author of more than 100 books, largely dealing with rock and pop music, but also covering film, sports, philately, numismatics and erotica.He was born in Devon, and in the late 1970s wrote and published a punk rock fanzine. In the 1980s he was employed by Richard Desmond's Northern & Shell in London's Docklands. He relocated to the US in 1989. He has written regularly for journals including Melody Maker, Rolling Stone, Mojo, Q, Goldmine and Record Collector, as well as for the All Music Guide.