David Cavanagh was an Irish writer and music journalist, best known for his the critically acclaimed
2000 book ''My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry for the Prize'', which detailed the rise and fall of
Creation Records
Creation Records Ltd. was a British independent record label founded in 1983 by Alan McGee, Dick Green, and Joe Foster. Its name came from the 1960s band The Creation, whom McGee greatly admired. The label ceased operations in 1999, although ...
, and for his editorship of ''
Select'' magazine in the 1990s.
Cavanagh was born in Dublin, and grew up in
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
.
During his career, he wrote for ''
Sounds
In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid.
In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the ...
,'' ''
Select,'' ''
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Uncut
Uncut may refer to:
* ''Uncut'' (film), a 1997 Canadian docudrama film by John Greyson about censorship
* ''Uncut'' (magazine), a monthly British magazine with a focus on music, which began publishing in May 1997
* '' BET: Uncut'', a Black Enter ...
'' and ''
Mojo
Mojo may refer to:
*Mojo (African-American culture), a magical charm bag used in voodoo
Arts, entertainment and media Film and television
* MOJO HD, an American television network
* ''Mojo'' (play), by Jez Butterworth, made into a 1997 film
* '' ...
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Cavanagh took his own life by jumping in front of a train in
Luton
Luton () is a town and unitary authority with borough status, in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 census, the Luton built-up area subdivision had a population of 211,228 and its built-up area, including the adjacent towns of Dunstable an ...
in December 2018, aged 54.
Books by Cavanagh
*''The World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Scandals.'' Bounty, 1989. .
*''Love Is the Drug.'' Penguin, 1994. Edited by John Aizlewood.
*''
The Creation Records Story: My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize.'' Virgin, 2001.
*''Music for Boys.'' Fourth Estate, 2003.
*''1000 Songs to Change Your Life.'' Time Out, 2008. Edited by Will Fulford-Jones and John Lewis.
*''Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life.'' Faber & Faber, 2015.
References
External links
Cavanagh's writing for ''Uncut''
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Year of birth missing
2018 suicides
Journalists from Northern Ireland
British music journalists
British writers
Mojo (magazine) people
Suicides by train
Suicides in England