Jon Savage
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Savage in 2009.
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Jonathan Malcolm Sage 2 September 1953 Paddington, London, England |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Music journalist, broadcaster, writer |
Jon Savage (born Jonathan Malcolm Sage; 2 September 1953 in Paddington, London) is an English writer, broadcaster and music journalist, best known for his award winning history of the Sex Pistols and punk music, England's Dreaming, published in 1991.
Savage was a high-profile writer during the glory days of British punk and wrote articles on all the major punk acts. He wrote and published a fanzine called London's Outrage in 1976, and in 1977 began working as a journalist for Sounds, which was, at that time, one of the UK's three major music papers, along with the New Musical Express and Melody Maker. Savage interviewed punk, new wave and electronic music artists for Sounds. At that time, he also wrote for the West Coast fanzines Search and Destroy, Bomp! and Slash.
In 1979 he moved to Melody Maker, and a year later to the newly founded pop culture magazine The Face. Throughout the decade, Savage wrote for The Observer and the New Statesman, providing high-brow commentary on popular culture.
In 1991, Savage designed a record sleeve for the then little-known Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. The single was called "Feminine Is Beautiful".
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