Taylor Parkes
Journalist
Music critic who had a popular scathing column in the weekly Melody Maker.
He set a critical tone against most of the Britpop groups he reviewed.
After leaving Melody Maker, he started writing for the popular pop culture website The Quiteus and in a program for BBC 6 radio.
He married musician and DJ
Edith Bowman is another popular music critic on the BBC.