Michael Moran is a nice enough chap of middling height who made a number of bearable, but not remotely successful records in the Eighties and Nineties. Since he learned to spell he was a regular contributor to Arena, The Word, and The Face. You may also have encountered his work in publications as diverse as Bizarre and New Woman. He is Web Correspondent of Times Online. He has co-authored three books: Rock and Pop Elevens, The Encyclopdia of Guilty Pleasures and Shopping While Drunk.