Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson
Anthony Howard "Tony" Wilsonwas an English record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth20 February 1950
anytime blow daily everyday stuff
It's not your everyday job, ... Anytime you get to blow stuff up on a daily basis, it's a lot of fun.
neat
We get a lot of really neat toys,
manchester
This is Manchester, we do things differently here
pride gun drug
Most of all, I love Manchester. The crumbling warehouses, the railway arches, the cheap abundant drugs. That's what did it in the end. Not the money, not the music, not even the guns. That is my heroic flaw: my excess of civic pride.
listening lasts musician
Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.
states birmingham awake
If you live in Birmingham, then being awake is not necessarily a desirable state.
legends print picks
When forced to pick between truth and legend, print the legend.
player stories life-story
I'm a minor player in my own life story.
special band needs
Every band needs it's own special chemistry. And Bez was a very good chemist.
religion age energy
Energy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion.
powerful homegrown locals
There is no celebrity quite as powerful as the local, homegrown celebrity.