Taylor Parkes

ABOUT TAYLOR PARKES

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 Lauren Laverne .

Edith Bowman is another popular music critic on the BBC.