Ian Winwood
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Ian Winwood is a British music journalist who has written for several of the country's top alternative music magazines, most notably Kerrang!', the NME, Mojo, Q and Revolver.
Since joining Kerrang! in 2000, Winwood has interviewed, among others, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Muse, Beastie Boys, Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, Rancid, Velvet Revolver, Nickelback and Fall Out Boy. While his writing style can be said to be occasionally overblown, Winwood does possess a knack for getting beneath the skin of his subjects. In 2002 Nickelback's Chad Kroeger challenged the journalist to a public charity boxing match following three negative notices, including Winwood calling Kroeger a cunt. The challenge was made from the stage at every UK arena in which the band played during their December tour.
In his pursuit of greater journalistic challenges - and, presumably, a better salary - Ian briefly joined the staff of rival metal mag, Metal Hammer, as Features Editor.In 2006 Winwood left the title and returned to Kerrang! In the same year Disturbed's David Draiman said he would beat the journalist "within an inch of his life" and "glady serve the [prison] sentence." More recently, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz threatened never to speak to Kerrang! again following his displeasure at Winwood's portrayal of him in a cover story entitled 'Fallen Angels'.
In 2003 Winwood won Amazon.co.uk's Hard Rock Writer of the Year Award, for a piece profiling Nickelback.
After a frustrating spell at the NME, Winwood currently contributes to Kerrang! magazine. In 2007 the writer also began to contribute to the Website of The Guardian.
[edit] External link
- BBC Radio 1 profile (includes picture)
