A keen writer and photographer, John Tucker s first live review was published in the American fanzine Metal Rendez-Vous in 1983. Moving to London later that year, he started contributing to a number of fanzines, and also wrote Neat Records in-house magazine Lead Weight. His first book Suzie Smiled the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal appeared in 2006, and since then he s written Never Surrender (with Biff Byford), Am I Evil? (with Brian Tatler), Whitesnake The Definitive Biography (with Simon Robinson), Neat & Tidy The Story Of Neat Records and 5 Years Of Brofest.