Joe Shooman has written words on music, entertainment, sport, news and crisps for many national newspapers and magazines over the years, and worked in radio as a presenter, producer and reporter. He is a contributor to the legendary Viz comic and is the author of numerous books on musicians, punk, Internet culture and more. He once was sacked from his newspaper column for hiding rude messages about his team's rivals in the text. He lives on the smudgy border, and contrary to popular rumors, does not like to move it, move it. Shooman currently resides in Liverpool, England.