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James Young was born in Oldham. He has tried his hand at a number of careers, including working in a cotton mill and as a car park attendant. In the early 80s he abandoned a promising academic future at Oxford to become Nico's piano player, after which he wrote Nico, Songs They Never Play on the Radio - a biographical account of the eight years he spent with the doomed Warhol chanteuse. He lives in Oxford.
A coolly literary masterpiece * Greil Marcus, Esquire * Stunning! May be the best rock and roll road story ever! Nico is so HERE in this wonderful narrative; I recognized her right away. James Young was the keyboard player in Nico's very insane bande à part on the last tours of her life and is a spectacular writer; let him be your perfect witness from the nomadic court of the once and future goddess of the musical underground * Danny Fields: friend of Nico, manager of The Ramones, Iggy Pop and The Stooges * Sad, funny, brilliant * The Daily Telegraph * Songs They Never Play On The Radio really encapsulates for me Manchester at that period of time (1980s). It was very dark and industrial but with a thriving artistic scene. James Young’s memoir is very funny, it’s very dark, it’s very beautiful, it’s very romantic in the darkness of evoking that era * Maxine Peake * In classic fish-out-of-water fashion Young writes with wry amusement alongside a fair bit of affection for his icy boss * The Times * A very funny book about my favourite singer * John Waters director: Hairspray, Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble *
