Pippa Rickenham has been writing about the rock and roll world since she began creating various fanzines and websites starting at the age of thirteen. Innit. Back then her favourite singer, Morrissey, became something of an obsession, so much so that her mother and father threatened to ban any and all Morrissey posters from the family's four-bedroom semi in central Manchester. Later, her house-mates in London felt the exact same way. In addition to contributing to numerous music publications, and spending far too many nights in smoky clubs, Rickenham has written two books on the pop world, Gender Benders: A Trip Through 80s Insanity, and The Pistol Patrol.