*Evans, Richard: *-Richard Evanshas worked in the music industry for more than 30 years and with Erasure for over a decade. In 2002 he set up www.thisisnotretro.com, a website dedicated to reporting the latest news from the bands and artists who helped define the 80s.

*Evans, Richard: *-Richard Evanshas worked in the music industry for more than 30 years and with Erasure for over a decade. In 2002 he set up www.thisisnotretro.com, a website dedicated to reporting the latest news from the bands and artists who helped define the 80s.

His previous book was* Remember the Eighties *. His new book is Listening to the Music the Machines Make: The Electronic Pop Revolution 1978-1983.

Richard is based in Dorset where he lives in perpetual fear of being asked what his favourite record is.