1. Vivien Goldman was born on 1952 and is a British journalist, writer and musician.
16 Facts About Vivien Goldman
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Vivien Goldman studied English and American literature at the University of Warwick.
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Vivien Goldman began her career as a journalist for Cassettes and Cartridges.
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Vivien Goldman then became a PR officer for Atlantic Records and then Island Records, where she worked with Bob Marley.
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Vivien Goldman was a writer and editor for London-based Sounds magazine in the late 1970s.
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Vivien Goldman lived in Paris for a year and a half, where she was a member of new wave duo Chantage, which gained modest fame in France.
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Vivien Goldman released the Dirty Washing EP in 1981, with tracks produced by John Lydon and Adrian Sherwood.
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Vivien Goldman wrote for the music magazines NME, Sounds and Melody Maker about reggae, punk and post-punk.
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Vivien Goldman was a member of The Flying Lizards, shared a flat with fellow NME journalist and The Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde.
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Vivien Goldman is listed in the writing credits along with the band Massive Attack on the song "Sly".
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Vivien Goldman was Bob Marley's first UK publicist, and Kid Creole's biographer.
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Vivien Goldman appeared in the song "Vetar i zastave", with the Yugoslavian band "Idoli" in 1983.
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Vivien Goldman is a documentarian and adjunct professor of punk and reggae at New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.
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Vivien Goldman is an adjunct professor of musical cultures and industry at Rutgers University's School of Communication and Information.
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In January 2007 BBC America began a regular Ask the Punk Professor feature on their website, with Vivien Goldman answering questions and commenting on current events.
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Vivien Goldman appears as an interviewee in the up-coming documentary about British reggae group Steel Pulse.