Writer Price began his career on the
Barry & District News, where he wrote a music column from 1984 to 1986. In the 1990s, Price was a staff writer for
Melody Maker for nine years. From 2000 to 2013, Price wrote weekly music reviews in
The Independent on Sunday newspaper.
Everything, a biography of
Manic Street Preachers, was claimed by Caroline Sullivan in
The Guardian in 1999 to be the "fastest-selling rock book of all time". It was later listed by
The Guardian in a Top Ten of books about rock. Ben Myers, who wrote
Richard, a novel about Manics guitarist
Richey Edwards, called it "one of the most exhaustively researched and passionately written band biographies in existence". Price disowned a 2002 re-issue of the book following a dispute over edits by the publisher, who cut criticisms of the police search for
Richey Edwards. Price won the
Record of the Day Live Reviews: Writer of the Year awards in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
DJ and Club Promoter Price was heavily involved with the short-lived
Romo scene in the mid- to late 1990s. co-promoted the Arcadia club night and acted as DJ and tour manager for the
Fiddling While Romo Burns Romo package tour. In 2001, he co-created alternative "glam/rock/trash" club night Stay Beautiful. Named after the
Manic Street Preachers song, it drew heavily on the band's ethos and attitudes. Having run for over 10 years in London, the club relocated in 2011 to Brighton, where it continued until 2016. Since 2017, Price has run an alternative 1980s club called Spellbound in Brighton.
Other Price has appeared on BBC radio and television stations as a pop expert. He is a recurring contributor to the "Chart Music" podcast, revisiting classic
Top of the Pops episodes. ==Personal life==