Jon Savage is the author of England's Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock and Teenage: The Creation of Youth, 1875-1945. He has written sleevenotes for Wire, St. Etienne and the Pet Shop Boys, among others, and his compilations include: Meridian 1970; Queer Noises: From the Closest to the Charts 1961-1976; and Dreams Come True: Classic Electro 1982-87.