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Everett True (Jeremy Andrew Thackray) was born on 21 April, 1961 in Chelmsford, Essex, England, is a British journalist. Discover Everett True's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

Popular As Jeremy Andrew Thackray
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Age 62 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 21 April 1961
Birthday 21 April
Birthplace Chelmsford, Essex, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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1961

Everett True (born Jeremy Andrew Thackray on 21 April 1961) is an English music journalist and musician.

He became interested in rock music after hearing The Residents, and formed a band with school friends.

He has written and recorded as The Legend.

1982

In 1982, he went to a gig by The Laughing Apple and met the group's lead singer Alan McGee.

According to McGee: "there used to be this guy who'd stand at the front of all the gigs and dance disjointedly".

They became friends and when McGee started the Communication Blur club, he offered Thackray the role of compėre, stating that Thackray "was the most un-enigmatic, boring, kindest, shyest person you could ever meet – and it just appealed to my sense of humour to make him compère."

He was originally billed as "the legendary Jerry Thackray", eventually shortened to simply "The Legend".

McGee also offered him a column in his new fanzine, also called Communication Blur, but Thackray left after two issues, because he objected to McGee's proposal to put a flexidisc of The Smiths on the front cover.

He instead started his own zine, The Legend!, under which name he recorded the single "73 in 83", the first to be released by McGee's Creation Records.

1983

In 1983, Thackray began working at the New Musical Express.

1984

In 1984, he released a second single, "Legend Destroys the Blues", but his performing career did not take off.

He puts this down to that he "didn't like to perform a song more than once", although he has continued to make occasional appearances.

1988

In 1988, he was sacked from the paper, and instead took a job at its rival, Melody Maker.

He was told to adopt a new pseudonym, as the "Legend!"

name was too closely associated with the NME.

He chose "Everett True", from the early twentieth century cartoon The Outbursts of Everett True.

Within months, he was sent to Seattle to cover the emerging grunge scene.

He helped to publicise the music and befriended many of the bands.

1989

In 1989, as The Legend!, he performed guest vocals on a single with Calvin Johnson and Tobi Vail's band The Go Team.

1990

In the early 1990s, True lived in Brighton, East Sussex, with members of the band Huggy Bear.

Leaving MM in the late 1990s, he became editor of Vox, reverting on this occasion to his real name.

It has been claimed that the band theaudience were formed after founder member Billy Reeves bet True £100 that he could form a band and get it signed.

1991

In 1991, he introduced Kurt Cobain to Courtney Love at a Butthole Surfers and L7 gig.

1992

The three became close friends, and, in 1992, True wheeled Cobain on stage at the Reading Festival.

1998

In 1998, True returned to Seattle, where he worked for a year as music editor for The Stranger, before heading for Australia, where he freelanced at Melbourne broadsheet, The Age.

He also recorded an album under the name The Legend!.

2002

Back again in the United Kingdom, he set up the magazine Careless Talk Costs Lives in 2002.

Issues of this publication began at No. 12 and counted down, claiming that "we have set out to replace the decaying music press in Britain, so by issue zero we will either have achieved our objectives or given up trying".

By the twelfth issue (#1), it was clear that it would not achieve its ambitions, and True instead founded Plan B.

2004

Between 2004 and 2009, True helped oversee Plan B alongside others, notably Frances Morgan, Chris Houghton and designer Andrew Clare.

He has also contributed to many magazines and newspapers, and has written many books, including ones on the Ramones, The White Stripes, as well as an account of his time with Nirvana.

2006

In 2006, True published Nirvana: The True Story, a book about his personal relationship with the band and the grunge scene.

2008

In 2008, he relocated with his family to Brisbane in Australia, apparently on a whim: "It was a nice day when we stepped off the plane," he told several interviewers.

2009

Up until the start of 2009, he wrote a weekly column for VillageVoice.com, and The Guardian – with the latter, entering into conflict with Australia's music street press.

There was also a fair amount of controversy over some unguarded remarks True made on Twitter with regard to the usage of Kurt Cobain's image in Guitar Hero 5.

These led to immediate furious denials from Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic.

Later, Courtney Love denied she had that they had anything to do with the matter, but it was then revealed that Love had worked with Activision on crafting Cobain's look for the game.

The family subsequently returned to the United Kingdom.

True currently contributes columns to Sweden's Go Magazine, New York City's Bust magazine, the Something Awful website and writes for various Australian online publications including Mess And Noise and The Vine.

2010

True also fronts two Brisbane bands: The Deadnotes and The Thin Kids, the latter of which caused some controversy when they picked up a plum support to Kate Nash midway through 2010.