Kris Needs has been played on NTS shows including Otologic, with Becoming More Like God (Secret Knowledge To Hell And Back Mix) first played on 1 September 2019.

Kris Needs (born 3 July 1954) is a British journalist and author, known for writings on music from the 1970s onwards. He became editor of ZigZag in August 1977 at 23 and has written biographies of stars including Primal Scream, Joe Strummer and Keith Richards.

In 1973 Kris was the secretary of the Mott The Hoople fan club, the Sea Divers, which he ran from his home in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. His then contact details appear on the sleeve of the band's sixth studio album, Mott.

In the late 1970s, he fronted a band 'The Vice Creems',[1] appearing in John Otway's Aylesbury Market Square free concert and recorded a single with The Clash's Mick Jones and Topper Headon in the same studio that The Rolling Stones recorded their late 60s peaks.