Key Staff Writers & Reviewers (The '80s Run)

 

These are the most prominent names that populated the standard weekly columns, artist features, single reviews, and byte-sized pop gossip:

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James Brown – Staff writer in the late 1980s (who famously went on to launch Loaded magazine in the 1990s).

 

Paul Bursche – Senior staff writer and prominent feature interviewer throughout the mid-to-late '80s.

 

Zoe Brown – Frequent feature writer and interviewer across the mid-'80s pop surge.

 

Tony Stewart – Associated editor and senior reviewer who moved across from NME.

 

Adele Nozedar – Staff writer and sub-editor during the late-80s run.

 

David Quantick – Contributed heavily to reviews and humorous profile segments.

 

Design & Visual Team

 

Because Number One's biggest selling point was its "weakliness" and massive, full-page centre pin-ups, the visual team was critical:

 

 

Steve Bush – Art Editor: Engineered the dense, colourful layout style of the mid-'80s issues that differentiated it from NME's newsprint look.

 

Tom Sheehan – Chief Photographer: One of the most famous music photographers of the era; he shot a vast majority of the exclusive cover portraits and centre posters.