He was born in the Braintree area of the county of Essex. His journalistic career began as a junior reporter at the West Essex Gazette. It was during his time at the New Musical Express that he began DJing on XFM[?], when it was still a pirate radio station.
It is obligatory that all music journalists have had a fanzine during their teenage years. Steve Lamacq's fanzine was called A Pack Of Lies. He formed a record label in 1992 with Alan James and Tony Smith, called Deceptive Records. Their most successful signing was Elastica. Most of the label's releases shared a punk- pop sensibility. Deceptive Records folded in 2001. Steve Lamacq has written an autobiography, entitled Going Deaf For A Living.
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