About
Founder of a poetry rock band known as The Liverpool Scene. He was also a contributor to The Mersey Sound, an important poetry anthology.
Before Fame
He attended King's College, Newcastle, where he studied art.
Trivia
His melding of popular culture and music with poetry increased poetic awareness among British young people in the 1960s.
Family Life
He was married twice and did not have any children.
Associated With
He was a friend of Beatles' singer and fellow Liverpudlian, John Lennon.
