Dean Cavanagh

Who is Dean Cavanagh?

Dean Cavanagh is an award-winning screenwriter, film and TV producer and internationally acclaimed artist born in Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, he lives with his wife and children in Bingley, West Yorkshire.

He started his writing career in freelance journalism, contributing to UK magazines such as The Face, Melody Maker, i-D and NME.

In 1990, at the height of the acid house scene, he founded the club culture magazine Herb Garden and a band with Enzo Annecchini. His electronic music outfit, Glamorous Hooligan, was picked up by Warner Bros. offshoot Arthrob, and in 1996, they released a critically acclaimed album Naked City Soundtrax. Glamorous Hooligan's first album Wasted Youth Club Classics was released by indie label Mass Of Black in 1994 Cavanagh has stated that his proudest moment was getting Robert Anton Wilson to guest on one of the tracks. As a musician, he featured on John Peel's Sounds of the Suburbs TV show, in the late 1990s. He still produces music under his own name.

As a clubland promoter, he ran popular house music, techno, and drum and bass clubs in Bradford, called Tolerance, before moving on to Leeds, where he promoted the successful Soundclash club happenings bringing in respected DJs such as Andrew Weatherall, Alex Patterson, Adrian Sherwood and J. Saul Kane.