Musician and song-writer, born in Winson Green, Birmingham, UK in 1946. Performed in many bands in Birmingham and Wolverhampton during the 1960s and 1970s. Worked as a school teacher in nearby Walsall before moving into video games. With his first wife Anne Brown, he founded CentreSoft Distribution, and U.S. Gold (video game publisher/developer) In 198, U.S. Gold merged into Eidos in 1996, and were involved with the development of the Tomb Raider game.