The magician, as Tony Wilson calls him; Factory co-founder, musical genius and sonic alchemist, Martin 'Zero' Hannett created the soundtrack of a generation. He produced the greats of punk and post-punk (Buzzcocks, U2, Smiths, New Order, Joy Division, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Psychodelic Furs etc). Hannett shaped and delivered the sound that propelled the whole movement to prominence and still can be clearly heard in the records of Interpol, Snow Patrol, the Killers, Franz Ferdinand, the Kaiser Chiefs, Radiohead, Oasis. Yet, despite the extraordinary influence his production work and personality had on the seminal bands of the time little is really known about the complex man behind the myth. His life was as tragic and destructive as his work was innovative and creative. How did the 'magician' end up a sad, overweight, wrecked junkie humiliatingly pushed around in a shopping trolley by Sean Rider for a Happy Mondays video before a sad early death in 1991? In this original and fascinating biography - the first book on Hannett - Colin Sharp, best friend to Martin and witness to the scene, takes us on a journey into the heart and soul of Post-Punk's sonic genius. Who Killed... getsIt is a unique portrait of a tortured genius.