He specialised in covering rock music and helped popularise the New Wave of British Heavy Metal after using the term for the first time (after editor Alan Lewis coined it) in the May 1979 issue of Sounds.
After linking up with writers Geoff Barton and Peter Makowski, Halfin moved on to working mainly in the US with bands like AC/DC, UFO, Rush, Journey, Aerosmith, and Black Sabbath.
The Big Red Spark was awarded nine out of ten by Geoff Barton in the October edition of Classic Rock.
Articles in Kerrang and Noise magazines followed, with Geoff Barton tipping the band for the top in his prestigious "Breaking through in '82 feature," and playlist.
Geoff Hurst | Mischa Barton | Geoff Corrigan | Geoff Capes | Edmund Barton | John Barton | Geoff Downes | Geoff Hoon | Barton | The Geoff Show | Geoff Tate | John Barton (theologian) | Joe Barton | Geoff Ryman | Geoff Johns | Geoff Cox | Geoff Keighley | Geoff Emerick | Geoff Southern | Geoff Marsh | Geoff Edwards | Geoff Crammond | Bernard Barton | Ralph Barton Perry | Philip Barton Key | Geoff Regan | Geoff Miller | Geoff Eigenmann | Geoff Dyer | Geoff Barton |