Kim BissettJohn Peel & The Peel Sessions
May 21st 2008 04:52
John Peel was an undeniable force who spread the popularity of post-punk, punk, and other underground music. Peel was born John Robert Parker Ravenscroft on August 30, 1939 in the Liverpool area. Before he began his DJ career, he served in the National Service as a B2 radar operator and worked as a mill operative afterwards. He started his radio career in Dallas, Texas, and with his connections in Liverpool he later became the official correspondent for the Beatles for the station KLIF. He returned to England in 1967, taking a job in Radio London. Around that time, he spurred the hippie culture in England by playing West Coast psychedelic bands such as Jefferson Airplane and Mothers of Invention on the station. Soon, Peel was promoted as the DJ for BBC Radio 1.
It was there that he is well known for his Peel sessions. He recorded many artists in these sessions, including T-Rex, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Faces, Bolt Thrower, The Sex Pistols, The Slits, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Fairport Convention, Pink Floyd, The Clash, Napalm Death, Carcass, Extreme Noise Terror, The Undertones, Buzzcocks, Gary Numan, The Cure, Joy Division, The Wedding Present, Six By Seven, Def Leppard, The Orb, Pulp, Ash, Orbital, The Smiths, FSK, Trumans Water, The Black Keys, The White Stripes and PJ Harvey.
He died from diabetes on October 25, 2004.
It was there that he is well known for his Peel sessions. He recorded many artists in these sessions, including T-Rex, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Faces, Bolt Thrower, The Sex Pistols, The Slits, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Fairport Convention, Pink Floyd, The Clash, Napalm Death, Carcass, Extreme Noise Terror, The Undertones, Buzzcocks, Gary Numan, The Cure, Joy Division, The Wedding Present, Six By Seven, Def Leppard, The Orb, Pulp, Ash, Orbital, The Smiths, FSK, Trumans Water, The Black Keys, The White Stripes and PJ Harvey.
He died from diabetes on October 25, 2004.
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