O/T the greatest purveyor of Punk Rock, John Peel died.

Most Americans don't know who John Peel was, but the British do. He was the single most important person in Great Britain for getting the word out about Punk Rock when it was in it's infancy. Prior to Punk Rock, he sought out the most outlandish music from every genre possible. I guess he just loved music in all it's forms.
I used to lay in my room and listen to his weekly radio show when he played the newest recordings from tiny labels and big ones alike. Every week there was some new gem I had to go out and buy, if I could afford it.
I listened to PIL's Metal Box in it's entirety, boy that record was a mind blower.
He wasn't closed minded about his music either, he played tons of reggae and blues too.
I never met him, but I felt like I knew him.
When I moved to America in '81, I missed the John Peel Show so much I bought a short wave radio to listen to him, depending on the weather I could pick it up fairly well.
I've got a lot of CDs of The John Peel Sessions, find 'em, they're easily available.
I'm feeling kind of empty today.

 

Similar words could be said about Greg Shaw- founder of "Who put the Bomp" fanzine, Bomp! records, and Vo** records- whom also p***ed this week.

Greg lead the west coast punk/garage/powerpop(coined the term) charge with bands like the flamin" grovies, the wierdos, the tell tale hearts, the beat, the shoes, the nashville ramblers, stiv bators, and more recently bands like the black lips.

RIP Greg and John. and Thanks.

 

Feel the same too, Nads.

Always interesting, always dryly witty. He will be missed.
PS wish I had a tenner for every time I heard "Teenage kicks" over the last day or so.
Mart.

 

Aw, I used to buy Peel Sessions albums when I could find them. The Smiths and Stiff Little Fingers come to mind, both great albums.

RIP

 

Oink-Oink-Oink-oink -oink-oink-oink John Peel and the Lower east side. RIP

 

Hav e a marijuana, baby.

RIP John peel…

 

A very cool guy, I can't quite picture cold winter nights without Johns dulcid tones introducing some obscure record that he dug up from somewhere or other.

 

RIP That ****s.

 

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Sez you and your great Auntie Harold......The Damned, Souixsie, Pixies....oh hell, MANY bands did some of their best takes as Peel Sessions....
I don't like to picture you laying in your room,though......
(anymore)

 

Sorry about the image you have of me being destroyed, Johnny.
Yes I had a room, and I laid in it, and I had an old Sony music center for a pal. I was scared of girls, I still am to be honest with you, but Punk Rock dropped by one day and ruined my life, I'm now a rocking stud. I was a damn good student before Punk Rock, and I have to think John Peel had something to do with wrecking my life.
Looking back on Peel's radio show I'm sure I only got half of his cerebral and self depracating humor, I wish I could listen to it again with fresh ears.
It was funny too see this balding guy, who most Punk rockers would have casually dismissed as an enemy, playing this cutting edge music.

Never judge a book by the cover

To all the 17 year olds running around with mohawks and ripped up jeans, get a job you lame *****s, I'm old enough to be your grandma, you can bite my wrinkled brown ***.

 

Man, the Peel Sessions...I feel old.

Sad news indeed...

The Peel Sessions, the IRS label, Night Flight...man I miss the old days

 

I dont see the connection of Peel and hot rods? I guess I just dont get it?

And for the Smilie challenged, that was sarcasm.

 

TMan, sure there's a connection. When you rev up your engine and let the clutch out fast, what happens?
That's right, you peel out.

 

A sad day for music....the guy was responsible for exposing more cool bands to the public than any other dj..the smiths, the undertones, the damned, the pistols, the fall, PIL, SLF, the specials and so many more....A sad day for music

 

RIP John Peel, he did a LOT for Ulster bands.. I heard he wanted teenage kicks played at his funeral.

 

John Peel show was something I wish I could have been more privy to. Cl***ic example of eternal British dry humor and the greatness English eccentricity. Its almost guaranteed that the Peel sessions were the best release of a band.

I heard about his death on Tuesday, and I lamented.

 

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Oink-Oink-Oink-oink -oink-oink-oink John Peel and the Lower east side. RIP



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You guys are thinking of DAVID Peel. From New York City
1968

Up against the wall, MotherF...

I must have not really been there, I remember!

 

this bums me out alot...the peel sessions rock.

 

Thanks for clearing that up Smokin Joe. I must admit I was a tad bit confused.

 

Sorry ,I was confused also! John Peel. RIP

 

Sorry to hear about both John Peel and Greg Shaw.
justinm, thanks for bringing up Greg Shaw.
In the sixties Shaw and a high school buddy of mine published the Mojo Navigator in San Francisco, covered the then breaking San Francisco music scene, The Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Charlatans, Big Brother and the Holding Company, etc, etc. Those were heady days for music lovers..........from what I can remember !!!
Until I read his obit I had no idea he was still so involved in the music world.

 

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One of the newspaper obituaries said that his family has a history of dying young (Peel had diabetes) and he'd often discussed his death with his wife. He said his headstone was simply to say...
"John Peel. Teenage dreams, so hard to beat."

A dreadfully sad loss

 

that sux
i have some John peel stuff with napalm death and i belive godflesh etc on vinyl...

 

Wow, Godflesh, I'd forgotten all about them. They were highly under-rated. Always reminded me of Steve Albini.

 

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Sorry to hear about both John Peel and Greg Shaw.
justinm, thanks for bringing up Greg Shaw.
In the sixties Shaw and a high school buddy of mine published the Mojo Navigator in San Francisco, covered the then breaking San Francisco music scene, The Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Charlatans, Big Brother and the Holding Company, etc, etc. Those were heady days for music lovers..........from what I can remember !!!
Until I read his obit I had no idea he was still so involved in the music world.

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That's great ric!
there are not many people who know about Mojo Navigator cause it was such a small deal, right?
Shaw was involved in music his whole life and put out some of my favorite bands with many different styles. and he was everywhere, SF in the late 60s, LA in the 70s/80s for the whole punk and garage deal. he revived Bomp!records in the late 80s and continued to put out great stuff up until he p***ed. inspired by Lenny Kay and the nuggets comps he put out, Greg put together his own collection of Pebbles comps that hightlighted long lost recording and bands from the 60s that really captured that garage wildness that was going on then.....hightly influential on ***holes like me.......

you forgot to mention Lee Michales from those "heady days" ric- i'm sure you didn't mean to =).

again- con safos Peel and Shaw.

 

Thanks Nads for educating us on the significance of John Peel. Right now I'm reading about him at the BBC website while listening to a tribute show over the web.

I think it's a lot easier to hear really good, obscure, influential music in the UK than here where corporate marketing gives us bland, sound-alike ****. I wish there was someone like John Peel here in the US to say, "like it or not, here it is".

 

John Peel was born here in the town where I live, Heswall. I didn't know this until he wrote a piece for our local rag a year or so ago, I always knew about the punk stuff and the obscure bands he made household names but in the last day or so there have been so many more revelations. Like the fact he gave the first ever airtime to Pink Floyd and the Clash! I read yesterday He was also in the police station when Lee Harvey Oswold was shot, he had blagged his way in saying he was a reporter for the Liverpool Echo! he apparently also did quite a lot of DJ'ing in the USA in the early days of his career.

RIP John......

 

When i think of him it takes me back to the late 70's & i think of white riot by the clash or nasty nasty by 999 he was probably the only dj with the balls to play them on the radio!
RIP JP

 

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Sorry to hear about both John Peel and Greg Shaw.
justinm, thanks for bringing up Greg Shaw.
In the sixties Shaw and a high school buddy of mine published the Mojo Navigator in San Francisco, covered the then breaking San Francisco music scene, The Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Charlatans, Big Brother and the Holding Company, etc, etc. Those were heady days for music lovers..........from what I can remember !!!
Until I read his obit I had no idea he was still so involved in the music world.

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That's great ric!
there are not many people who know about Mojo Navigator cause it was such a small deal, right?
Shaw was involved in music his whole life and put out some of my favorite bands with many different styles. and he was everywhere, SF in the late 60s, LA in the 70s/80s for the whole punk and garage deal. he revived Bomp!records in the late 80s and continued to put out great stuff up until he p***ed. inspired by Lenny Kay and the nuggets comps he put out, Greg put together his own collection of Pebbles comps that hightlighted long lost recording and bands from the 60s that really captured that garage wildness that was going on then.....hightly influential on ***holes like me.......

you forgot to mention Lee Michales from those "heady days" ric- i'm sure you didn't mean to =).

again- con safos Peel and Shaw.

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Jesus, Lee Michaels. Haven't thought about his music in a long time, but **** justinm I saw so much music back then. Just about every band who had a record out would come thru SF, I went to the Fillmore and the Avalon Ballroom everyweekend.Saw incredible stuff. What a place to grow up, looking back on it I was one lucky ****er. By the way I still have several copies of Mojo Navigator, talk about obscure **** (my wife will tell you I never throw anything away !). The Navigator was one of the original DIY publications.

 

What a ****ing drag... I am pulling out the vinyl of, 999, the sisters of mercy and red lorry yellow lorry sessions as well as the damned gonna have a few beers and turn it up loud!

both pink floyd and the clash huh?