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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Shop Assistants – John Peel Session – December 8, 1986 – BBC Radio 1 – Shop Assistants tonight. A band sometimes described as “one hit wonders”, they actually had more than one hit. But it was after they signed to…
Radiohead – BBC Sessions – 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – Radiohead, and some BBC sessions recorded in 1995. As you probably know by now, Radiohead are embarking on their first worldwide tour in some four years. Not only is…
Pond – In Session for John Peel – Nov. 27, 1992 – BBC Radio 1 – Pond – not the Australian band, currently making waves – but the Portland Grunge/Alternative band, who got together in 1991 and broke up in…
Bleach – in session for John Peel – June 4, 1991 – BBC Radio 1 – Bleach who, by most musical standards, came and went in a flash. An Indie band from Ipswich, they were largely considered Shoegaze, and came…
Dead Can Dance – BBC Session – John Peel – June 13, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 – Dead Can Dance to end out the week. One of the pioneering Soundscape/ethereal wave/dark wave bands of the early 80s, they…
Fuzzbox – in session for John Peel – March 1, 1986 – BBC Radio 1 – Fuzzbox, or their complete name; We’ve Got A Fuzzbox and We’re Gonna Use It, got together in 1985, and by 1986 already had their…
Dodgy – In Session – BBC Radio 1 – 1991 Dodgy in Session tonight. One of the bands who rode the initial wave, casually referred to as “Brit-Pop” in the early 1990s, Dodgy were (and are again, since their reunion…
My Bloody Valentine – In Session for John Peel – October 5, 1988 – BBC Radio 1 – My Bloody Valentine in session tonight. One of those bands whose work has been an inspiration and stepping-off point for countless bands…
Thomas Dolby – In Concert at The Dominion Theatre – 1984 – BBC Radio 1 – In Concert – Thomas Dolby – a name you don’t hear all that much these days, but in the early 80s he was everywhere…
The Wonder Stuff – In concert at G-Mex, Manchester – 1991 – BBC 6 Music – The Wonder Stuff this weekend. A band who were a huge success almost from the get-go. Starting in 1986, the band which originally consisted…