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Most everyone remembers The Vapors for their sole hit, Turning Japanese, which soared to #3 on the UK charts and #36 on the Billboard Hot 100. And I suppose there are worse fates than to be forever known as the band who gave the world Turning Japanese. But truths to...
While I was sifting through a box of unmarked tapes a few weeks ago, I came across this 1978 session from Punk pioneers 999, recorded for John Peel at The BBC in November 1, 1978. 999 formed in London in December 1976. From the period of 1976 to 1985, the...
No particular theme to the Roundtable posts this week. Just running through the library, finding things I haven’t played in a while. I’ve always been a fan of The Smiths. Listening to them reminds me of reading a good book – you can read it several times and find new...
I just ran across this one from the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland which was recorded on July 13, 2013. Sophie Hunger is from Zurich and she was a surprise hit at the 2008 Montreux Festival. Her sound is a mixture of a lot of different influences. And so is her...
Tomorrow – Top Gear – John Peel – September 21, 1967 – BBC Radio 1 – Tomorrow – A band featuring future Yes bassist Steve Howe and The Pretty Things/Pink Fairies drummer Twink in what has been acknowledged as one of the first wave of Psychedelic bands in Britain, starting...
Pink Fairies – in concert at The Paris Theatre, London 1971 – Hosted by John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – Pink Fairies tonight. A band which may not register a whole lot with people on this side of the Atlantic, but were one of those underground mainstays in the...
Ikara Colt – live at Lowlands 2002 – Recorded by VPRO/3VOOR12 – August 23, 2002 – VPRO, Netherlands – Ikara Colt to end the week. A short-lived band, but intentionally so. The members were all Art-School students, naming their band after a fictional race horse, and it was pre-determined that...
Seedling – in session for John Peel – broadcast: April 20, 2002 – BBC Radio 1 – Seedling were a band from The Netherlands who were together from 1996-2004; not very long by present-day standards, but long enough to make waves and become championed by John Peel through three sessions...
Blue Orchids – In session for John Peel – April 17, 1982 – BBC Radio 1 – Blue Orchids tonight. One of the more highly regarded and critically acclaimed bands of the Post-Punk/Indie period. Begun in 1979 as the result of Martin Bramah, Una Baines and Rick Goldstraw leaving...
Scars – In Session for John Peel – February 20, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – Scars in session tonight. Voted Number 75 of the 100 Greatest Scottish Rock bands of all time, Scars were right in the middle of what was a hotbed of talent in and around Edinburgh...
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