"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
The Real People – a group which may not ring a lot of bells, unless you had your ears to the ground at the time and knew something was up. Although not from Manchester (they were from Liverpool), they probably did a lot to bring Madchester to fruition, if for...
The Charlatans – Live at Glastonbury 1995 – June 25, 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – The Charlatans in concert at Glastonbury this week. Recorded during one of the band’s high points, by the BBC on June 25, 1995. One of my perennial favorites and one of the bands I...
The Cure – in session for John Peel – May 9, 1979 – broadcast May 16, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – The Cure for our mid-week excursion. Their second session for John Peel – recorded on May 9 and broadcast on May 16, 1979, this session coincides with the...
Dead Can Dance – In Session for John Peel – November 19, 1983 – BBC Radio 1 – Starting off the week with Dead Can Dance and their first session for John Peel, recorded on November 19, 1983 and broadcast on November 26th. Along with The Cocteau Twins, Dead Can...
The March Violets – in session for John Peel – June 12, 1984 – Broadcast, June 19m 1984 – BBC Radio 1 – The March Violets tonight. One of the Post-Punk bands from Leeds in the UK who pioneered Goth and were closely associated to another Goth/Post-Punk band, Sisters Of...
Artery – in session for John Peel – January 30, 1982- Broadcast February 15, 1982 – BBC Radio 1 – Artery in session for John Peel tonight. If we had the Internet in 1980, and we were able to have the kind of access to bands now that we didn’t...
Repetition – in session for John Peel – August 6, 1981 – broadcast August 17 – BBC Radio 1 – Repetition in session for John Peel tonight. Only together from 1979-1983, they released three singles and appeared on several Belgian compilation albums, leading many to think Repetition was a Belgian...
Th’ Faith Healers – in session for John Peel – March 24, 1991 – broadcast, April 27, 1991 – BBC Radio 1 – Th’Faith Healers to end the week. The more I comb through albums and sessions from the 90s, the more it becomes glowingly apparent it was a decade...
Loop – In session for John Peel – June 14, 1988 – Broadcast June 27, 1988 – BBC Radio 1 – Loop tonight. An homage to drone and trance-rock, Loop began life in 1986. Formed by Robert Hampson (vocals, guitar) his girlfriend Becky “Bex” Stewart on drums and James Endeacott...
The Lucys – in session for John Peel – March 3, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – The Lucys in session for John Peel to end the week. Not that I’ve been purposely focusing on bands that had a brief flourish and then vanished, but truths to tell, there’s a...