Posted August 21, 200618 yr Virgin Music news Peel's son carries on legacy The son of legendary late DJ John Peel is to be given his own show on Channel 4's online station Slashmusic. Peel's son Tom Ravenscroft will follow in his dad's footsteps when he plays songs from the 12,000 tracks by unsigned bands uploaded on to the website. Speaking about the up and coming venture, Ravenscroft remarked: "The aim of Slashmusic is to give exposure to the vast amount of fantastic music out there that is relatively unknown." Peel, who was renowned for championing unsigned bands and highlighting up and coming talent, was also Radio One's longest serving DJ. Peel died in October 2004 after suffering a heart attack while on holiday in Peru. Were any of you fans of John Peel's radio programmes?
August 21, 200618 yr I'll never forget some of the music he introuduced me to... I especially remember the first time he played the White Stripes infact I still have an entire live set that he played on his show on tape :o and not so long ago after that I went to see them in one of the best gigs I've ever been to. :wub: I'll put my ear out for this to see if he's anything compared to his father.
August 22, 200618 yr Virgin Music news Peel's son carries on legacy The son of legendary late DJ John Peel is to be given his own show on Channel 4's online station Slashmusic. Peel's son Tom Ravenscroft will follow in his dad's footsteps when he plays songs from the 12,000 tracks by unsigned bands uploaded on to the website. well thanks to channel 4 there might be something to listen to on the radio than all the usual mainstream bobbins, lets hope it goes on frreview to disrupt all the emap stations
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