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...And The Native Hipsters
...And The Native Hipsters were an English post-punk group formed in London in 1979 who are best known for their 1980 debut single "There Goes Concorde Again". Peel championed the song when it was released, even if it divided his audience … (read more)

Shamen
The Shamen were a Scottish psychedelic-influenced electronic dance music band from Aberdeen, Scotland. They garnered considerable airplay on JP's shows from their first releases, and continued to do so even when they shifted their style … (read more)

Cheeze
Cheeze were a short-lived band that issued two singles of cover versions on the Chicago art label Bob Records in the early 90s. Peel admired their grungy take on ABBA's "Dancing Queen" and a copy was subsequently found in his box of favourite singles … (read more)

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Record Collection: Details of the first 100 LPs of each letter of John Peel's record collection were released over 26 weeks at The Space website in 2012. The site's pilot run came to an end in October 2012. All material is now available at John Peel Archive, with videos at YouTube. Latest:

(June 2014) : Boxes announcement

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On This Day

April 19 19 April 1973: Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers, Clifford T Ward, John Dummer's Ooblee Dooblee Band 19 April 1977: Heron, Supercharge 19 April 1979: records only 19 April 1980: Undertones, A Certain Ratio concert 19 April 1980 (BFBS) 19 April 1982: Associates, Nightingales 19 April 1983: Marine Girls, March Violets 19 April 1988: FSK, Heresy 19 April 1989: Walking Seeds 19 April 1990: Fatima Mansions 19 April 1992 (BFBS) 19 April 2000: DJ Food 19 April 2001: Zabrinski

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+|'''...And The Native Hipsters'''<br />...And The Native Hipsters were an English post-punk group formed in London in 1979 who are best known for their 1980 debut single "There Goes Concorde Again". Peel championed the song when it was released, even if it divided his audience … [[...And The Native Hipsters|(read more)]]
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-|'''Voodoo Queens'''<br />The Voodoo Queens were an indie band from North London and one of the very few predominantly British Asian all-female groups. Peel came across the band when they were supporting Cornershop at The Falcon in November 1992. Despite a nine-minute set of just three songs … [[Voodoo Queens|(read more)]]
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+|'''Cheeze'''<br />Cheeze were a short-lived band that issued two singles of cover versions on the Chicago art label Bob Records in the early 90s. Peel admired their grungy take on ABBA's "Dancing Queen" and a copy was subsequently found in his box of favourite singles … [[Cheeze|(read more)]]
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