John Peel has died - Aged 65

[Zedmeister]

Who is this guy?

A legend
A treasure
A champion of music

He championed Punk, Hip Hop, Early Dance and many other genres before they became mainstream. Go look at his Obituary

[5cupa]

that is sad actually. always enjoyed listening to his show whilst in the bath. i;ll never bathe again

[nugs4u2]

I shall miss him home truths always was a good bed time giggle

[Rave]

Thread in HEXUS Audio and Visual Arena:

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=30592

Perhaps someone could merge them?

Rich :¬)

[sybrows]

This bit of news has really shocked me, JP opened my ears to so many types of music, everything from Ivor Cutler to Dark Drum and bass......... a sad day
BrOw

[Eddy396]

I'm in shock

[Barakka]

RIP John

He touched so many people in so many generations.... genuinely gutted.

[Butuz]

Damn - this is terrible news. At least he passed away on his dream holiday, I am sure he was content.

RIP John Peel, may the angels ever bring you new vinyl, may your valve amps never fail

Butuz

[Butuz]

Threads merged.

Butuz

[yamangman]

Wow, poor bastard.

I met him twice, both times he was at a gig of a local band I used to 'manage'. He was a genuinely interesting, down to earth chap.

[TiG]

Yep, a sad day, truely an inspiration to huge amount of people, even i used to listen to his late sessions, and i'd certainly not consider myself into "fringe" music.

But he always had an interesting view on things.

May he rest in piece.

TiG

[Moby-Dick]

I'll always remeber listening to John Peel's show on my way back from my Gf's when I was first seeing her - the way he'd play some 50's music and follow it up with some hard drum and bass would always bring a smile to my face - one the most eclectic music tastes ever.

[CrapshoT]

That is one hell of a record collection! Wonder how many demo tapes he's received over the years as well?

Unbelievable but he listened to every single demo tape etc he recieved.Thats what kind of guy he was.He gave everyone a chance.He survived all the radio 1 sackings etc over the years.Very sad day in the world of music. R.I.P.

[schrickvr6]

Very sad news indeed, R.I.P John Peel.

[0iD]

I've been listening to him for as long as I've been listening to radio. I feel trully gutted.
He was a bona-fide legend.

[Lee H]

Anyone see Jarvis out of pulp on the news tonight ?

If it wasn't for John playing pulp and giving them a session slot on his show Jarvis reckoned nobody would have heard of pulp.

John was a legend - He is totally 100% unreplaceable. I have a lot of great memories of listening to his show and something rubbish would be on then all of a sudden he would play the most bizarrest dance/d&b song ever and thus it would become an anthem overnight. He was one of the most powerful people in the industry and radio 1 will not be the same without him I feel.