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John Robert Parker Ravenscroft OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004. Peel was one of the first broadcasters to play psychedelic ...
Sep 19, 2005 · An online tribute to the late, great John Peel and a celebration of his life and career at Radio 1. Read about John's life and check out the vast plethora of artists that John championed ...
Nov 9, 2023 · Learn about the life and legacy of John Peel, one of the most influential radio DJs in British history. Discover his musical discoveries, his controversial personal life, and the controversies that arose after his death.
- Stewart Hodgson
What he and Bernie Andrews saw in Peel were two different qualities, represented at first separately by the two shows he presented in Radio 1’s early years: Top Gear on Sunday afternoons; and ...
Sep 12, 2014 · John Peel, who died in 2004, was a pioneer of alternative and underground music in Britain and beyond. He introduced generations of listeners to psychedelic, punk, reggae, hip-hop and more genres, and recorded sessions with many influential bands.
- Pierre Perrone
Oct 26, 2004 · John Peel, the BBC radio disc jockey who was a champion of innovative and independent music for nearly four decades, died on Monday night in Cuzco, Peru.
May 23, 2024 · John Peel was a popular British disc jockey who for nearly 40 years, beginning in mid-1960s, was one of the most influential tastemakers in rock music. Peel was renowned for discovering and championing emerging artists and for his connoisseurship of groundbreaking offbeat music and performers.
