Book Review:Michael Heatley - John Peel A Life in MusicJohn Peel, the balding, self-deprecating Liverpudlian with the wilfully obscure taste in music, was always an unlikely national institution. Yet with a radio career that spanned almost forty years, in which he consistently championed left-field sounds and brought psychedelia, punk, reggae and hip-hop into the mainstream, that is exactly what he became. When he died suddenly in October 2004, millions mourned the loss of the quirky, influential figure.
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