John Peel

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John Peel is written by Michael Heatley and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1843171570 (ISBN 10) and 9781843171577 (ISBN 13).

John Peel had a pioneering radio career that spanned almost forty years, inhich he championed left-field sounds from Captain Beefheart to Siouxsie andhe Banshees. When he died suddenly at the age of sixty-five in October 2004,illions mourned the loss of this quirky, influential figure. This highlyuccessful biography by Michael Heatley, now in paperback, traces Peel'sascinating life from boyhood and adolescence to his early counter-cultureays on pirate radio, and charts his lengthy maverick career at Radio One upo his later years where he found a new audience on Radio Four's popularaturday morning show, Home Truths.