[peel] Re: Peel and Death Metal

[Daniel Barrell]

I remember John playing a lot of Prong and Snuff in the late 80's and 
found I was quite attracted to it.  I think that's classified as 'Death 
Metal' (but may have not been at the time).

Dan

Stuart McHugh wrote:
>>did anyone see channel 4's top 100 albums on sunaday?
>>
>>http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/albums/results.html
>>
>>not a patch on 1998 or 99's music of the millenium
>>with King John Peel, Jo Whiley, Justine Frishman, Paul
>>Gambachini and Bob Geldof.
>>I've got it on tape somewhere. A good clash of views
>>and good footage as far as i remember.
>>
>>Im not sure if it was jo or john who said 'after the
>>break we'll see if any of those crucial Fall lp's have
>>made it into the chart.' classic.
> 
> 
> maybe not Jo - after all, she greeted Trout Mask Replica's appearance 
> with "Captain Beefheart? Who's he? Never heard of him!"
> 
> On a completely shameless self-promotion tip, have a look at the top 
> 100 Scottish albums. 
> http://www.isthismusic.com/top100albumsvoteresult.htm
> 
> I don't think I would be getting above myself to suggest there'd have 
> been more of john's favourites in that one than the new Channel 4 one!
> 
> 
> 
>>In so many of the articles published in the last few months I find
>>references to John playing Death Metal music. Yet beyond the time of
>>late 80s/early 90s grindcore groups like Napalm Death, Bolthrower and
>>Carcass, I don't remember hearing him playing this kind of music at all.
>>
>>I'd be very grateful if someone could enlighten me on this.
>>
> 
> well, I do remember Trencher playing live very recently so I assume 
> they were favourites. That said, I'm never sure of the differences 
> between death/black/grind/speed/heavy metal. (I just got sent the new 
> Motley Crue compilation though, i was able to file that one pretty 
> easily!)
> 
> Stuart