john peel has died. growing up in the states, i never really got the chance to listen to the john peel show, but he was still a legend. just about any band i knew got their start or a big jump from being played on his show. alot of those bands may have never reached my ears in the states if john peel hadn't played them first and showed that there was an audience for them. he's even mentioned in the novel the wasp factory(which gave me just one more reason to love that book). sad sad sad.