John Peel 

One of the greatest DJ's that will ever exist ever. Pioneer of many forms of music that exist in the mainstream today and was behind bands such as The Smiths before they became extremely successful. He had his own show on Radio 1 and also presented Radio 4's Home Truths.

He had an extremely open minded view to music and this left a huge mark on the music industry. No one can possibly replace a man as great as this.

Rest In Peace John Peel (1939 - 2004)

John Peel, a legend through and through.

John Peel by freakeh October 29, 2004

John Peel 

God: a likeness. A higher being.

What does God look like? John Peel comes darn close

John Peel by Chris Trew February 26, 2005

john peel 

DJ/spaffmonkey extroadinaire. Appears on radio 1 and radio 4 on the BBC in the UK.

John Peel just played the new mclusky song! He's so with it.

john peel by takeshi February 1, 2004

John Peel effect

When members of the public excuse a celebrity's crimes or immoral behaviour because they are huge fans of that celebrity, yet criticise someone else for doing exactly the same thing.

It is named after the British disc jockey, John Peel, who admitted to having sex with underage children, and who, after his death, turned out to have got a fifteen year old pregnant, and who started dating two of his wives when they were just fifteen years old. If John Peel had lived longer, he would have gone to prison, but because people like how he was a disc jockey who played interesting music, they overlook that, and there is even a stage at Glastonbury named after him. Conversely, the same people will criticise less appealing celebrities who did less bad things.

People hate Woody Allen, but love Prince who did exactly the same thing and even had a child with his adopted daughter. That's just the John Peel effect.

Sean Connery admitted that he often slapped women around the face to put them in their place, but people cried when he died - that's the John Peel effect.

There's a real John Peel effect going on with David Bowie - he's worse than Rolf Harris, but everyone still loves him.

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