John Peel's Festive 50 signals a changing world

December 1977: Number 14 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicIf one had to nominate a single individual who nurtured and promoted independent music, that person would surely be John Peel. In his late-night Radio 1 slot, the lugubrious DJ would play records by bands who had nothing in them other than a single barbaric yawp; he would provide the first stepping stone for groups who would later achieve greatness; he would offer acts of almost any stripe the chance to show...

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