John Peel (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004) was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer, and journalist. He was the longest serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004. He was one of the first broadcasters to play psychedelic rock and progressive rock records on British radio, and he is widely acknowledged for promoting artists working in various genres, including pop, reggae, indie pop, indie rock, alternative rock, punk, hardcore punk, breakcore, grindcore, death metal, British hip hop, electronic music, and dance music. Peel’s Radio 1 shows were notable for the regular “Peel sessions”, which usually consisted of four songs recorded by an artist live in the BBC’s studios. (More from Wikipedia)
Twink is also renowned as a founding member of the hard psych band the Pink Fairies, along with the Deviants’ Mick Farren and Steve Peregrin Took, who was Marc Bolan’s partner in the original Tyrannosaurus Rex band.
Besides Twink, the other bandmembers in Tomorrow – originally called the Four Plus One – included guitarist Steve Howe, which was later in Yes; Junior Wood; and Keith West, who was evidently the best known member of the band when their album came out. Of note is the fact that Tomorrow was featured on the very first of the Peel Sessions by DJ John Peel on BBC Radio 1, on September 21, 1967.
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The extensive liner notes by legendary London DJ John Peel proclaim the remarkable album by the Deviants called Ptooff! as “the deviants underground l.p.” and present a host of quotes from literary and counter-cultural figures. I had heard of the concept of “underground rock”, and here was an album that proudly proclaimed itself as coming straight from the British underground!
