Bill Borrows: Half Empty.Byline: Bill Borrows WITH John Peel shuffling off this mortal coil For other uses, see Mortal coil (disambiguation). This Mortal Coil was a musical dream pop project of Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the British 4AD Records label. The project brought together key 4AD artists, as well as others not signed to the label, under an umbrella name: I now know what Princess Diana's death meant to people who live in the Home Counties. Peely gave us Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin, English pop music group formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page (1944–), singer Robert Plant (1948–), bassist John Paul Jones (1946–), and drummer John "Bonzo" Bonham (1948–80). , Elton John, the Pistols, T-Rex, Buzzcocks, Joy Division, The Specials, Pulp and, of course, The Undertones. I met him once at a party and he asked me where I was from. "Manchester," I said. "Sorry about that," he replied. I still bought him a drink. A listener to Radio 5 had the best epitaph epitaph, strictly, an inscription on a tomb; by extension, a statement, usually in verse, commemorating the dead. The earliest such inscriptions are those found on Egyptian sarcophagi. : "He was like a wise old friend with a brilliant music collection." A more lasting testament to him would be if the government bought his vinyl, CDs and notes, then put them on permanent tour around Britain. |
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