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  Steve Lamacq - Media UK
Steve Lamacq (born 16th October 1965), sometimes known by his nickname Lammo (given to him by John Peel), is a music journalist and radio presenteer who has been broadcasting for several years on BBC Radio 1.
In 1991 Steve was unwittingly involved in one of the most infamous events in British rock music of recent times during a post-gig interview at the Norwich Arts Centre with Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers for the NME.
After repeated attempts by the bands co-lyricist Richey James Edwards to convince Lamacq that they were "for real" (the Manics had been making outrageous statements in the music press), Edwards gave up and carved 4 Real into his forearm with a razor blade.
www.mediauk.com /the_knowledge/i.muk/Steve_Lamacq   (370 words)

  
  Steve Lamacq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Steve Lamacq (born 16 October 1965), sometimes known by his nickname Lammo (given to him by John Peel), is a British disc jockey who has been broadcasting for several years on the popular BBC radio station Radio 1.
In 1991 Steve was unwittingly involved in one of the most infamous events in British rock music of recent times during a post-gig interview at the Norwich Arts Centre with Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers for the NME.
Steve is arguably the most famous fan of Colchester United.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steve_Lamacq   (466 words)

  
 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Steve Lamacq
Steve Lamacq (born 16 October 1965), sometimes known by his nickname Lerpac (given to him by John Peel)also know as lamacq baby by his only girls fan club, is a British disc jockey who has been broadcasting for several years on the popular BBC radio station Radio 1.
Steve Lamacq has always been popular as a DJ because essentially he is one of us - a fan.
Steve Lamacq can be heard on BBC Radio 1 across the UK on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 2000, and in England on Thursdays at 2000.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Steve-Lamacq   (1495 words)

  
 Steve Lamacq: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Steve Lamacq (born October 16, EHandler: no quick summary.
Deceptive records was a british independent record company formed in 1992 by steve lamacq, tony smith and alan james, which concentrated on rock...
Norwich (pronounced variously "norritch" or "norridge") is a city in east anglia, in eastern england, the regional administrative centre and county town of...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/steve_lamacq.htm   (1525 words)

  
 April 3, 2002 | BBC1 Interview Broadcast | Weezer on Steve Lamarcq
Steve Lamacq: "We're airing on Maladroit" (another pronounciation) "but still whatever way you say it, it means clumsy or inept, which doesn't sound like a band who are fiercly selling themselves does it?"
Steve Lamacq: "Is it difficult to assemble songs that mark a point in time or a feeling that you are trying to put a point across?"
Steve Lamacq: "That means, for a start, that you think you've got some songs that are whack, in which case you surely would have binned them anyway"
wma.weezernation.com /20020403bbc.htm   (703 words)

  
 Richey Edwards
The manics were appearing on Steves show, and the set seemed to be going ok until Steve (stupidly) questioned the bands sencerity.
What Lamacq didnt realise until it was too late, was that richey had produced a razor blade and had begun cutting his forearm.
Lamacq, suddenly aware of what richey was doing, looked down at his arm and saw the words 4 REAL carved into it.
www.geocities.com /indescribable_kate/terminalyoungthing.html   (508 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Arts | Arts features | Steve Lamacq
Steve Lamacq has seen bands come and go by their hundreds.
Lamacq's enthusiasm for new music is genuine and infectious, and he comes across as a man who has never quite got over the thrill of discovering his first punk single back in adolescence.
Lamacq has a lot of time for those acts that exist outside of fashion's sway.
arts.guardian.co.uk /homeentertainment/story/0,12830,1444827,00.html   (718 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Live in the city with Lamacq
Introduced by DJ Steve Lamacq, Razorlight and the Cribs played at the Limelight on Tuesday, for his Lamacq in the City show on BBC digital station 6 Music.
Lamacq says the show gives bands a chance to play Belfast at an early stage in their careers.
Lamacq says bands from Northern Ireland are not alone in finding it difficult to gain wider exposure.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/northern_ireland/3666603.stm   (808 words)

  
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He's come in right at the tail-end of an album and he's professing to know about everything that was involved with making that album and he said that what he said in the press but he's wrong actually cos I am on the album I'm just not really working on it at the moment.
Steve - Are you happy with the situation as it stands from your point of view?
Steve - (to listeners) So make of that what you will but I will say he was smiling when he arrived and he was smiling when he left and it's always a pleasure to talk to him.
www.blurcentral.co.uk /lamcox.htm   (402 words)

  
 RFTC.com - BBC Evening Session Interview on Radio 1
Steve: This nods to all sorts of different rock an roll eras.
Steve: Are you hanging around, 'cause you're doing a couple of festivals.
Speedo: I hope it doesn't go out this time, cause that would be a bummer for everyone else, 'cause I think we're playing, like at eight o'clock in the morning, and their serving beans and onions and mushrooms during our set, or whatever people eat.
www.rftc.com /article.php?articleid=33   (360 words)

  
 Sleeping With The N.M.E.
Andrew: And anyway, Steve's a bit suspicious of them so it was going to be this sort of, not a backlash, but he was going to suggest that maybe they're not *all* they're cracked up to be and anyway, he went up there, saw the gig...
Steve: You know, we were supposed to sort of hate each other and everything, I was a bit nervous I s'pose..
Steve: He actually said at the time, "Believe me, we are for real and we're not the next Birdland" and we sort of carried on talking for another 3 or 4 minutes and by that time he was dripping blood all over the floor, it was beginning to stain the carpet.
members.home.nl /gerhardnijenhuis/msp/swtnme.htm   (1282 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV and Radio | Radio 1 axes Evening Session
The programme, which is currently presented by Steve Lamacq airs on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings and concentrates on new bands and alternative music.
Steve Lamacq took over the programme in 1993, initially with Jo Whiley as a co-host.
Lamacq, who was a journalist for NME before he moved into broadcasting, has signed a new two-year contract with Radio 1 and will continue with his Lamacq Live magazine show on Monday evenings.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2222254.stm   (518 words)

  
 Lamacq in the City - 19th September 2003
BBC 6 Music's DJ Steve Lamacq champions the best new music and showcases hot new talent at the Carling Academy in Liverpool on Friday 19th September with Ladytron, Franz Ferdinand and Mountaineers.
Steve Lamacq says: "This is the second time I've been to Liverpool this year for a show and I'm really looking forward to going back.
Lamacq In The City is at Carling Academy Liverpool, 11-13 Hotham Street, Liverpool, L3 5UF on Friday 19th September - doors open at 7.00pm.
www.liverpoolviews.co.uk /lamacq.html   (613 words)

  
 Live From Steve Lamacq's Living Room — KCRW | 89.9FM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Live From Steve Lamacq's Living Room — KCRW
Steve Lamacq, whose program Lamacq Live airs on BBC Radio 1, recommends a slew of upcoming releases for 2005 as well as shares a bit of holiday cheer, this week at 11:05am with Nic Harcourt.
Steve Lamacq is a radio host on BBC Radio 1 and on the BBC 6Music.
www.kcrw.com /music/programs/mu/mu041223live_from_steve_lama   (89 words)

  
 Deceptive Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deceptive Records was a British independent record company formed in 1992 by Steve Lamacq, Tony Smith and Alan James, which concentrated on rock and alternative rock.
The most famous group signed to the label were Elastica.
Steve Lamacq left the company after the release of Elastica's first album to avoid accusations of partiality on the Evening Session, his BBC Radio 1 show.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deceptive_Records   (98 words)

  
 mansun - sci fi hi fi - articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Steve: Ok Paul: and sleep right until 10 past 9 and wake up and dive on stage.
It was A A Milne's first sort of writings about Winnie the Pooh and Chad's been really interested in that 'cos he's really into Brian Jones, and Brian Jones is really into Winnie The Pooh and all that sort of overtones and philosophical connotations and that's how he got interested in all that.
Steve: Well good luck with tonights gig and for the rest of the tour.
website.lineone.net /~mansun/articles/Eveningsessionphone.html   (680 words)

  
 rockfeedback.com - a new view on music - Steve Lamacq - DJ, BBC Radio One & Journalist, Summer 2001
Steve's reply read, 'Respect for your enthusiasm, but you don't have to shout the loudest to be heard...
Last year gave Lamacq a chance to focus his mind on an autobiography of his years in the music-industry.
'One of the weirdest by-products of the book,' speaks Steve, cracking open a fresh packet of cigarettes and displaying a gleam in his eye that indicates he's about to reveal something that really interests him, 'Was that I got a call from a mate of mine called Lee.
www.rockfeedback.com /article.asp?nObjectID=1435   (696 words)

  
 Shetland Music Development - (gigrev20)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The gig was broadcast live nationwide as part of Steve Lamacq's Evening Sesssion on BBC Radio 1 which came from the islands for two evenings as part of the annual Music Live events.
It was the first occasion that the BBC had broadcast their flagship rock programme north of Glasgow or Edinburgh.
It certainly shed the islands in a great light with everyone from Steve Lamacq to the bands concerned saying how much they enjoyed the visit and the gigs themselves.
www.shetland-music.com /gigrev20.htm   (446 words)

  
 Steve Lamacq at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Its replacement was presented by Colin Murray, but after six months this was axed because he was shit and replaced by Zane Lowe in June 2003.
In 1991 Steve was unwittingly involved in of the most infamous events in British rock music of recent times.
After slagging off Manic Street Preachers he was approached by Richey James Edwardsduring a gig at Norwich Arts Centre and Richey proceeded to produce a razor blade and carve 4 Real into his forearm.
wiki.tatet.org /Steve_Lamacq.html   (368 words)

  
 Steve Lamacq - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
It was during his time at the ''New_Musical_Express'' that he began DJing on XFM, when it was still a pirate_radio station.
In 1991 Steve was unwittingly involved in one of the most infamous events in British rock music of recent times during a post-gig interview at the Norwich Arts Centre with Welsh rock band The_Manic_Street_Preachers for the NME.
After repeated attempts by the bands co-lyricist Richey_James_Edwards to convince Lamacq that they were "for real" (the Manics had been making outrageous statements in the music press), Edwards gave up and carved ''4 Real'' into his forearm with a razor blade.
www.indexsuche.com /Steve_Lamacq.html   (374 words)

  
 Radio 1 Transcript
The spokesman said that Radio 1 would conduct an enquiry but that Lamacq would not be in any trouble because of the outbursts.
When Noel and Liam Gallagher turned up on Radio 1's Evening Session last Thursday (October 23), their drunken conversation with DJ Steve Lamacq prompted a new spate of tabloid outrage.
Steve Lamacq plays a song by the La's and there follows a discussion about Lee Mavers.
www.angelfire.com /ok/girlinblack/radio1.html   (2083 words)

  
 > > Compare prices of UK books. Going Deaf for a Living , Steve Lamacq. Comparison of prices of books at online shops ...
While those hungry for revealing rock gossip may find their hopes curtailed by the author's prevailing niceness, the honesty of Lamacq's writing, and the constant amusing tangents on which he is led by his anecdotal pop obsessions, make this a thoroughly enjoyable and highly recommended read.
As a music-mad Essex bird around Steve's age now residing in the States, this book was one of the best Christmas gifts a girl could ask for.
Steve's real life shyly peeks up through the pop trivia now and again: blink and you'll miss it.
www.bestbookprice.co.uk /compare-book-price-code-0563537493.html   (634 words)

  
 Your Shout -> True Story
Joe: "Thats not Steve Lamacq, thats the guy i was speaking to in the toilet...SH*T!"
Steve Lamacq is a DJ from radio one (read the story)
The toil is him stopping in the middle of saying toilet when he realised he was just talking to steve lamacq, about steve lamacq, in the toilet
s3.invisionfree.com /Your_Shout/index.php?showtopic=506   (376 words)

  
 STRONGER
Collins: And, anyway, Steve was a bit suspicious of them so it was gonna be this sort of - not a backlash, but he was gonna suggest that maybe they’re not all they’re cracked up to be.
Lamacq: Yeah, you know we were supposed to sort of hate each other and everything.
Lamacq: He actually said at the time Believe me, we are for real, and we’re not the next Birdland, and we sort of carried on talking for about another three or four minutes.
victorian.fortunecity.com /rembrandt/441/sleepingwithnmearticle.htm   (1361 words)

  
 Why The Evening Session Must Die - Pop Playground - Stylus Magazine
Steve Lamacq, who is about 40 years old, loves this shit with a passion.
You know the type of thing – a breakbeat that a child could play on one of those hammer-the-shape-into-the-hole toys, a big, ugly hook that’s probably played on a trumpet and stolen from some ‘70’s novelty hit that should’ve been forgotten years ago when the guy who wrote it died.
Last night I managed to listen to Lamacq for about 20 minutes before John Peel came on and waved some two-note krautrock farting at me, and in that 20 minutes Lamacq played three records by different bands that all sounded like The Stooges but without the danger or fun.
www.stylusmagazine.com /feature.php?ID=235   (1146 words)

  
 Puritan Music. Rock & Indie Giants!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
On Sunday the 29th February local 3-piece indie rock band ‘Puritan’ who are currently concentrating on the Sheffield music scene (promoting their 6 track E.P), played to Radio 1’s veteran DJ Steve Lamacq.
Steve Lamacq, who is one of the countries foremost pioneers of helping unsigned up & coming artists via his world famous ‘Evening Session’ show on BBC Radio 1, called into the ‘Sunday Roast Festival’ at ‘Point Zero’ in Sheffield where Puritan were playing.
Puritan, who have previously headlined the 8/9 artist mini festival last Christmas & New year at ‘Point Zero’, were pretty pleased when they came off stage after their high powered roller coaster set to find that Steve Lamacq had been present to witness the band play live.
pages.zoom.co.uk /lee.maddison/news.htm   (354 words)

  
 Shirley Co-Hosts Evening Session   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Lamacq explains the Famous Last Words Competition.....i.e..tell us which song and by which band, these words are from ?.....
.....Radio 1, the Evening Session,.....Shirley Manson, Steve Lamacq.....We'll open the phone lines now, so you can put your questions via, er.....Simon, who is out answering the phones.....0500 110100 is our phone line, if you'd like to put a question to Shirley from Garbage.....0500 110100, the fax is 0645 110100.
.....Excellent,.....alright, it's, er.....Shirley and Steve, on the Evening Session, for fifteen, sixteen minutes or so,.....and, er.....couple or more, er.....questions.....Grant, who was, er.....at one of those Barrowland gigs, we were just talking about....."What were the b-sides you played"?.....
www.btinternet.com /~geoffcusworth/newpage7.htm   (3024 words)

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