Pocket Gods

The Pocket Gods are a British indie pop band from St Albans founded in 1998 by lead songwriter Mark Christopher Lee (sometimes known as M.C. Lee). The band have changed lineups over the years and released over 25 albums.

Links To Peel
On the Watford Observer published on 2nd May 2013, Mark Christopher Lee described how his band got discovered by John Peel:


 * "I sent him a song I’d recorded which I thought he might like. “It was called Ballad of the Peshwari Naan and was written about my local Asian restaurant in Huddersfield. Two years later, I got an answerphone message from him. I played it back and thought it was a wind-up but he called back several times, including once when I was in St Albans on market day – I had to go into Woolworths and buy a pen so I could take his address down so I could send him some more songs!”

Sadly, Peel died a month or so afterwards, but The Pocket Gods were still featured quite a lot on his successor Huw Stephens’ show on Radio 1 and on Dandelion Radio. The band also got a mention on Margrave Of The Marshes, where they were listed as demos that Peel did not manage to hear, which according to Mark Christopher Lee was not true.

Festive Fifty Entries

 * The Pocket Gods - Superman's Head Festive Fifty: Superman's Head #50

Shows Played

 * None