Loop are an English alternative rock band, formed in 1986 by Robert Hampson in Croydon. The group topped the UK independent charts with their albums Fade Out (1989) and A Gilded Eternity (1990). Their dissonant "trance-rock" sound drew on the work of artists like the Stooges and Can, and helped to resurrect the concept of space rock in the late 1980s.
The group split in 1991, with Hampson going on to form the experimental project Main with guitarist Scott Dawson, and Mackay and Wills forming the Hair & Skin Trading Company. In 2013, the 1989–90 lineup of Hampson, Dawson, John Wills, and Neil Mackay briefly reformed for a series of gigs, and the following year Hampson unveiled a new lineup of the band with himself as the sole original member.
Peel mentioned on his 01 July 1987 show after playing their Deep Heat track that he would like to see them live sometime. It is not known whether he saw them live, but did invite them three times to perform sessions for his programmes, which they did. A collection of these sessions entitled Wolf Flow was released in 1991.
Peel also narrated the closing credits of the video called Gimme Shelter, while Loop's track Spinning (Parts One & Two) was playing. Gimme Shelter was a music compilation video consisting of over 30 indie music tracks released through the Melody Maker in 1987 to raise money to end homelessness via the Shelter charity organisation.
17 July 1987 (BFBS): 'Deep Hit (12"-Spinning)' (Head) (JP: "I really like that, I must say, but I've always liked very very repetitive records anyway.")
