Channel 4 TV series aired in 1999 that featured Peel meeting local musicians in different parts of the UK.
Episodes[]
- Sounds Of The Suburbs: Lanarkshire (27/02/1999)
- Sounds Of The Suburbs: Oxford (06/03/1999)
- Sounds Of The Suburbs: South Wales (13/03/1999)
- Sounds Of The Suburbs: Cornwall (21/03/1999)
- Sounds Of The Suburbs: Humberside (28/03/1999)
- Sounds Of The Suburbs: Bradford (04/04/1999)
- Sounds Of The Suburbs: Isle Of Wight (11/04/1999)
- Sounds Of The Suburbs: The North East (18/04/1999)
Music[]
The theme tune, which gave the series its title, was a Samurai Seven cover of the Members song of the late 70s and featured on a double CD compilation of music from the series:
- Samurai Seven: The Sound Of The Suburbs
- High Fidelity: Lazy B
- Delgados: Everything Goes Around Water
- Radio Sweethearts: Real Ghost Town
- Nought: Cough Cap Kitty Cat (1998)
- Pat Thomas: Remembering
- Lab 4: Reformation II
- Lucie Chivers: Dioddef Amdanat
- Reviver Gene: Strap Me Up
- 60 Ft. Dolls: Baby Says Yeah
- Blew: In C
- Jones Machine: That Booze Magic (Cheggars Mix)
- Robert Wyatt: Free Will And Testament
- Solid Doctor: Holly Roller
- Back To Base: Electric Eye (Crown Yourself King Mix)
- Mr. Ed: Blue
- Lianne Hall: Cosy
- Fun-Da-Mental: Ja Sha Taan
- Exploding Thumbs: Desert Song
- Waterson:Carthy: Ye Mariners All
- Twosheds: Don't Go To Darlington
- Myormay: Clear
- Comatose: Turtles Head
Plays[]
(Radio plays by Peel of tracks from the 2xCD compilation on Shifty Disco of music from the series.)
- 10 February 1999: Samurai Seven: The Sound Of The Suburbs
- 18 February 1999: Comatose: Turtle's Head
- 20 February 1999 (BFBS): Samurai Seven: The Sound Of The Suburbs
- 20 February 1999 (BFBS): Comatose: Turtle's Head
- 23 February 1999: Nøught: Cough Cap Kitty Cat
- 24 February 1999: Back To Base: Electric Eye
- 25 February 1999: Samurai Seven: Sound Of The Suburbs
- 03 March 1999: Reviver Gene: Strap Me Up
- 04 March 1999 (Radio Eins): Samurai Seven: The Sound Of The Suburbs
- 04 March 1999 (Radio Eins): Reviver Gene: Strap Me Up
- 09 March 1999: Blew: In C
- 10 March 1999: Radio Sweethearts: Real Ghost Town
- 11 March 1999: Lab 4: Reformation II
- 11 March 1999 (Radio Eins): Lianne Hall: Cosy
- 18 March 1999 (Radio Eins): Samurai Seven: The Sound Of The Suburbs
- 18 March 1999 (Radio Eins): Blew: In C
- 31 March 1999: Exploding Thumbs: Desert Song
- 21 April 1999: Blew: In C