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John Robb on the ending of Giannis Petridis' show

Not even 10 minutes have passed since I contacted John Robb for an exclusive statement on Giannis Petridis ... Here's what he said.
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Not even 10 minutes have passed since I contacted John Robb for an exclusive statement on Giannis Petridis ... Here's what he said. I'm proud of (apart from professional easons..) being his friend. Listen and you'll see ...

Currently John Robb organizes the first Rebellion Literary Festival, which will have interviews and discussions with great musicians, such as PETER MURPHY (BAUHAUS), JOHN JOSEPH (CRO MAGS) and others.

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Someone sang  'don't let the bastards grind you down' and these days the corporate takeover and the lawyers and the accountants think they know more about rock n' roll than we do. I'm shocked to hear the latest ridiculously stupid decision made by the 'suits'. Apparently Giannis Petridis, a top Greek DJ respected all over the world- to a lot he has been the Greek John Peel- is been laid off by ERT radio in Greece. I hope this is not true, this ridiculous notion.

Petridis was the link between Greek music and the rest of the world. He was the connection that brought many bands into contact with the Greek public and we respected him massively in the UK. I'm  sure this can only be a temporary aboration. It  cannot be long before a DJ of his talent and the mind respect he's got, will pop up somewhere else to make foals this radio station that made this dumb decision.

I'd like to dedicate this week's small round to him and to all the Djs working as him in a same kind position around the world. They are the network that all the great modern music is based upon. There can hardly be a group that's filling a stadium in any country in the world that doesn't owe its first break back to people like this and their tireless efforts to get them heard in the first place. It's not been groups that fill stadiums, it's all the little interest in groups that pop up everywhere, the circuit groups, the groups that people would talk about 25 years later, that were first played in this kind of shows.

Shows like this are a place where the minus slapping pop crack are left to put out there all the time or quick book pop records that no one  ever buys or often buy them but don't listen to them ever again. You know there's million sellers you could swear you never ever going to hear again. You think do people buy these records and listen to them for the next 20 years? Do people even listen to them once?

People like Giannis Petridis, you listen to the shows, you look at the play list with guys  he's been playing 20-30 years ago. That music is fucking timeless. I'm so up to people like Petridis. Respect to you mate. I'm looking forward to hearing your next show on a radio station that is hip and cool enough to employ you.


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