The attraction of Peel was because it was so eclectic – some dirty blues followed by death metal followed by jangley indie guitar pop followed by hardcore techno, maybe even at the right speed.
To say you liked it all would be to say you had no real taste, surely the point of having so many different types of music is so that people can like different stuff.
Maybe to me it was only 20% that was to ‘my’ taste – but what a 20% it was. So many bands I first heard on JP are such an important part of my life for many reasons, I can’t help but be thankful that he existed.
As to the other side. I can’t condone his past, even if it was ‘different’ back then. In defence, if there is any – he never denied it and I believe regretted it – and dredging up past quotes from past times does not IMHO reflect who he became. Still not right, but it’s a league away from people that continued to offend and deny it.