Steve Lamacq | |
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.jpg) Lamacq atRockaway Beach in 2018 | |
| Born | Stephen Paul Lamacq (1964-10-16)16 October 1964 (age 61) Bournemouth, England |
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| Children | 1 |
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| Show | Steve Lamacq |
| Station | BBC Radio 6 Music |
| Time slot | 16:00 – 19:00 Mondays |
| Style | Disc Jockey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Previous show(s) | The Evening Session In New Music We Trust,BBC Radio 1 Steve Lamacq's Rock College,BBC Radio 2 |
| Website | www |
Stephen Paul Lamacq (born 16 October 1964), sometimes known by his nicknameLammo (given to him byJohn Peel), is an English disc jockey, currently working withBBC Radio 6 Music.
Lamacq was appointedMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the2025 New Year Honours for services to broadcasting and to music venues.[1]
Lamacq was born inBournemouth, and first lived inFerndown.[2] He and his family later moved to the Essex village ofColne Engaine and attendedThe Ramsey Academy from 1976, which had been formed the previous year from twogrammar schools.
Lamacq citesOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's "wonderful" 1979 single "Electricity" as his inspiration to become a disc jockey, noting that he wanted to afford air time to similar, "curious" music.[3][4] Prior to launching this career, he studied journalism atHarlow College, Essex, and worked as a junior reporter at theWest Essex Gazette. In similar fashion to other music journalists who started fanzines during their teenage years, Lamacq started one calledA Pack of Lies.
During his time atNME he began DJing on thepirate radio stationQ102, which would becomeXFM.[5] He formed a record label in 1992 with Alan James and Tony Smith, calledDeceptive Records. The majority of the label's releases shared a punk-pop sensibility, withElastica being their most successful signing, before the label eventually folded in 2001.
Between 1995 and 1997, Lamacq occasionally presentedTop of the Pops on BBC One with fellow Radio 1 DJJo Whiley.
In a 1996Peel session byMogwai, the fourth item on the track listing is '"Mogwai Salute The Brilliance Of Steve Lamacq".[6]
Lamacq is a fan ofColchester United. He visited their training ground for his 50th birthday where he trained as a goalkeeper, has written an autobiography, entitledGoing Deaf for a Living and has also acted as a compere on the main stage at the Reading Festival on several occasions.
In the early 1990s, Lamacq appeared regularly on theGary Crowley show, a three-hour Sunday afternoon indie music programme on the BBC stationGLR. Lamacq contributed the Gig Guide and theNME Indie Top 20.
Between 1993 and 1997 Lamacq presentedThe Evening Session withJo Whiley, and then on his own until December 2002, when the programme was cancelled.Colin Murray served as a temporary replacement for six months untilZane Lowe's contract with the London stationXFM ended in June 2003, where he took up a permanent position. On 28 September 2007, both he and Whiley reunited to recreateThe Evening Session on the latter's show as part of Radio 1's 40th Anniversary celebrations.
He also presented theindie radio showLamacq Live every Monday evening, beginning in July 1998 and ending on 18 September 2006. The show ended as part of a makeover in Radio 1's schedule to present a "younger image" to Radio One listeners, with Colin Murray taking over his slot.
Lamacq has also presented documentaries for the station, as well as hosting theirJohn Peel Night special. He presented theIn New Music We Trust programme every Monday night from 9 to 10 pm until August 2009, when it was announced he would be leaving Radio 1 as part of a shakeup in the scheduling.[7]
Lamacq's homepage on the 6 Music website describedLamacq Live as "the UK's most influential indie radio show". He also has a programme on the BBC's digital station,BBC Radio 6 Music, which was on Sunday afternoons, but from April 2005 he presented the daily teatime show on BBC Radio 6 Music, taking over fromAndrew Collins.
In March 2010 it was announced that Lamacq and fellow Radio 1 presenter Jo Whiley would present a one-off Evening Session (the first in 13 years) on Good Friday (2 April) for BBC Radio 6 Music.[8]
In 2016, Lamacq broadcast from the studios atBBC Radio Humberside, as part of Radio 6 Music's Independent Venue Week tour. One night of the nationwide tour was hosted atThe New Adelphi Club inHull,East Yorkshire, on 26 January 2016, withMark Morriss as the headline act.[9]
On 1 September 2023, it was announced that Lamacq would stand down from his weekday drive time show and present a single weekly show on Monday calledSteve Lamacq’s Teatime Session from January 2024.[10]
In addition to his regular 6 Music slot, he also presented a weekly show onBBC Radio 2 where he played his own choice of music and introduces his listeners to both new and emerging artists.
Beginning in April 2007, the show was originally broadcast on Wednesdays between 11:30 pm and 12:30 am and, from April 2008, between 11 pm and 12 am. At Easter 2010, as part of wider changes to the Radio 2 evening schedule,Trevor Nelson took over the Wednesday 11 pm slot (having previously been on in the hour before Lamacq), with Lamacq moving to 11 pm on Saturday nights. In April 2012, the show was renamedSteve Lamacq's Rock College and moved to a Thursday 11 pm slot. Lamacq left regular presenting duties on Radio 2 in September 2013 as part of a reshuffle of evening presenters.
In 2007, he deputised forBob Harris on Saturdays from 11 pm to 2 am, who had to receive treatment for cancer.
He has also appeared as a guest on 5live sport punditry showFighting Talk hosted byColin Murray.
Weekenders is aDJ mix album mixed by Steve Lamacq and released byLondon Records in 1996. It has a dance and indie-alternative rock feel rolled into one with Britpop tracks such as Pulp's "Common People" and Blur's "Girls & Boys" alongside tracks by electronica artists such as The Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and Orbital.
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