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"The ultimate John Peel band. The Undertones' 1978 ode to masturbation, 'Teenage Kicks', was named as the great man's favourite ever track. But the Londonderry quintet - based around the wavering voice of the permanently anoraked Feargal Sharkey and the O'Neill brothers - almost packed it in until a local record shop owner financed the punk-pop 'Teenage Kicks EP'. Immediately championed by Peel ('I still play Teenage Kicks to remind myself how a great record should sound,' he later said), the band bagged a deal with Sire, who issued the equally essential adolescent odes 'My Perfect Cousin' and 'Jimmy Jimmy'. Subsequent, more mature-sounding albums didn't do as well and The Undertones split after 'The Sin Of Pride' appeared in 1983. Sharkey embarked on a brief solo career, before becoming a high-powered A&R man, while the O'Neills formed That Petrol Emotion and have occasionally revived The Undertones minus their original singer.<BR/><blockquote>"We were a bunch of late teenagers having a good time. By January 1979 we were over supporting the Rezillos so we could do a session at Maida Vale. But the biggest thing that struck me at the time was that John Peel had paid for us to do that first tape the previous autumn out of his own pocket. I don't know of any other DJ that I've met who would care to that extent, show that much drive and commitment to the music."</blockquote><BR/>- Feargal Sharkey (In Session Tonight by Ken Garner)"^^xsd:string
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