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Steve Lamacq

Steve Lamacq (born 16th October 1965), sometimes known by his nickname Lammo (given to him by John Peel), is a music journalist and radio presenteer who has been broadcasting for several years on BBC Radio 1. He presented the Evening Session with Jo Whiley from 1993 to 1997, and then on his own until December 2002, when the programme was cancelled. Steve still presents the indie radio show Lamacq Live every Monday evening. Lamacq Live began in late July 1998. He also has a broadcasts on BBC 6 Music.

Lanacq was born in Bournemouth in the county of Dorset. His family soon moved to Essex and he grew up in the Colne Engaine area. Steve's journalistic career began as a junior reporter at the West Essex Gazette. It was during his time at the New Musical Express that he began DJing on Xfm, when it was still a pirate radio station.

It is obligatory that all music journalists have had a fanzine during their teenage years. Steve Lamacq's fanzine was called A Pack Of Lies. He formed a record label in 1992 with Alan James and Tony Smith, called Deceptive Records. Their most successful signing was Elastica. Most of the label's releases shared a punk- pop sensibility. Deceptive Records folded in 2001. Steve Lamacq has written an autobiography, entitled Going Deaf For A Living.

In 1991 Steve was unwittingly involved in one of the most infamous events in British rock music of recent times during a post-gig interview at the Norwich Arts Centre with Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers for the NME. After repeated attempts by the bands co-lyricist Richey James Edwards to convince Lamacq that they were "for real" (the Manics had been making outrageous statements in the music press), Edwards gave up and carved 4 Real into his forearm with a razor blade. The publicity this created nearly single handedly launched the Manics into the superstar bracket.

Some or all material in this page has been adapted from the Steve Lamacq entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Lamacq), or others, in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org), the free encyclopedia.