ithey didn't have either, i'm not talking some majorly obscure emo electro folk cross over here either.

I agree completely, to the point that I refuse to listen the radio at all, unless is Mark Radcliffe or Mark Lamarr, I think the loss of dear John Peel, finished me off, that was like a big gust of fresh air, and I missed him so bloody much. The two Marks are Ok, but of course since they don't play that much mainstream shite, their programs are so late that I hardly manage to listen them, cause I fall asleep.
The music industry these days is awful, there's nothing interesting for me anymore, I just rely in my favorite bands or artists, hoping they continue at work, releasing great records to keep me going.

So please Boss keep going cause your one of the great few!

I think the internet has brought millions of fantastic signed and unsigned bands into the limelight over the past few years and will continue to do so - but theres so many its like sivving through a giant shit storm,

That is why forums like this are invaluable. If you go to the Listen Here section you know that more often than not you are going to get a good steer, because it is essentially the net result of quite a lot of like minded people (at least in terms of music tastes) doing their own sieving.

i totally agree,although it has always been so,people forget that not so long ago bands like the Smiths,Jesus and mary chain,Echo and the Bunnymen,Orange Juice etc couldn;t radio play AT ALL Radio one point blank refused to play the Smiths or any of those bands at all............and it is still the same.there was only a brief time.....they called it"Brit pop"(just another crop of great british bands to me but hey ho)that mainstream radio played a lot of guitar bands...the radio in Britain has been kind to me personally over the years which is surprising as my stuff is way out there in terms of the constraints of modern radio.but i share your frustration mate....as i turn it on and imediately turn it off usually cos it'll be some god awful pop idol shite,,,,,,,,,music that i accept isn't made for me.....whadda ya gonna do?

6Music always seemed like a pretty good alternative to the mainstream radio stations. Then George Lamb turned up; the jury's out...