Stuart Maconie (born 13 August 1960) is an English radio DJ and television presenter, writer, journalist, and critic working in the field of pop music and popular culture. He is currently a presenter on BBC Radio 6 Music, where he hosts an afternoon show five times a week (Monday to Friday, 1pm - 4pm), alongside Mark Radcliffe, called Radcliffe & Maconie. The pair had previously presented an evening show on BBC Radio 2. He used to present his own solo show on Saturday afternoons from April 2006 until 29 March 2008, and is a frequent stand-in for holidaying presenters on Radio 2. He also hosts BBC Radio 6 Music programmes The Freak Zone, on Sundays from 5.30-8 pm and The Freakier Zone, on Friday night/Saturday mornings from midnight-1am.
He lives in and broadcasts from Birmingham,[citation needed] though the Radcliffe and Maconie show is broadcast from BBC's studios in Manchester.
Maconie was born in Whiston Hospital, Lancashire. While still at St John Rigby school in the sixth form, Maconie formed a band named (after several iterations) "Les Flirts", featuring Maconie on guitar/vocals, Nigel Power on bass and Jem Bretherton on drums. They performed at Wigan venues like the BierKellar and 'Trucks'. Performance style was influenced by the early Elvis Costello school of delivery. Set highlights included the self-penned "Little Flirts" and a crowd-pleasing cover of "Satellite of Love".
Brian Harold May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer of the rock band Queen. As a guitarist he uses his home-built guitar, "Red Special", and has composed hits such as "Tie Your Mother Down", "I Want It All", "We Will Rock You", "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "Who Wants to Live Forever".
He was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for "services to the music industry and his charity work". May earned a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College in 2007 and is currently the Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University. May currently resides in Surrey.
In 2005, a Planet Rock poll saw May voted the 7th greatest guitarist of all time. He was ranked at No. 26 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
Brian May, the only child of Harold and Ruth May, was born in Hampton, London and attended Hampton Grammar School (now Hampton School). During this time he formed his first band with vocalist and bassist Tim Staffell, named Nineteen Eighty-Four after George Orwell's novel of the same name. He left Hampton Grammar School with ten GCE Ordinary Levels and three Advanced Levels in Physics, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. He studied Mathematics and Physics at Imperial College London, graduating with B.Sc. degree with honours.
Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band formed in 1986 consisting of James Dean Bradfield (lead vocals, lead guitar), Nicky Wire (bass, lyrics), and Sean Moore (drums, percussion). The band is part of the Cardiff music scene and were at their most prominent during the 1990s. They are colloquially known as "The Manics" or simply "Manics". Manic Street Preachers were originally a quartet but primary lyricist and rhythm guitarist Richey Edwards vanished on 1 February 1995.
In 1992, the Manics released their debut album, Generation Terrorists. Their combination of androgynous glam punk imagery and critical social lyrics about "culture, alienation, boredom, and despair" soon gained them a loyal following and cult status. The band's later albums retained a leftist politicisation and intellectual lyrical style while adopting a broader alternative rock sound.
Following Edwards' disappearance, Bradfield, Moore, and Wire persisted with Manic Street Preachers and went on to gain critical and commercial success, becoming one of Britain's premier rock bands. Altogether, they have garnered eight Top 10 albums, fifteen Top 10 singles, and have reached number one three times with their 1998 This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours album, the 1998 "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" single, and the 2000 "The Masses Against the Classes" single.
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Morrissey talks to Stuart Maconie of BBC Radio 2, February 12th, 2009
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Brian May interview with Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie 02/10/2014
Robert Carlyle interviewed by Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie in July 2015
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Stuart Maconie's Inside Out with Guy Garvey
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(2014/07/03) BBC 6 Music, Stuart Maconie, Jonny
Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai interviewed by Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie in June 2015
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Brian Butterfield / Peter Serafinowicz interview - Stuart Maconie BBC 6Music
Morrissey talks to Stuart Maconie of BBC Radio 2, February 12th, 2009
by:Larm Seminars 2013: Q&A; with Stuart Maconie
Stuart Maconie has a complaint
Stuart Maconie from 'Life of a Mountain: Blencathra'
Brian May interview with Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie 02/10/2014
Robert Carlyle interviewed by Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie in July 2015
Stuart Maconie's Hope and Glory
Stuart Maconie's Inside Out with Guy Garvey
Beeching's Tracks - with Stuart Maconie
(2014/07/03) BBC 6 Music, Stuart Maconie, Jonny
Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai interviewed by Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie in June 2015
2012-10-30 Stuart Maconie Swansong Manic Street Preachers' THB
Stuart Maconie reads an extract from Adventures on the High Teas
Metronomy talk to Stuart Maconie at Glastonbury 2011
Pauline Black & The Selecter with Stuart Maconie
Hope & Glory; A Reading With Stuart Maconie
Stuart Maconie at Latitude Festival 2012 | Latitude Festival 2012
Hanif Kureishi interviewed by Stuart Maconie in July 2015
Portishead Interview. Stuart Maconie (2012.05.13)
Michael Palin interviewed by Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie in June 2015 (Part 1 of 2)
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Michael Palin interviewed by Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie in June 2015 (Part 2 of 2)
Glasvegas are interviewed by Stuart Maconie at Glastonbury 2011
Scott Walker Radio Interview 2013
Peter Hook - Interview With Radcliffe & Maconie, BBC 6 Music, 01/10/12 (Part 1)
Jessie Ware - Interview with Stuart Maconie on BBC Radio 6 Music
Shane Meadows on Dead Man's Shoes
Ren Harvieu - Interview with Radcliffe and Maconie(BBC 6 Music)
New Order - Interview With Radcliffe & Maconie, BBC 6 Music, 26/04/12 (Part 1)
New Order - Interview With Radcliffe & Maconie, BBC 6 Music, 26/04/12 (Part 2)
HAIM - 6 Music Festival Fringe Interview
John Cooper Clarke - 6 Music Festival Fringe Interview
Stephen Merchant Comic Relief Interview BBC 6 Music 2015
Never Mind The Buzzcocks S14E08
Mark, Lard, Kermode & Maconie: Englandsh Deepisht Lake....
Mark, Lard & Maconie: Sick and Tired
Salford Lad : The Story Of Morrissey (Radio Documentary) 2007
The People's Songs: Light Flight
The People's Songs: I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Madchester:The Sound Of The North (Celebration - Granada TV 1990)
Latitude Festival 2008 - ITV3 TV Show
The Smiths : Swansong (Radio Documentary) HQ Audio 2012
The People's Songs: Can't Get You out of My Head
Radcliffe, Maconie & Lamarr: The Shed Men
The People's Songs: Ghost Town
The People's Songs: Part of the Union
The People's Songs: Things Can Only Get Better
Never Mind The Buzzcocks S07E02
The People's Songs: My Boy Lollipop
Podcast Extra - Kinder 80 celebrations at Edale
The People's Songs: How Soon Is Now
John Foxx interviewed by Stuart Maconie in July 2015 (Part 1 of 2)
John Foxx interviewed by Stuart Maconie in July 2015 (Part 2 of 2)
Brian May interview with Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie 02 10 2014
Blencathra Film name dropped on radio
Never Mind The Buzzcocks S14E08
Stuart Maconie's Freakier Zone
Bernard Butler on Radcliffe & Maconie - 02-03-2015
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Come On/Let's Go (The Drivetime Show With Stuart Maconie)
Collins and Maconie's Movie Club 1/2 (1997)
Kludo White & Stuart Maconie on BBC 6 Music discuss Campervan Radio & Freedom On 4 Wheels
Marti Pellow on BBC Radio 2 - Stuart Maconie's show in 2007
The Lost Tapes Record Club on BBC6 Music's Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone
The People's Songs: One Day Like This