sad sad news!!!

6 Mar 2005

Former Radio 1 DJ Tommy Vance has died aged 63, his agent said today.
Mr Vance died at the Darent Valley Hospital, in Kent, at around 4am following a stroke.
The DJ who was best known for hosting VH1â€™s Friday Rock Show was rushed into hospital three days ago after suffering his first stroke at home in Kent.
His agent Jon Roseman said Mr Vance would leave â€œan enormous voidâ€.
â€œI had known Tommy for 35 years. He certainly had one of the most recognisable voices on radio.
â€œHe was a great bloke and he was held in very high regard for his knowledge of rock which was unsurpassed. Without Tommy there will be a hole that is not going to be filled,â€ he said.
Mr Vanceâ€™s trademark gravely voice landed him many commercial voice-over jobs earning him the distinction of the â€œvoice on legsâ€.
He started his career in the USA in the 1960s on LA-based radio station KHJ.
More recently TV audiences saw Mr Vance walk out of Gordon Ramsayâ€™s Hellâ€™s Kitchen when he could no longer take the heat.
Mr Vance had been drafted into the show to replace Roger Cook when he fell off a chair an injured his knee.
But it wasnâ€™t long before he threw in the towel when he could take no more of the chefâ€™s foul-mouthed insults.
During the course of his radio career which has included stints at Radio Caroline and Radio 1, where he worked for 15 years, Mr Vance interviewed over 10,000 guests including Prince Charles.
He leaves an ex-wife Stella, and two children Jessie, 19, and 22-year-old Daniel.
Paying tribute to the veteran DJ, Andy Parfitt, Controller of Radio 1, said: â€œTommy Vance was a great broadcaster.
â€œHe presented for many years on Radio 1 the seminal rock show which a whole generation of music fans remember very fondly.
â€œHe will be sadly missed by listeners and fellow DJs
sad

6 Mar 2005

ah that is sad news.
Met Tommy once in a former life,really nice fella.
Lb :love:

6 Mar 2005

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo i liked him :cry:

6 Mar 2005

That is sad he was great rock dj and came over as really nice guy i know of one band ( queen ) who will miss him, he was a true dj like the late john peel, there is only one true good dj on the BBC left and we nearly lost him to cancer and that is jonnie walker.
I will miss tommy vance his voice was soooo soothing to listen to.
God bless you tommy and all your family.

6 Mar 2005

i know he was a good d.j but one of the things i loved about him was his voice overs on a cam corders show called dumb and dumber he was soo funny he cracked me up id be in tears i missed half the show due to wiping the tears out my ears and trying to breath

7 Mar 2005

rachel-lane i totally agree he made that show with his whit and a oice which just had 2 b heard to b believed, he will be missed by manny!
Whilst at school during dinner time we would have tommy on the radio doing his countdown, a memory ive had 4 a long time now and will still have 4 years 2 cum!
I could listen 2 him all day!
Top bloke
Rest in peace Tommy

7 Mar 2005

Tommy was another DJ in similar mould to John Peel.
He championed smaller bands in late 70's early 80's and was essential listening at 10pm on friday nights. Early sessions by such bands as Iron Maiden and Saxon.
I will never forget his attempt to record a jingle at Donnington one year with the 50,000 + crowd
On stage he shouts to the crowd
Gimme a F...F . Gimme a U .......U .. Gimme a C .....C . gimme a K.... K what does that spell?
Audience shouts FUCK
He said we cant use that so lets try this..........
Gimme a R...F . Gimme a O .......U .. Gimme a C .....C . gimme a K.... K what does that spell?
Audience shouts FUCK
It never got broadcast, I wonder why
Happy memoriesof youth. RIP Tommy you will be missed
:cry:

7 Mar 2005

Quote by friendly
Tommy was another DJ in similar mould to John Peel.
He championed smaller bands in late 70's early 80's and was essential listening at 10pm on friday nights. Early sessions by such bands as Iron Maiden and Saxon.
I will never forget his attempt to record a jingle at Donnington one year with the 50,000 + crowd
On stage he shouts to the crowd
Gimme a F...F . Gimme a U .......U .. Gimme a C .....C . gimme a K.... K what does that spell?
Audience shouts FUCK
He said we cant use that so lets try this..........
Gimme a R...F . Gimme a O .......U .. Gimme a C .....C . gimme a K.... K what does that spell?
Audience shouts FUCK
It never got broadcast, I wonder why
Happy memoriesof youth. RIP Tommy you will be missed
:cry:

oh deffo jon was another that cracked me up when he would play a track and say ok that was by the bastards and now onto napalm death ..which would last 5 seconds lmfao love it radio one you have zane and giles but come on we need real music pls

7 Mar 2005

OMG Napalm Deth
I remember them speed metal on acid and played at 78rpm lol

7 Mar 2005

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OMG Napalm Deth
I remember them speed metal on acid and played at 78rpm lol

napalm bless em i remember a long time ago when radio one did the top ten shortest records in history
napalm death had about 6 tracks in the list lol :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

7 Mar 2005

No idea who he was, I knew who John Peel was. Please let's not have a thread every time some minor celeb or broadcaster dies. You'll remind me of radio 4 soon. rolleyes

7 Mar 2005

I met him a couple of times years ago at Capital Radio, he wore this amazing Racoon coat that came all the way to his ankles, very rock star, very non PC. He's currently on the air nightly on a TV commercial, but I can't off hand remember which one, a car I think.
63 sounds very young when you're 60, believe me!!! He will be missed, I hate it now my generation's starting to die...

Quote by friendly
On stage he shouts to the crowd
Gimme a F...F . Gimme a U .......U .. Gimme a C .....C . gimme a K.... K what does that spell?
Audience shouts FUCK

As I'm sure you know that's the Fish Cheer from Country Joe and the Fish's "Feel like I'm fixin' to die rag", their anti Vietnam war song which spells FISH on the record but always spelt FUCK live. Sure Tommy Vance was at Woodstock!
Come on Mothers throughout the land
pack your boys off to Vietnam
Come on Fathers don't hesitate
Send them off before it's too late
Be the first one one on your block to have his boy come home in a box...
and it's one two three what are we fighting for
Don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is Vietnam
and it's five six seven open up the pearly gates
well ain't no time to wonder why
whoopee we're all goin' to die
So Tommy, you made it in the end then as we all must.

7 Mar 2005

One of the finest DJs, in the same class as John Peel & Alan Freeman. I loved to listen to him when playing rock, & then also when he did the current affairs programme on Greater London Radio, interviewing politicians etc. Very sad.