“Venerable BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel's annual Festive 50 listener's poll has been topped by such legends as the Sex Pistols, Joy Division, New Order, Jesus and Mary Chain, and Nirvana. In 2002, Saloon's "Girls Are the New Boys" finished as the Festive 50's No. 1, seeing off admittedly light competition from the UK's scmindie bands, the U.S.'s garage rock revivalists, and poll perennials the Fall. Th”
