GuilFest 2006. The 3 Day Guildford Music Festival on 14th, 15th and 16th July 2006

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Artist: Mike Davies
Genre: Radio 1 Rock DJ
Performing: 15th July 2005 /The ROCKSOUND CAVE Stage
Website Address: [www.bbc.co.uk/radio1 ]
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Mike Says - "I moved to London five years ago from Los Angeles, California. After working at a coffee shop on Oxford Street for 6 months I became the temporary runner at Radio One. In July of 2001 I went to the Deconstruction Festival with Steve Lamacq and the Evening Session crew.

Steve and I hung out all day and talked about punk rock and then when I arrived at work the next Monday, I was called into the office by the big bosses and it turned out Steve had sorted out a job for me on the Session.

After working on that for 2 years I was asked to help out putting together a new punk rock show for the station. We worked on the show for a while and then they decided that I should have a shot presenting it. I did a few pilots (test shows) and they must have liked it because The Lock Up has been on the air for 2 and a half years."

Mikey: "The beauty of The Lock Up is that it knows no boundaries. It is a punk rock show but at the end of the day what is punk? Is is a state of mind or a style of music? To me, Johnny Cash and Parliament Funkadelic were just as punk as The Sex Pistols or GBH.

It's about not conforming and having an open mind. I honestly feel like I could play just about anything on the show and get away with it. But I guarentee you won't be hearing any Busted or Blue.