Alongside the song's original vocalist, Pete Shelley, the record featured an eclectic line-up of musicians[3] hand-picked by Ravenscroft,[4] all of whom his father had played prior to their success and in some cases for the first time on radio.
By 2007 it had become a web portal, Unpredictable Porridge (now defunct but partially archived),[5] whose partnership arrangement with Universal Music allowed new acts to submit their material online directly to A&R managers at the record label.
[7] In June 2010, having previously appeared as a fill-in presenter for absent hosts including Tom Robinson,[8] Ravenscroft took over the Friday night slot on BBC Radio 6 Music vacated[9] by musician Bruce Dickinson.
[10] Paul Rodgers, then 6 Music's editor at the BBC, greeted Ravenscroft's appointment, describing him as "a great young broadcaster with all the knowledge, passion and articulacy that you might expect from someone of his lineage".
[9] Ravenscroft joined the station during a threat of closure, but an audience surge,[11] alongside a campaign website hosted by the British Phonographic Industry, ultimately secured its survival.