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John Peel and the High Fidelity share a common bond - the love of a peculiar, distinctively-shaped vintage synth called an Omnichord. Formerly of Madchester japesters The Soup Dragons, by the mid-90s, vocalist and lead guitarist Sean Dickson wanted to move on. He founded The High Fidelity, featuring Ross McFarlane (drums) and Adrian Barry (bass) in 1995 for a compilation released by High Times magazine. The band's debut EP, 'Stash', was released in 1996, with their first full-length LP, 'Demonstration', coming out in 2002. Always experimental, the band's second Peel session featured four songs written and recorded on the instrument, while they performed 'Silent Night' on one for his Christmas Carol show. These proved extremely popular, and led the band to give Peel an Omnichord for his 60th birthday. Peel later wrote a song for the band's Omnichord only album, the inventively titled 'Omnichord Album'.