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Any way you look at it, pub rock merits some sort of Rock Heritage Preservation Order. So why is it so seldom celebrated? Pub rock had no single style, except a common fondness for rootsy Americana, from country twang to 12-bar blues to southern funk. It’s really defined by what it wasn’t – not pretty and arch, like glam rock; not obscure ...
Oct 12, 2020 · ‘Pub rock’ was simply a convenient label for the rootsy music of Dr. Feelgood, Eddie & the Hot Rods, the Count Bishops in the UK, and Buffalo, Rose Tattoo (and, later, AC/DC) in Australia, among many others.
A back-to-basics movement, which incorporated roots rock, pub rock was a reaction against the expensively-recorded and produced progressive rock and flashy glam rock scenes at the time. Although short-lived, pub rock was played live in small traditional venues like pubs and clubs. [ 1 ]
Jun 1, 2020 · The British blues boom of the late 1960s – a movement kick-started by John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (which famously featured, at various times, guitarists Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mi.
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ROCK REVOLUTION. Originally published in 2000 and updated in 2003 this is the in-depth history of the London pub rock scene of the early-mid 1970s, including a fully detailed account of the famous Brinsley Schwarz ‘Fillmore Trip’ (1970), also known as ‘The Hype’.
Jun 1, 2023 · Pub rock: a live-wire, booze-driven reaction to the pomp and excesses of prog and the perceived artifice of glam. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: United Artists/RCA/A&M/Vertigo)
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My interpretation of the term 'pub rock' differs considerably from the more widely acknowledged definition of this term. 'Pub rock' first became a topic of popular discourse during the 1970s when London was the centre of pop music's own 'back to basics' movement.
