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70,s era pub bands.
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aftershavedave
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some strange bands labelled as pub rock on this thread! brinsley schwarz, eddie and the hot rods, doctor feelgood, kursaal flyers, all mid 70's say 74-76 and pre-dating punk
Juan Albion
Chicken Sniffer 3rd Class
Nope, they got going late 70s. Hard to believe but they even opened for Led Zep at Knebworth in 1979 apparently.
jakarta
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The Brinsleys were the definitive Pub Rock Band and while I liked Peace Love & Understanding this is MY favourite, sadly this version doesn't have Whispering Bob introducing them. First heard this in 1976 on the infamous Greasy Truckers Party album. Bit more subtle than the Hawkwind on Side 4...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMYc5U_jIdc&list=RDlMYc5U_jIdc#t=31
Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
Much as I admire your work . . . . . the Mighty Damned were not a pub rock band.
WRT the OP thread, I beg to differ. I was a regular gig goer in the mid and late 70s and pub rock was shite. Some decent bands occasionally dipped into the pub rock venues (Golden Lion, Greygound in London; Buccaneer and Alhambra in Brighton) but the bands that pretty much did only pubs (Kursal Flyers, Ducks Deluxe, Brindsley Schwartz, Parker) were out of time; scruffy and tedious blues rock based dullards. A few bands morphed into something interesting: Eddie and the hotrods, The Stranglers, the Yachts, the Motors, Dr Feelgood, but in doing so they ceased to be pub rock.
ps the 'Grope and Wanker' in London was a pub, but it was not a *pub rock venue* as such. Sorry, I am a massive pedant when it comes to 76-86....
AmexRuislip
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Much as I admire your work . . . . . the Mighty Damned were not a pub rock band.
WRT the OP thread, I beg to differ. I was a regular gig goer in the mid and late 70s and pub rock was shite. Some decent bands occasionally dipped into the pub rock venues (Golden Lion, Greygound in London; Buccaneer and Alhambra in Brighton) but the bands that pretty much did only pubs (Kursal Flyers, Ducks Deluxe, Brindsley Schwartz, Parker) were out of time; scruffy and tedious blues rock based dullards. A few bands morphed into something interesting: Eddie and the hotrods, The Stranglers, the Yachts, the Motors, Dr Feelgood, but in doing so they ceased to be pub rock.
ps the 'Grope and Wanker' in London was a pub, but it was not a *pub rock venue* as such. Sorry, I am a massive pedant when it comes to 76-86....
No pedant at all.
It's okay I've already had a bollock!ng off [MENTION=20527]studio150[/MENTION] and now yourself
I always knew they were punk, but had it in my mind also a pub type band
Worried Man Blues
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Yep, I woz there, I also worked for Courage who gave them a lift with the Gertcha ads etc, and they did loads of our pubs.
jakarta
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Much as I admire your work . . . . . the Mighty Damned were not a pub rock band.
WRT the OP thread, I beg to differ. I was a regular gig goer in the mid and late 70s and pub rock was shite. Some decent bands occasionally dipped into the pub rock venues (Golden Lion, Greygound in London; Buccaneer and Alhambra in Brighton) but the bands that pretty much did only pubs (Kursal Flyers, Ducks Deluxe, Brindsley Schwartz, Parker) were out of time; scruffy and tedious blues rock based dullards. A few bands morphed into something interesting: Eddie and the hotrods, The Stranglers, the Yachts, the Motors, Dr Feelgood, but in doing so they ceased to be pub rock.
ps the 'Grope and Wanker' in London was a pub, but it was not a *pub rock venue* as such. Sorry, I am a massive pedant when it comes to 76-86....
Not having that about Brinsley Schwarz, a wonderful band but seeing as they only existed between 1969 and 1975 they are out of your pedantic timescale. Not being able to spell them right either is a bit of a giveaway.
Mr Bridger
Sound of the suburbs
Lee Lewis
Nottseagull
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Best band I ever saw in a pub were The Executives, who graced that long, narrow pub (I forget the name) near the west end of Montague Street, Worthing. The only offerings I can remember were the excellent 'Shy Little Girl' and one adapted for the audience as it was about living in boring 'W-O-R-T-H-I-N-G Worthing!'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaELi92uwwc
Don't know if I've made that available to you but deffo good 70s rock (with no air-play......I wonder why not!)
Don't know if I've made that available to you but deffo good 70s rock (with no air-play......I wonder why not!)
WildWood
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Whenever pub rock is mentioned, this is what plays in my head - pure class (although I don't think the crowd agree!)
- Jul 10, 2003
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Probably too late time wise but it always reminds me of the Stiff Live tour at the Top Rank suite - Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Larry Wallis (who, if i remember rightly, came from the pink fairies and Motorhead !), Elvis Costello and Ian Drury
(which only happened, because Lee Brilleaux put up 400 quid to start Stiff Records)
(which only happened, because Lee Brilleaux put up 400 quid to start Stiff Records)
Return of the Rev
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Damn right. A band that never recovered from their disastrous PR cock-up over their New York launch. They deserved more recognition than they got. I was quite fond of Ducks Deluxe too - the progenitor of two decent bands: The Tyla Gang and The Motors.
I don't agree with HWT here: he writes "scruffy, blues-based rockers" as if it's a bad thing.
There was a decent Brighton pub band called The Amazorblades - saw them at the Alhambra a few times.
They were a bit later than the others - in the peak punk era - and didn't really fit in. Sad really, a year earlier and they may have made it.
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They were a bit later than the others - in the peak punk era - and didn't really fit in. Sad really, a year earlier and they may have made it.
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Juan Albion
Chicken Sniffer 3rd Class
My driving instructor claimed to have been a member of Brinsley Schwarz, but I've never found a mention of him in connection to the band. I think his name was Steve Talbot, based in Wimbledon. I did see Ian Gomm, though, live at the Beeb. Distictly average, I thought.