Pub Rock!!!

I guess the pub rock scene to me, has always been about cover bands churning out the same old Oasis, Bryan Adams and other 'safe' songs down at the local. However, back in the mid to late seventies, pub rock was an attempt to get back to the basics of R&B and rock (the mid seventies were awash with inaccessible and complicated prog rock bands). Elvis Costello, Squeeze, and the Stranglers were all examples of this new genre.

In 1976, a band called Eddie and the Hotrods came on the scene and great things were expected of them, and they did OK, with one major hit in 1977. They were, however overshadowed by a band that symbolised a revolution that pub rock is often cited as beginning... punk! That band was the Sex Pistols and whilst a support act for 'The Rods' decided to trash their gear and thus entered music folk lore. Sabotage perhaps? I doubt it.

I cannot resist a good jangly, guitar sodden, pop/rock song so here is their biggest hit 'Do Anything you wanna do' from the album Life on the line