Brinsley Schwarz

Pub rock: a live-wire, booze-driven reaction to the pomp and excesses of prog and the perceived artifice of glam

Our latest Tracks of the Week: Eight rock monsters, primed and ready to roar

In the early 70s, in the wake of the British blues boom, the smoky, sweaty, sticky-carpeted back rooms of a select few London pubs were where all the best gigs were happening

It was supposed to be the New York adventure that would make the Tunbridge Wells pub rockers worldwide superstars. But what seemed like a great idea turned into a PR disaster

From rejecting the greats to embracing the unlistenable, we revisit some of the most notorious record company cock-ups in music biz history...