I really liked the program as the pub rock story tends to go somewhat untold, but there is an inherent difficulty in making a program called Punk Brittainia as a lot of the strongest influences on the early punk bands came from America (Stooges, New York Dolls etc). That's not to say that the pub rock story is in any way irrelevant to punk.
Pub rock did open up the whole concept of the pub venue, many of which The (Hope & Anchor, The Nashville etc) became key venues for punk and post punk bands and of course a few punks, notably Joe Strummer played in pub bands before coming punks. The role of Stiff & Chiswick records is also relevant as both labels started as pub rock labels that went on to relaese some of the earliest punk records. Dr Feelgood & Eddie & The Hot Rods certainly provide a link but I'd bet most of the younger punks wouldn't have been that aware of the pub scene beyond it's few more popular bands. Even the cooler glam rock acts (T.Rex, Bowie, Roxy Music etc) seemed to have a more direct influence on punk than the likes of Eggs Over Easy
Looking forward to the other two episodes and to watching the TV Smith program which I was too tired to watch last night.Statistics: Posted by milchman — Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:44 pm
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