A Howlin' Wind: Pub Rock and the Birth of New Wave

by John Blaney

A fascinating study of how pub rock started, thrived and ultimately evolved into the New Wave. Blaney starts during the 1960s with the hippie roots of the movement, and then covers the main bands (Eggs Over Easy, Brinsley Schwarz, Ducks Deluxe et al). He explains how many of the Pub Rock bands re-invented themselves as New Wave acts (Kilburn and the High Roads becoming Ian Dury and the Blockheads, for example), often as a result of universities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1739275209
• ISBN13: 9781739275204
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Paper Jukebox
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"