Pub Rock in the UK and Australia

Andy Bennett is Professor of Cultural Sociology in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University and Affiliate Professor of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Porto. He is a Faculty Fellow of the Yale Centre for Cultural Sociology and co‑founding Editor of the journal DIY, Alternative Cultures and Society.Jon Stratton is Adjunct Professor of Cultural Studies in the College of Creative Arts, Design & Humanities at Adelaide University. Jon has published widely in Cultural Studies, Popular Music Studies and on race and multiculturalism. He is the author of 14 books and co‑editor of four. Jon’s most recent book is Spectacle, Fashion and the Dancing Experience in Britain 1960–1990 (2022). Jon is the founder and senior editor on the Bloomsbury series 33 1/3 Oceania.

• Introduction: Pub Rock in the UK and Australia Section 1: The UK 1. We’re Going Down the Pub!! The Importance of ‘Pub Rock’ Bands in the Creation of Cultural Space for Punk to Emerge in London in the 1970s 2. If It Ain’t …. Stiff, Chiswick and Pub Rock Records 3. Baby Why Do You Treat Me This Way? The Evolving Role of Women, From Pub Rock to Punk (UK, 1970s) 4. Post-Industrial Sounds of the City: The Pub Music Scenes of Leeds in the 1970s and 1980s 5. Trick of the Tale: Pub rock, punk, genre and myth in London and Glasgow in the 1970s 6. The Legacy of the London Pub Rock Scene Section 2: Australia 7. Vanda and Young and the English Sound of Oz Rock in Sydney 8. Slightly-soiled Wave: British Pub Rock and Australian New Wave 9. Coming from the Wrong Side of the Road: Aboriginal Pub Rock in Australia 10. Women in Oz Rock: The Forgotten Larrikins 11. “There’s gonna be a showdown”: Australian Pub Rock in the 1980s to Early 90s 12. Amyl and the Sniffers: Authenticity, Class and Gender in the Australian Pub Rock Revival