Nice! I can totally see how this high-energy pub rock would inspire the British punk movement. (Along with The Ramones first record and whatever else.)
Yeah, you always hear about the influence of the Ramones, Dolls, Stooges, VU, Spiders, et al. on punk, but pub rock gets forgotten. That’s because people tend to gauge influence by records alone, but records aren’t the whole story. For live shows, punk seems to be a branch from the pub rock tree. Probably hard to find a British punk that didn’t spend many hours at pub rock shows. Mick Jones was a massive Mott fan, and the punk/pub rock world coalesced in the Stiff roster.
Nice! I can totally see how this high-energy pub rock would inspire the British punk movement. (Along with The Ramones first record and whatever else.)
Yeah, you always hear about the influence of the Ramones, Dolls, Stooges, VU, Spiders, et al. on punk, but pub rock gets forgotten. That’s because people tend to gauge influence by records alone, but records aren’t the whole story. For live shows, punk seems to be a branch from the pub rock tree. Probably hard to find a British punk that didn’t spend many hours at pub rock shows. Mick Jones was a massive Mott fan, and the punk/pub rock world coalesced in the Stiff roster.
Wilko was a really unique guitarist. I don’t see how he does (did) that.
Apparently like this:
https://youtu.be/OlbC_rdWyzY?si=XzvjTYmiTwodQLHB
That’s just the notes, but to me it doesn’t totally capture his distinctive, choppy, percussive sound. Also Wilko played without a pick!