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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pub_chainPub chain - Wikipedia

    Pub chain. The Alex in Southend-on-Sea is an example of a chain pub - in this case a "Stonegate Pub company" [1] managed pub targeted at university students. A pub chain is a group of pubs or bars operating under a unified brand image. [2] Pubs within a chain are tied houses and can, generally, only sell products which the chain owner sanctions.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dire_StraitsDire Straits - Wikipedia

    Jack Sonni. Website. direstraits .com. Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums and percussion). They were active from 1977 to 1988 and again from 1990 to ...

  3. Pub rock is definately a British thing (which isn't to say it doesn't exist in Oz as well), more specifically it's an Essex thing, eg, Dr Feelgood, Wilko Johnson, Eddie and the Hot Rods, The Kursaal Flyers, Brinsley Schwarz, etc, etc, I should know, Southend On Sea where I live was the pub rock capital in the late 70's!! The page needs a major ...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Punk_rockPunk rock - Wikipedia

    v. t. e. Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll [2] [3] [4] and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced short, fast-paced songs with hard-edged melodies and singing styles with stripped-down ...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pub_rockPub rock - Wikipedia

    Pub rock. Look up pub rock in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pub rock may refer to: Pub rock (Australia), a style of Australian rock and roll popular throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Pub rock (United Kingdom), a rock music genre that was developed in mid-1970s in the United Kingdom. Category: Disambiguation pages.

  6. Internationally, AC/DC started as a pub rock group in November 1973 and became one of the most well-known Australian rock bands, with more than 71 million sales in the US alone by 2014. Beginning in that era was Countdown , which was a popular music TV program on national broadcaster ABC , and ran from November 1974 until July 1987.