Rock Goes to College
The Campus Music Scene That Shaped a Generation
$29.63
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2026
Summary
Rock Goes to College
The hectic, hugely entertaining, and definitive story of the wonderful and entirely amateurish British university gig scene that launched the career of some of the world’s most famous bands.
As rock exploded around the world and the album era began, so young bands and solo acts would sling their gear into their trusty Ford Transits and bomb up and down the new motorway system to university and polytechnic campuses all over the UK, honing their sound and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008722425 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008722420 |
| Author: | Paul Sexton, Mark Knopfler |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | Mudlark |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 21mm |
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About The Author
Paul Sexton
Paul Sexton is an author, journalist and broadcaster who has covered The Rolling Stones, and interviewed all of the band extensively, for some 30 years. He started writing about music for the weekly pop paper Record Mirror while still a teenager in 1977, and his work has appeared in all of the quality UK press, most notably The Sunday Times and The Times, as well as in Billboard magazine and countless documentaries and shows for BBC Radio 2. His book Prince: A Portrait of the Artist in Memories and Memorabilia was published in 2021. He lives in south London.
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