Pub Rock
Pub rock is a loose subgenre of rock that is associated with musical movements in the UK? and Australia?. Although they developed independently, both movements were performed around national pub circuits and focus on a more "back-to-basics" approach to rock, in contrast with art rock? or glam "pretension", generally drawing on styles like blues rock?, rhythm & blues?, roots rock, and hard rock?; in effect, those which could be seen as an extension of "rock & roll" as an ethos.
UK pub rock emerged in the early 1970s?, serving as a contrast to the growing trend of commercial arena rock performed in larger stadiums. Its associated style initially grew out of the country rock? of Brinsley Schwarz? and American band Eggs Over Easy?, whose debut 1972? album was recorded in London and helped to kick off the pub rock scene. By the mid-1970s, artists like Dr. Feelgood?, Eddie and the Hot Rods?, and Graham Parker? had found a level of popularity, and additional influences like funk? and reggae were being integrated into the mix. UK pub rock then became an important influence on the first wave of UK punk rock and New Wave? of the late 1970s, with a wave of "pub punk" groups and singer-songwriters? like Ian Dury? and Nick Lowe?, and early Elvis Costello? and Joe Jackson? representing the purest fusion of pub-rock and New-Wave aesthetics. Pub rock dwindled as a force in UK music after 1980?, a few legacy acts and even fewer revivalists kept the sound alive through the next decade.
Australian pub rock, affectionately termed "Aussie pub rock", emerged independently around the same time in the early 1970s around the Australian pub circuit, with groups like Aztecs? and Buffalo? laying its hard-rock foundation that would be built upon by AC/DC? to national and then international success. Aussie pub rock was also influential on the country's budding punk scene, with The Saints? notably being considered part of the pub-rock scene. Unlike its UK counterpart, Aussie pub rock continued on strong into the 1980s?, with groups like Midnight Oil? and Hoodoo Gurus? embracing an alternative rock? sound. Aussie pub rock has remained influential on 21st-century garage rock and garage punk? groups.