by Dave Haslam
Rotten, Johnny, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9 (see also Public Image Limited; Sex Pistols)
Rotters, Manchester, ref1
Rough Trade, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Roundhouse, London, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Rowe, Dick, ref1
Rowland, Kevin, ref1, ref2, ref3 (see also Dexys Midnight Runners)
Rowlands, Tom, ref1, ref2, ref3 (see also Chemical Brothers)
Roxy Art House, Edinburgh, ref1
Roxy, London, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Royal Albert Hall, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Royal, London, ref1
Rudi, ref1
Rum Runner, Birmingham, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5 passim, ref1, ref2
Rumours, London, ref1
Run DMC, ref1
Runaways, ref1
Running Horse, London, ref1
Russell, Manchester, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Russell, Willy, ref1
Rutherford, Paul, ref1
Sabresonic, London, ref1
Sachs, Leonard, ref1
Saddle Room, London, ref1
Sade, ref1
Sager, Gareth, ref1
St Albans City Hall, ref1
St George’s Hall, Liverpool, ref1
St James’s Hall, Liverpool, ref1, ref2
fire at, ref1
St Pancras Town Hall, London, ref1
St Paul, Ian, ref1
Salt ’n’ Pepa, ref1
Sam & Dave, ref1
Sammy Houston’s Jazz Club, Belfast, ref1
Samwell, Ian, ref1
Sanchez, Roger, ref1
Sanctuary, Milton Keynes, ref1
Sandpiper, Nottingham, ref1, ref2
Sankey’s Manchester, ref1
Santana, ref1
Sarjeant, Sandy, ref1
Sasha, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Savage, Anne, ref1
Savage, Jon, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Savile, Jimmy, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Saville, Peter, ref1
Sawhney, Nitin, ref1
Scala, Wolverhampton, ref1
Scanes, Richard ‘Tricky Dicky’, ref1, ref2
Scene, London, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12
Scher, Lucy, ref1
Scotch, London, ref1
Scott, Doc, ref1, ref2
Scott, Norman, ref1, ref2
Scott, Ronnie, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Screen on the Green, London, ref1
Scritti Politti, ref1
Seaman, Dave, ref1
Searling, Richard, ref1
Secombe, Harry, ref1
Seeger, Pete, ref1
Sensateria, Birmingham, ref1, ref2
Sergeant Pepper’s, Majorca, ref1
SEX, London, ref1, ref2, ref3
Sex Pistols, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6 passim, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Seymour Hall, London, ref1
Shades of Rhythm, ref1
Shades, Sheffield, ref1
Shades, Southend, ref1
Shadows, ref1
Shaft, Mike, ref1, ref2
Shake ’n’ Fingerpop, London, ref1, ref2
Shamen, ref1, ref2
Shanes, London, ref1
Shante, Roxanne, ref1
Sharples, Thomas, ref1, ref2
Shaw, Fiona, ref1
Shaw, Hank, ref1
Shaw, Sandie, ref1
Shearsby, Claire, ref1, ref2
Shelley, Pete, ref1, ref2, ref3 (see also Buzzcocks)
Shelley’s, Longton, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Sherry’s, Brighton, ref1
Shim Sham Club, London, ref1
Shiva’s Children, ref1
Shoom, London, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Shop Assistants, ref1
Shotton, Pete, ref1
Shrimpton, Chrissie, ref1
Sicolo, Ashley, ref1
Sicolo, John, ref1, ref2
Silver Convention, ref1
Simonon, Paul, ref1, ref2
Simons, Ed, ref1, ref2, ref3 (see also Chemical Brothers)
Simple Minds, ref1
Simpson, Gerald, ref1
Simpson, Jim, ref1
Sims, Zoot, ref1, ref2
Sindrome, Longton, ref1, ref2
Singh, Talvin, ref1
Singleton, Stephen, ref1, ref2
Sioux, Siouxsie, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Siouxsie and the Banshees, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Sisters of Mercy, ref1, ref2
69 Dean Street, London, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Size, Roni, ref1
Skin Two, London, ref1, ref2, ref3
SL2, ref1
Slack Alice, Manchester, ref1
Slade, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Slinkey, ref1
Slits, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Slug and Lettuce, Manchester, ref1
Slugs, ref1
Small Faces, ref1, ref2, ref3
Smart, Leroy, ref1
Smarties, Chester, ref1
Smee, Phil, ref1
Smile, Manchester, ref1
Smith, Alan, ref1
Smith, Bessie, ref1
Smith, Bruce, ref1
Smith, Jimmy, ref1, ref2
Smith, Mark E., ref1
Smith & Mighty, ref1
Smith, Patti, ref1
Smith, Rob, ref1, ref2
Smith, Robert, ref1
Smith, Tommy, ref1, ref2
Smith, Viola, ref1
Smiths, ref1, ref2, ref3
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, ref1
Smokin’ Joe, ref1
Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, ref1
Soft Cell, ref1
Soft Machine, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Soho Theatre Club, London, ref1
‘Sombrero’ (Yours and Mine), London, ref1
Sonic Youth, ref1, ref2
Soul Sam, ref1
Soul II Soul, London, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Sounds Incorporated, ref1
Southern Death Cult, ref1
Space, Ibiza, ref1, ref2
Spaine, Les, ref1
Spandau Ballet, ref1
Special Branch, London, ref1
Specials, ref1, ref2
Specimen, ref1
Spectrum, London, ref1, ref2
Spencer Davis Group, ref1, ref2, ref3
Spice, Manchester, ref1
Spiders, Hull, ref1, ref2
Spiral Tribe, ref1
Spiritualized, ref1
Spitalfields Tea Dances, ref1
Spitfire Boys, ref1
Splash One, Glasgow, ref1
Spontaneous Underground, ref1, ref2, ref3
Spooky Tooth, ref1
Spoons, Sam, ref1
Spungen, Nancy, ref1
Spunker, Steve, ref1
Squat, Manchester, ref1
Stadium, Liverpool, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Staines, Paul, ref1
Stallions, London, ref1, ref2
Stamp, Chris, ref1
Stanger, Nigel, ref1
Stansfield, John, ref1
Star, Bolton, ref1
Star & Garter, Manchester, ref1
Stardust, Alvin, ref1
Starlight Room, London, ref1
Starlight Rooms, Brighton, ref1
Starr, Edwin, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Starr, Freddie, ref1
Starr, Ringo, ref1, ref2 (see also Beatles)
State, Liverpool, ref1, ref2
Steampacket, ref1, ref2
Steel, John, ref1, ref2, ref3
Steele, Tommy, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Stephen, John, ref1
Sterling, Linder, ref1, ref2, ref3
Steve Brett & the Mavericks, ref1, ref2
Stevens, Guy, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
St
evenson, Nils, ref1
Stewart, Al, ref1
Stewart, Ian, ref1, ref2
Stewart, Mark, ref1, ref2
Stiff Little Fingers, ref1, ref2
Sting, ref1
Stipe, Michael, ref1, ref2
Stock, Mike, ref1
Stoll, J.G. Jr, ref1
Stoll, J.G. Sr, ref1, ref2
Stoll, Oswald, ref1
Stollman, Bernard, ref1
Stone, C.J., ref1, ref2
Stone Roses, ref1, ref2, ref3
Storm, ref1, ref2, ref3
Strachan, Michaela, ref1
Strange, Steve, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Strangeways, Manchester, ref1
Stranglers, ref1, ref2
Strictly Come Dancing, ref1
Strindberg, Frida, ref1
Stringfellow, Geoff, ref1, ref2
Stringfellow, Peter, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Stringfellows, London, ref1
Strokes, ref1
Strongman, Jay, ref1, ref2
Strummer, Joe, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 (see also Clash)
Stuart, Freeman, ref1
Studio 51, London, ref1
Studio 54, New York, ref1, ref2, ref3
Studio, Streatham, ref1 (see also Locarno, Streatham)
Stuffed Olives, Manchester, ref1, ref2
Style, Spencer, ref1
Stylistics, ref1, ref2, ref3
Styrene, Poly, ref1
Subloaded, Bristol, ref1
Subscription Rooms, Stroud, ref1
Subway, London, ref1
Subway Sect, ref1, ref2
Suckle, Count, ref1, ref2
Suede, ref1
Sulley, Susan Ann, ref1
Sullivan, Chris, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Summer, Donna, ref1
Summers, Andy, ref1
Sumner, Bernard, ref1
Sun City, London, ref1
Sunderland Empire, ref1
Sundowner, London, ref1
Sunrise, London, ref1, ref2
Sunset Club, London, ref1
Surakhan, Bristol, ref1, ref2, ref3
Surrey Music Hall, Sheffield, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
fire at, ref1
Sutch, Screaming Lord, ref1, ref2, ref3
Sutcliffe, John, ref1
Sutcliffe, Stuart, ref1
Swan, Anna, ref1
Swarbrick, Dave, ref1
Sweat It Out, Manchester, ref1
Sweet Exorcist, ref1
Swell Maps, ref1
Swift, Matt, ref1, ref2
Sytner, Alan, ref1, ref2
T-Coy, ref1, ref2
T, Lyndon, ref1
Tabernacle, Stockport, ref1
Taboo, London, ref1
Take That, ref1
Tallulah, ref1
Taste, ref1, ref2
Tatum, Art, ref1
Taylor, Dick, ref1
Taylor, Jeremy, ref1
Taylor, John, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7 (see also Duran Duran)
Teardrop Explodes, ref1, ref2
Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, ref1
Television, ref1, ref2
Temperance Club, at the Haçienda, Manchester, ref1 (see also Haçienda)
Temperance Hall, Manchester, ref1
Tennant, David, ref1
Tennant, Neil, ref1
Tennant, Stephen, ref1, ref2
Terry, Todd, ref1
Testi, Ken, ref1, ref2
Thatcher, Dean, ref1
Theatre Workshop, ref1, ref2, ref3
Thekla, Bristol, ref1
Them, ref1, ref2
Thimblemill Baths, Smethwick, ref1, ref2
Thin Lizzy, ref1, ref2
Thomas, Erskine, ref1, ref2
Thomas, Evelyn, ref1
Thomas, Irma, ref1, ref2
Thomas, Myer, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Thompson’s Arms, Manchester, ref1, ref2
Thorn, Tracey, ref1
Thornton, Charles, ref1
Thornton Heath Baths, Croydon, ref1
Thornton, Terry, ref1, ref2, ref3
Three Cups, Chelmsford, ref1
Three Degrees, ref1
3 Stripe Posse, ref1, ref2
3D, ref1, ref2, ref3
Thunderdome, Manchester, ref1, ref2
Thunders, Johnny, ref1
Tiffany’s, Coventry (formerly Locarno), ref1
Tiffany’s, Edinburgh, ref1
Tiffany’s, Glasgow, ref1
Tiffany’s, Manchester, ref1
Tights, ref1
Tiles, London, ref1, ref2
Tiller Boys, ref1
Tilley, Vesta, ref1
In-Time Disco, Leeds, ref1
Timepiece, Liverpool, ref1, ref2
Tin Chicken, Castleford, ref1
Tissera, Rob, ref1
TJ’s, Newport, ref1, ref2, ref3
Tomlin, ref1, ref2
Tong, Pete, ref1, ref2
Tony’s Ballroom, Birmingham, ref1
Top Buzz, ref1
Top Hat, Lisburn, ref1, ref2
Top Rank, Sheffield, ref1
Top Ten Club, Liverpool, ref1
Topping, Simon, ref1, ref2
Tottenham Royal, ref1
Towndrow, Roger, ref1
Townshend, Pete, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6 (see also Who)
Tracy, John, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Trade, Farringdon, ref1, ref2, ref3
Trades, Hebden Bridge, ref1
Traffic, ref1, ref2
Trafford, Howard, ref1, ref2
Tramp, Manchester, ref1
Tramps, London, ref1, ref2
Trans-Global Underground, ref1
Travis, ref1
Travis, Dave Lee, ref1
Tribe of the Sacred Mushroom, ref1
Tricky, ref1
Trip, ref1
Trip, London, ref1
Trocchi, Alex, ref1, ref2
Trojan, ref1
Tropicana, Manchester, ref1
Troubadour, Bristol, ref1
Troubadour, London, ref1, ref2
Troy, Doris, ref1
Trulocke, Nick, ref1
Tunkin, Paul, ref1
Turner, Joe, ref1
Turner, Robin, ref1
Turnmills, Farringdon, ref1, ref2, ref3
Tuxedo Princess, Gateshead, ref1, ref2
12 Bar Club, ref1
23 Skidoo, ref1
Twice as Nice, London, ref1
Twisted Wheel, Manchester, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16 (see also Left Wing, Manchester)
Twitch & Brainstorm, ref1
Twitch, Mickey, ref1
200 Club, Newport, ref1
2i’s, London, ref1, ref2
Two Rage, ref1
2-Way Club, London, ref1
Tyrannosaurus Rex, ref1, ref2
Tyson, Nicola, ref1
U Boat, ref1
U-Roy, ref1
UB40, ref1
UFO, London, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Ultramarine, ref1
Ultravox, ref1, ref2
Unabomber, Luke, ref1, ref2
Undead, ref1
Underground, Liverpool, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Undertones, ref1, ref2
Underworld, ref1
Union, Manchester, ref1
Union Saloon, London, ref1, ref2
Unwin, Paul, ref1
Up, Ari, ref1, ref2
Ure, Midge, ref1 (see also Ultravox)
U2, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Va Va’s, Bolton, ref1
Vaccines, ref1
Valentine, Hilton, ref1, ref2 (see also Animals)
Valentino’s, Edinburgh, ref1
Van Dike, Plymouth, ref1
van Dyk, Paul, ref1, ref2, ref3
Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony, ref1
Vath, Sven, ref1, ref2
Vaughan, Sarah, ref1
Velvet Underground, ref1
Vendetta, Arcane, ref1
Vendors, ref1
Venue, Edinburgh, ref1
Venue, Manchester, ref1
Venus, Nottingham, ref1, ref2
Verve, ref1
Vibrators, ref1
Vice Versa (later ABC, q.v.), ref1, ref2
Vicious, Sid, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6 (see also Sex Pistols)
Victim, ref1
Videotech, Huddersfield, ref1
View, ref1
Vin, Duke, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Vincent, Gene, ref1
Vincent, Robbie, ref1, ref2, ref3
Vinegar Joe, ref1
Vines, ref1
Vipers Skiffle Group, ref1
Visage, ref1
Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, ref1
Vortex, London, ref1
Vowles, Andrew, see Mushroom
Waddicker, John, ref1
Wade, Michael, ref1
Wag, London, ref1, ref2
Wagner, Malcolm ‘Waggy’, ref1
Wah Heat, ref1
Wainwright, tom, ref1
Waits, Tom, ref1
Waldorf, London, ref1
Walker, Johnny, ref1
Walker, Junior, ref1
Walker, Kris, ref1
Waller, Fats, ref1
Walsh, Steve, ref1, ref2, ref3
Walter, Gerald, see May, Jack
Walters, John (musician), ref1, ref2
Walters, John (venue owner), ref1
Wangford, Hank, ref1
Ware, Gina, ref1
Ware, Martyn, ref1, ref2, ref3 (see also Human League)
Ware, Ted, ref1
Warehouse, Leeds, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Warehouse Project, Manchester, ref1
Warp, ref1
Warsaw, ref1
Washington, Geno, ref1
Waterhouse, Humphrey, ref1
Waterhouse, Keith, ref1
Waterman, Pete, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Waters, Muddy, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Watson, Boris, ref1
Watson, Chris, ref1, ref2
Watson, Maurice, ref1, ref2, ref3
Watson, Noel, ref1, ref2, ref3
Watts, Charlie, ref1, ref2 (see also Rolling Stones)
Watts, Ron, ref1, ref2, ref3
Wax Doctor, ref1
Way of Life, ref1
Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, ref1
Wearden, Jay, ref1
Weatherall, Andy, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Webb, George, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Webb, Stan, ref1
Webster, George, ref1
Wee Reed Bar, Edinburgh, ref1
Wellington, Dereham, ref1
Welly, ref1, ref2
Welsh, Paul, ref1
Wembley Studios, ref1
Wesker, Arnold, ref1
Weston, Gil, ref1
Westwood, Tim, ref1
Westwood, Vivienne, ref1
Wheeler, Caron, ref1
Whiskey A-Go-Go, London, ref1, ref2
Whiskey, Birmingham, ref1
White, Mark, ref1
White Stripes, ref1, ref2
Whitehead, Allister, ref1
Who, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15
Whodini, ref1
Whyton, Wally, ref1
Wigan Casino, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4