by Nick Kent
Ronson, Mick
Ross, Diana
Rotten, Johnny see Lydon, John
Roundhouse (Camden Town)
Roxy (Hollywood)
Roxy (London)
Roxy Music ‘Casanova’ For Your Pleasure ‘Mother of Pearl’
Rudge, Peter
Rundgren, Todd ‘Love of the Common Man’
Rushdie, Salman
Sales, Hunt
Sales, Tony
Sanchez, Tony
Schilling, Jerry
Schwab, Corinne
Scully, Rock
Seaman, Phil
Seger, Bob
Sensible, Captain
Sex Pistols attempt by McLaren to find new singer for banned from playing live and beating up of Kent at 100 Club ‘Bodies’ break-up of first-ever public performance forming of and early repertoire joining of by Kent joining of by Sid Vicious and Lydon McLaren as manager relationship between Lydon and McLaren sacking of Nightingale by McLaren in United States (1977) victimisation and slandering of Kent violence at concerts
Sham
Shelley, Pete
Shields, Sable
Sill, Judee: ‘The Kiss’
Silverhead
Simonon, Paul
Simple Minds
Sinatra, Frank
Sinclair, John
Skydog label
Slade
Slick, Grace
Slits, the
Small Faces, the
Smiling Mike
Smith, Mark E.
Smith, Patti
Smith, Pennie
Smiths, the
Snakepit, The
Soft Machine: ‘Facelift’
Sophia Gardens (Cardiff)
Spector, Phil
Spencer, Neil
Spiders from Mars
Springs, Helena
Springsteen, Bruce Darkness on the Edge of Town
Spungen, Nancy
Starr, Ringo
Steele, Tommy
Steely Dan Aja ‘Any World That I’m Welcome To’ ‘Do It Again’
Stein, Seymour
Steptoe and Son
Stevens, Cat
Stevens, Joe
Stewart, Rod ‘Maggie May’ ‘Mandolin Wind’
Stiff Records
Stills, Stephen
Sting
Stockwell, Dean
Stone, Sly Fresh
Stooges, the break-up Cobo Hall concert (1973) concert at King’s Cross Cinema (Scala) (1972) Fun House Metallic KO Raw Power
Strummer, Joe
Subterraneans, the
Sugerman, Danny
Sutcliffe, Stuart
Suzuki, Damo
Swankers
Sweet
synth pop
Talking Heads ‘The Book I Read’
Tate, Sharon
Taylor, James
Taylor, Mick
Television Marquee Moon
Temptations ‘Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone’
Thatcher, Margaret
Thin Lizzy: ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’
Thompson, Howard
Thompson, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Thompson, Richard
Thorgerson, Storm
Thunders, Johnny
Thurston, Scott
Tomelty, Frances
Townshend, Pete
Traffic
Tramp
T.Rex
Turner, Nik
Tyler, Andrew
Tyler, Tony
Tyrannosaurus Rex see T.Rex
Up and Down with the Rolling Stones
Van Vliet, Don see Beefheart, Captain
Vanian, Dave
Velvet Underground ‘Sweet Jane’
Verlaine, Tom (Miller)
Veseley, Tony
Vicious, Sid
Village Voice
Vincent, Gene
Vinyl, Cosmo
Voidoids
Wailers
Waits, Tom: Blue Valentine
Wakeman, Rick
Walker, Junior: ‘Walk in the Night’
Warhol, Andy
Waters, Roger
Watts, Charlie
Waymouth, Nigel
Welch, Chris
Welles, Orson
Wenner, Jann
Westwood, Vivienne
‘white reggae’
Who, the
Williams, Richard
Williamson, James
Wilson, Brian
Wilson, Carl and Dennis
Wilson, Jackie
Wings
Wobble, Jah
Wolfe, Tom
Womack, Bobby: ‘I Can Understand It’
Wood, Chrissie
Wood, Ronnie
Woodmansey, Woody
Woodstock
Woodward, Bob: Wired
Wyman, Bill
Yes ‘Siberian Khatru’
Young, Neil ‘Cortez the Killer’ On the Beach Rust Never Sleeps Tonight’s the Night ‘When You Dance I Can Really Love’ Zuma
yuppie rock
Zappa, Frank
Zermati, Marc
Zevon, Warren: Excitable Boy
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