Brunel Rocks
Brunel Rocks is a music history project inspired by the 50th anniversary of the granting of the University’s charter. The initiative, which involves current and former staff and students, aims to document and celebrate Brunel’s significant contribution to the UK ‘college circuit’ from 1966 onwards.
Drawing on eye witness accounts, crowd sourced archive material and a detailed review of the UK’s weekly music press, Brunel Rocks will deliver a unique database of acts that performed at Uxbridge and satellite campuses over the first fifty years of Brunel’s existence. It’s an impressive list that includes some of the biggest names in rock music including, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, Deep Purple, Genesis, Mott the Hoople, ELO, The Kinks, Thin Lizzy, The Sex Pistols, Joy Division, The Pretenders, The Specials, The Stone Roses and many, many more.
Brunel Rocks will culminate in a special evening of musical storytelling and live performance in The Academy during the 50th Anniversary alumni weekend in July 2016.
The college touring circuit played a vital role in the evolution of rock and pop music in Britain from the late nineteen seventies onwards – Brunel University was no exception. Brunel Rocks will tell the story of the bands, the student union promoters and the audiences who made it happen.
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Send your memories, photographs, scans of posters, flyers and ticket stubs etc. to Andy Furlong via acfurl@gmail.com
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