{"product_id":"rock-goes-to-college","title":"ROCK GOES TO COLLEGE","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs338A614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs47DB3EB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#181B21;font-style:italic;Segoe UI;} .cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .csDF76FDB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#181B21;font-style:normal;Segoe UI;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs338A614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003eAs rock exploded around the world, so young bands 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 hoping to get noticed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs338A614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003eA list of acts who put in the hard yards on this circuit reads like a Who’s Who of rock music: Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, the Who, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, Queen, the Kinks, Dire Straits, AC \/ DC, Genesis, Nick Drake, Joan Armatrading and Elton John all paid their dues in sweaty and badly ventilated dressing rooms in places like Leeds University and Regent Street Poly. Even Paul McCartney, after the Beatles fell apart, took his new band Wings out on the circuit to get them road tested.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003eNow, for the first time, seasoned music journalist Paul Sexton sets out to document this extraordinary moment in British music history. Tapping into his huge network of contacts in the music industry, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs47DB3EB\"\u003eRock Goes to College\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003e is a fascinating, raucous ride of a book, crammed full of incredible, never-before-heard stories of the beginnings of some of the most famous acts on the planet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books N Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49840814096624,"sku":"9780008722425","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1855\/5830\/files\/9780008722425_1.jpg?v=1781489295","url":"https:\/\/booksngifts.com.au\/products\/rock-goes-to-college","provider":"Books N Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}