Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll

We are all familiar with the idea of the small-town blues, of the contempt bred by familiarity, the despair of flagging industry, the sheer weight of belongingWhen we were growing up, my brother and I were obsessed with a compilation album called The Sound of the Suburbs. It was an assembly of late-1970s punk and early-80s new wave, from Eton Rifles by the Jam to Pretty in Pink by the Psychedelic Furs, along with Martha and the Muffins' Echo Beach, the Undertones' Teenage Kicks and, of course, ...

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