Old music: Graham Parker and the Rumour – Heat Treatment

Graham Parker turned out not to be the Kentish Bob Dylan, but those who heard him as punk's storm brewed knew he signalled something new for British musicBritish pop music in the mid-70s was flabby, overblown, overpraised, lazy. It was dominated by figures such as Rod Stewart, Elton John, and momentarily, incredibly, Peter Frampton – and ready for an uprising. A few months before punk, the first sign a new order on the way was an awkward little rocker from Camberley called Graham Parker.He wa...

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