Kilburn & The High Roads Lyrics

Kilburn & The High Roads were a semi-successful pub-rock group formed in 1970 by Ian Dury and shy jazz pianist Russel Hardy. Described as six men waiting at a bus stop by DJ Charlie Gillet and named after Kilburn High Road, unsurprisingly in Kilburn, London they had only one album Handsome (though another "Wottabunch!" was released after Dury achieved solo success) and in 1973 supported The Who on the British leg of their Quadrophenia tour though their influence would outweigh any commercial success, most notable of those influenced are Madness and John Lydon, later Johnny Rotten of the infamous Sex Pistols, Rotten would emulate Dury's menacing stage presence and razor blade earings, meaning that in theory every band inf... read more