“Marquee: The Story Of The World’s Greatest Music Venue” Book Released

Starting out as a Jazz club on London’s Oxford Street before relocating to Soho’s Wardour Street, the Marquee moved with the times, presenting R&B with Alexis Korner, Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds, transitioning to hard rock with The Who, Cream, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. The club nurtured progressive rock with Jethro Tull, Yes and Genesis before giving its stage over to the bands that trashed them: The Sex Pistols, The Stranglers, The Damned, Sham 69 and Generation X. The Marquee then became home to the new wave and to the New Wave of Heavy Metal as well as international acts such as AC/DC, Bryan Adams, Faith No More, Guns n’ Roses, INXS, Metallica, R.E.M. and ZZ Top.

Marquee: The Story of the World’s Greatest Music Venue is now available via Trouser Press Books, it tells the club’s thirty year story in fascinating detail. Co-written by Robert Sellers and Nick Pendleton, the son of the club’s founders, the book is packed with dates, memories, wild stories, musical milestones and behind-the-scenes drama, all as told by the musicians, management, staff and fans who were there.