Reading Festival – UK 1977
I bought this 1977 poster at my first of many Reading Festivals in 1980. I’ve always loved this line-up and wish I’d been there. I remember exploring so many of the bands on it around that time. SAHB, Lizzy, Aerosmith, Frankie Miller are still among my all time faves. It was a total mud bath and Steven Tyler has stated that Aerosmith hated playing there so much that they didn’t return to the UK until 12 years later.
Wow a testament to how male dominate the scene was back then. Spot the female act! How time change – thankfully – and as for Eddie and the Hot Rods possibly the first track I played in my first schoolboy, (short-lived band) – Do anything you wanna do! Something of a one hit phenomenon as I recall.
Cheers Neil – In the UK at least, Eddie and the Hot Rods had a second minor hit with “Quit This Town”, which I distinctly remember seeing them perform on Lift Off With Aysha!