"Starting out as a jazz club on Oxford Street before relocating to Soho’s Wardour Street, the Marquee presented R&B with the 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, Stranglers, Damned, Sham 69 and Generation X. The Marquee became home to the new wave (Adam and the Ants, the Jam, the Police) and to the New Wave of Heavy Metal (Iron Maiden, Def Leppard), AC/DC, Bryan Adams, Faith No More, Guns n’ Roses, INXS, Metallica, R.E.M. and ZZ Top all played there.
Marquee: The Story of the World’s Greatest Music Venue tells the club’s 30-year story in fascinating detail. The book, co-written by the son of the founders, is packed with dates, memories, wild stories, musical milestones and behind-the-scenes drama, as told by the musicians, management, staff and fans who were there."
