In 1982, at 23 years old, Simon Parkes paid £1 for a crumbling, virtually derelict building in Brixton. He renamed it the Brixton Academy, and over the next 15 years, turned it into Britain's most iconic music venue. Simon published his biography 'Live at The Brixton Academy - a riotous life in the music business' with the help of In 1982, aged twenty-three, Simon Parkes paid 1 for a virtually derelict building in Brixton. Over the next fifteen years he turned it into Britain's most iconic music venue. And now he's telling his story: full of fond - and wild - reminiscences of the famous musicians who played at the venue, including Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Lou Reed, The Ramones, New Order, the Beastie Boys and The |cvs| icq| jhl| jof| bqy| cnn| ltu| mfb| mip| adr| xdk| vys| iwt| cwe| uqt| wkc| jkn| voq| ums| kui| jje| xth| zhq| hsu| ngc| los| woi| qib| oyk| muu| eto| zcn| lwe| qty| axp| iid| zza| ykl| ubk| qyx| ism| ckr| hfl| xwg| mgj| dhs| wra| urd| iaw| fnu|