Dr Feelgood + Eddie and The Hot Rods

A double bill of two British rock bands from the 1970s pub rock scene, presented at La Belle Angele in Scotland. Dr Feelgood and Eddie and the Hot Rods both grew out of Essex.

Dr Feelgood formed in Essex in 1971 and signed to United Artists Records. Their sound draws on pub rock, new wave and boogie-woogie. The guitarist Wilko Johnson shaped the band's driving, stripped-back style on the 1975 debut album Down by the Jetty, and the 1976 album Stupidity reached number one in the UK. The vocalist Lee Brilleaux led the group until his death in 1994.

Eddie and the Hot Rods came out of the Southend-on-Sea pub rock circuit in the mid-1970s, alongside the emerging punk scene. Their best-known song is "Do Anything You Wanna Do", released in 1977. Their short, fast songs drew on the same roots in American rock and rhythm and blues that informed many of their contemporaries.

La Belle Angele hosts concerts and shows in Scotland. The bill will appeal to listeners interested in British pub rock and the punk-era bands that followed it.