{"product_id":"hoggin-the-page-groundhogs-the-classic-years","title":"Hoggin' The Page","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of the\nGroundhogs spans the most exciting years British rock will ever enjoy.\nSpringing from the same early roots as the Animals, Pretty Things and Rolling\nStones, they soon garnered a reputation as a blues band backing the likes of\nJohn Lee Hooker and many other giants of the genre. From this solid base, they\ngraduated to writing some of the most challenging progressive rock music of the\n1960s and 1970s, yet the next generation of musicians like Captain Sensible and\nothers were fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   Led by visionary guitarist, singer and\nsongwriter Tony McPhee (who sadly passed away in 2023, age 79), abetted by the\npowerhouse rhythm section of Ken Pustelnik and Pete Cruickshank. DJ John Peel\nwas a big fan and helped to send their Split album into the top five.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   Other albums such as Thank Christ For The\nBomb, Who Will Save The World, Hogwash and Solid cemented their reputation and\ntheir thirteen studio albums span four decades. Tony's adventures as a pioneer\nof the synthesizer, taking it on the road on a solo tour and building one of\nthe first home studios to record with it, shows another side to the complex\nMcPhee that is far less widely known, understood and, let alone, appreciated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   This is the story of those classic years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonicbond Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49924666098008,"sku":"9781789523430","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781789523430.jpg?v=1778620525","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/hoggin-the-page-groundhogs-the-classic-years","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}