Live At The Brixton Academy

The wild story behind Britain’s greatest music venue.

From crazy rock ‘n’ roll tales to mixing it up with South London gangsters, this is equal parts the secret history of modern music, and the story of Brixton itself.

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: from reggae and punk to grunge and hip-hop – not to mention putting on the first ever legal raves in the UK.

Full of wild tales of the legendary musicians who played at the venue – from The Clash and Iggy Pop to Nirvana, Public Enemy and the Rolling Stones.