Kilburn and the High Roads were a British pub rock band formed in London by Ian Dury in 1970.
[1] The band were managed by fashion entrepreneur Tommy Roberts, presaging acquaintance Malcolm McLaren's involvement with the Sex Pistols.
Dury's solo success led to the release of a second Kilburn and the High Roads album, Wotabunch!
[1] In 2016, Cherry Red Records released an expanded edition of Handsome with a bonus disc containing a previously unreleased 1974 Capital Radio broadcast.
[10] The Sex Pistols were inspired by Chris Thomas' production on the first Kilburn's single to work with him;[11] it has also been suggested that John Lydon borrowed some of his early performance style from Dury,[10][12] although the claim is rejected by Lydon.