The first British invasion was so good we Americans just couldn’t go without a second one. So, when the late ’70s and early ’80s hit, bands from the UK flocked to the US like moths to a flame. And ...

Some British bands found a vast new fanbase Stateside, while other seminal acts failed to crack America. What gives?

“That rock and roll, eh? It might hibernate from time to time and sink back into the swamp...But it’s always waiting there just around the corner ready to make its way back through the sludge and ...