Stick of Rock - Literary and Other References

Literary and Other References

In Graham Greene's novel Brighton Rock, the character Ida says, "It's like those sticks of rock: bite it all the way down, you'll still read Brighton."

British music-hall entertainer and film star George Formby helped write and perform the song "With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock".

"Floating", a whimsical Moody Blues song from their album To Our Children's Children's Children, has the lines "The candy stores will be brand new, and you'll buy rock with the Moon right through!", referring to rock being sold at a resort on the Moon.

Brian May, lead guitarist of the British rock band Queen wrote the song "Brighton Rock", which appeared on Queen's 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack. It concerns a young couple's illicit weekend away without their parents' knowledge in a seaside town and became the basis for May's famous "Brighton Rock" guitar solos which became a standard feature of the group's live shows.